Saturday, May 22, 2021

A year of flowers #31: Fiddleneck

Amsinckia lycopsoides

I don't really deserve this one.  I mean, for many years I would pull these, because they're stickery, and invasive, but now I am capturing some seed to spread them around.  They make a nice scroll as they bloom, and I assume that's the "fiddleneck" part--they look like a violin scroll.  Since my nice violin has a fabulous scroll, I will post it here for comparison.

Once there's competition, these natives that are a little bit aggressive can be managed.  There are several plants like this, and I confess that finding out that this one is native was a bit of a surprise--like the Claytonia parviflora, earlier.  Whoa, OK, so that's native... interesting.  

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