Botanical Rants & Rambles, Part 41: In All of Its Glory | Beach Park, Illinois, USA
Taken in the northeastern section of the residential property where I live.
Refer to this photo’s companion shot, Part 40, for a whole-plant view of the same specimen of Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum). That image was taken fifteen days earlier than this one, when the intricate architecture of the terminal corymb inflorescence had developed but the individual heads had not yet reached anthesis (full floral maturity).
Now, however, the plant is open for business, and pollinators are encouraged to sample its wares. The white, threadlike structures coming out of the heads are very long styles that arise out of the ovaries of the disc florets. Concerning the ray florets found in many Aster Family species: here there are none. Eutrochium is a thoroughly discoid kind of genus.
That noted, it’s always a joy to come across one of these robust and tall-growing plants blooming away in all its rose-pink glory.
The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Botanical Rants & Rambles album.
Botanical Rants & Rambles, Part 41: In All of Its Glory | Beach Park, Illinois, USA
Taken in the northeastern section of the residential property where I live.
Refer to this photo’s companion shot, Part 40, for a whole-plant view of the same specimen of Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum). That image was taken fifteen days earlier than this one, when the intricate architecture of the terminal corymb inflorescence had developed but the individual heads had not yet reached anthesis (full floral maturity).
Now, however, the plant is open for business, and pollinators are encouraged to sample its wares. The white, threadlike structures coming out of the heads are very long styles that arise out of the ovaries of the disc florets. Concerning the ray florets found in many Aster Family species: here there are none. Eutrochium is a thoroughly discoid kind of genus.
That noted, it’s always a joy to come across one of these robust and tall-growing plants blooming away in all its rose-pink glory.
The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Botanical Rants & Rambles album.