Feb 5, 2020
Made of Paper, or so it looks. Â Rattlesnake Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) is named for the traditional notion that it helped once you were bitten. Â Not sure what the followup on that has been, but the red-veined leaves are pretty spectacular and you could do worse having this plant in your rock garden. Â Hawkweeds, I find are mostly platforms for Halictus ligatus or poeyi, I see relatively little else on them as a generality, but the close study of any flower presents surprises and nips at our assumptions. Â Photo and specimen by Helen Lowe Metzman. Â Â
