Last year, the road side mowers had left a swath
of vegetation beside the seep that made it easy to sit and photograph the
flowers. Unfortunately, this year the mowers had cut much closer to the edge of
the ditch. The plants were blooming in the ditch itself. It turned out that this is a hotspot for some interesting
wildflowers.
Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed)
There were just a few plants. They weren’t
thriving, probably because the area was shaded most of the day.
Eupatorium
perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Just a couple of plants. Again, they would
probably have preferred more sunlight.
Flowers
Leaf
A lone
Pennsylvania Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus) enjoying a morning snack on the
Common Boneset
Rudbeckia lacinata (Blue Ridge Cutleaf
Coneflower)
Flower
Leaf
Chelone glabra (White
Turtlehead)
Chelone cuthbertii (Cuthbert's Turtlehead)
Originally I thought this might be Chelone lyonii (Pink Turtlehead) but have re-evaluated the photos and believe this is Chelone cuthbertii (Cuthbert's Turtlehead) which is documented to occur in north Georgia counties.
This plant
was growing on the far side of the ditch. I used snake tongs to grab the stem
and gently pull it back over to where I was standing to photograph the flowers
up close.
This
is an interesting one-stop shopping spot for several unusual wildflowers.
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image to view a larger image
Identification
resources:
Southestern
Flora
- Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
Natural and
Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia:
J Pippen,
Duke University: Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Distribution:
United
States Department of Agriculture Plants Database:
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