The MN wildflower blog

I’ve seen this plant at both Long Lake Regional Park (LLRP) and Wild River State Park (WRSP). I noticed the first blooms at LLRP on June 12.

Flower:

Sunflower type aster about 2 inches across, petals and center are both yellow-orange.

Leaves and stem:

Leaves are to 4 inches long and 2½ inches wide, heart-shaped to lanceolate and coarsely toothed. There is a short leaf stem. The main stem and leaves are rough to the touch but not obviously hairy like Black-eyed Susans are.

Notes:

Plant height is about 2 to 3½ feet tall. At WRSP, there were several clumps growing in the middle of a prairie area. At LLRP, the plants were found near the shore of Rush Lake, at the edge of a prairie area.

More photos

• photo of bract
• a clump of plants, at WRSP

Photos taken at Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton, MN, June 12, 2007 and Wild River State Park, Center City, MN, June 23, 2007.

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 24th, 2007 at 7:09 pm by K Chayka and is filed under Name that plant, Wildflowers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.