Plant of the Week

Scarlet globe mallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Pursh) Rydb.
other common names: false mallow, red false mallow, cowboy’s delight, prairie mallow, copper mallow, flame mallow
Sphaeralcea: from the Greek sphaira, “a sphere,” and alcea, “a mallow”; a name derived from the spherical fruit
Coccinea: meaning “scarlet”
Mallow family: Malvaceae

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition

Plant of the Week

Wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium L.
other common names: American feverfew, feverfew
Parthenium: from Greek parthenos, for “virgin,” referring to the infertile disk flowers. It is also the Greek name for another plant.
Integrifolium: from Latin, meaning “entire-leaved”
Daisy family: Asteraceae (Compositae)

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition