#spring flora

Ragwort abounding by Thomas Cizauskas Via Flickr: Abounding in the meadow: ragwort! Legacy Park Decatur, Georgia, USA. 7 May 2022. *************** ▶ "Packera anonyma, called Appalachian ragwort and Small's ragwort, is a flowering, perennial plant in the Asteraceae (aster) family. Packera anonyma produces abundant yellow flowers during May through early June. It inhabits rock outcrops, roadsides, woods, and disturbed areas. It is native to the lower Northeastern United States and across the Southeastern United States." — Wikipedia. ▶ "The inflorescence of Packera anonyma is a corymb-like array - the lower/outer stalks are longer than those in the middle, so that all the flowers in the inflorescence are at more or less the same level, giving it a somewhat flat top. There may be several of these arrays on a plant, and the plant may have over 100 individual compound flowers.The blossom of Small's Ragwort is golden yellow, with both the ray and disk flowers being that color. The number of ray flowers varies from 8 to 15. Packera anonyma grows up to around 3 feet tall." — Wildflowers of the Unted States *************** ▶ Photo by Yours For Good Fermentables.com. ▶ For a larger image, type 'L' (without the quotation marks). — Follow on Twitter: @Cizauskas. — Follow on Facebook: YoursForGoodFermentables. — Follow on Instagram: @tcizauskas. ▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II. — Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection. ▶ Commercial use requires explicit permission, as per Creative Commons.