Basket-flower colony

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And here’s what a colony of basket-flowers, Centaurea americana, looks like. Notice that a fair number of these flower heads were still fresh, but an even greater number had begun to dry out.

Date: Yesterday, June 13.  Place: a ditch on the east side of Burnet Rd. just south of the Merrilltown Cemetery.

© 2013 Steven Schwartzman