pappus. The modified calyx of flowers in the sunflower family; usually takes the form of bristles, scales, or awns.
Biennial Woollywhite - Hymenopappus Biennis
Biennial Beeblossom - Gaura Biennis
Oldplainsman - Hymenopappus Artemisiifolius
Collegeflower - Hymenopappus Flavescens
Demaree's Beeblossom - Gaura Demareei ...
The fruit has a pappus attached to it, which is like a tiny feathery parachute that helps it float away in the wind. Always collect seed from the strongest, healthiest plants, and always when the weather is dry.
a species; some plants are better shaped or earlier to bloom than others, or bloom more extravagantly. When a plant strikes my fancy, I tag it (a piece of yarn or a twist-tie is a suitable marker) to collect the seed later, before the fluffy pappus ...
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