Sometimes things are not as they appear. After seeing this bright little flower gracing the edge of the stream we cross in early spring for many years now, I finally went to the effort of looking it up. Typing in “native yellow wildflower march blooming wet” I only found the marsh marigold, which is indeed a lovely little native perennial but the flowers gave away that it was not the same plant.
Coltsfoot: a medicinal plant spanning centuries
Coltsfoot: a medicinal plant spanning…
Coltsfoot: a medicinal plant spanning centuries
Sometimes things are not as they appear. After seeing this bright little flower gracing the edge of the stream we cross in early spring for many years now, I finally went to the effort of looking it up. Typing in “native yellow wildflower march blooming wet” I only found the marsh marigold, which is indeed a lovely little native perennial but the flowers gave away that it was not the same plant.