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| Early stage of Old Man's Whiskers |
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| The whiskers start to appear. |
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| Tentacles anyone? |
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Old Man's Whiskers
Old Man's Whisker (Geum triflorum pursh), also known as Praire Smoke or Long Plumed Purple Avens, grows in large colonies in moist to dry woodland areas. While mostly a prairie flower, it has been growing en masse in the high country this year (2015). It starts out as a pod that hangs downward, but when in full bloom, turns upwards emitting a thousand tentacles.
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