Here's an interesting plant. I stumbled into a large patch of it yesterday. It's too late in the season to see the flowers, but the seed heads are really more interesting. In the first picture, you can see how it grows.
It almost look like it has purple blossoms, doesn't it? But those are the seedheads. Here's one a little closer. It's Hoary Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum incanum. I had to decide between Hoary and Hairy Mountain Mint. But the clincher is that the leaves are definitely stalked. If I blew up one of the pictures a lot, the stalks were definitely visible, but it wouldn't make a great picture.
It looks prickly! Actually, it isn't really; it's more soft than pokey. Look at all the silky hairs.
I will try to get a picture of the flowers next year. I think I can approach this location from the other side and avoid the poison ivy.
It rained most all day, so I was glad to have a leftover plant to show you!
Hey, Ivy had her baby. You can read about it at her sister Chip's blog Swirly Ageless Mind
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Congratulation to Ivy.
ReplyDeleteAnd it is so good that this Ivy is not that Ivy (poison ivy).
(smile).
nice shot
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Ivy.
ReplyDeleteI like the look of the seedheads and they do indeed look very prickly
Do the leaves have a "minty" odor?
ReplyDeleteHope you didn't literally stumble into that mint.
ReplyDeleterainfield! What a great observation. I missed that close positioning of the words.
ReplyDeleteIP- Thanks- sometimes my Super Macro pix work well, sometimes not so much
Ann- it's a fine line between prickles and downy, isn't it?
Chuck- they do, but not as good as the plants in the Mentha genus. These are relatives, but there are hundreds of plants in the mint family
John- NO... I was trying hard not to roll in the greenery!
My poor son, Jeremy, just needs to be in the vicinity of poison oak to get covered in a rash. Glad you are not so sensitive to poison ivy.
ReplyDeleteNice shot. The seed head does, indeed, look like it might give you a stick!