Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Plant of the Week



Ox-eye
Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
other common names: false sunflower
Heliopsis: from Greek helios for “sun” and opsis for “appearance”
Helianthoides: from Greek, meaning “like Helianthus,” the sunflower
Daisy family: Asteraceae (Compositae)

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

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