tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post8633538231429805460..comments2023-05-08T21:42:05.380-04:00Comments on Blue Jay Barrens: Elephant's FootSteve Willsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-28440527072553192692010-08-16T23:36:38.717-04:002010-08-16T23:36:38.717-04:00What a pretty plant! I don't remember seeing ...What a pretty plant! I don't remember seeing it before.Lois Evensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129343619065721588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-68608611618699308182010-08-16T20:44:54.357-04:002010-08-16T20:44:54.357-04:00Karen - This plant is fairly common is south centr...Karen - This plant is fairly common is south central Ohio. There's so much competition from other showy bloomers that most people overlook this plant. This is about the northern extent of its range, so you won't find it up north.<br /><br />grammie g - Each one of those four is an individual flower that is held together as a flower head, just like the individual flowers in a sunflower head. Where the sunflower has hundreds of flowers grouped together, this plant only has four.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-20408377841804326432010-08-16T17:37:12.393-04:002010-08-16T17:37:12.393-04:00Hi Steve...wow I was looking for a giant plant..af...Hi Steve...wow I was looking for a giant plant..after all being called Elephants Foot...it must be a dwarf one!! : }<br />The blooms... or should I say bloom...is very elegant looking!!<br />I find that a bit confusing because of pistols in each...ok so is each section or whatever is one petal with is own pistol???<br />I bet I have you confused again!! ; }grammie ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839269423384232974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-21079773361242695102010-08-16T17:33:32.633-04:002010-08-16T17:33:32.633-04:00Steve, this is an amazing flower, one I've nev...Steve, this is an amazing flower, one I've never seen before. Is it endangered, or threatened in your area? ~karenKaHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528677007819875856noreply@blogger.com