tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post1372332018548387824..comments2023-12-22T12:05:09.831-05:00Comments on An Adirondack Naturalist in Central New York: Quick Prairie FlowersEllen Rathbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-38928281077068818412011-08-09T22:15:48.288-04:002011-08-09T22:15:48.288-04:00Nice to see all those showy flowers. Thanks for t...Nice to see all those showy flowers. Thanks for the tour. By the way, that Field Milkwort is included in Newcomb's under the common name of Purple Milkwort (Polygala sanguinea) on p. 46. Also, the Oxeye can be distinguished from "genuine" sunflowers by the tiny forked pistil at the base of each ray flower. With sunflowers, only their disk flowers are pistillate. I have to look that information up every year when I find Oxeyes blooming, usually not until September here. I don't think we have Gray Coneflowers in northern NY, just the Green-headed ones, which are in showy array along the Hudson now, fronted by the brilliant Cardinal Flowers. Wish we could go for a paddle there together.Jacqueline Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.com