Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_2809.JPG-07-15-2022
Flower name (scientific): Krigia biflora (Walter) S. F. Blake PY: 1915. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) KRIG-ee-uh by-FLOR-uh
Flower name (common): Two-flowered Cynthia
Family name (common): Aster
Family name (scientific): Asteraceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Named for David Krieg (1667 – 1713), German physician and botanist, who collected plants in North America.
    Specific epithet: Latin for two-flowered, refers to the typically two flowers in bloom on a stem.
Common name origin: For the two flowers in bloom on a each stem. Cynthia refers to dandelion-like flowers, but the origin of its use for this plant is unclear.
Flower description:
     Size: 0.8 to 1.5 inches (2.0 to 3.8 cm)
     Petal count: 25 to 60 ray florets and no disc florets
     Color: yellow or yellow-orange
     Other: flower arrangement, Solitary
Plant description:
     Size: 8 to 30 inches (20 to 76 cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple
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     Other: Shape: leaf, oblanceolate to obovate or spatulate (FNA), basal oblanceolate or obovate, cauline ovate (IL), basal and lower stem broadly obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, upper stem linear to narrowly oblong-ovate (MB)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon
Bloom time (typical): May to August
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, woodlands, meadows, savannas, forests, streambanks, moist, semi shade to sun.
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Ethnobotany: The Menominee used the stem of this plant as a hunting aid to attract deer (Smith, p. 80, 1923). Smith uses the old synonym name Krigia amplexicaulis for this plant.
Latitude: 44.806748
Longitude: -91.526212
Altitude: 230.70
Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, VA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (MB, ON) Click here for distribution map
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Wetland Status (NC): FACU
Wetland Status (MW): FACU