Lost Prairie Walk

A rough survey of Lost Prairie this Monday netted two vascular plants not previously reported (at least not by Gleason or Robertson et al). The prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana) is easy enough to spot. It is a large lettuce with prickly leaves, as in the weedy garden lettuce.

The Wisconsin River penstemon (Penstemon gracilis wisconsinensis) is a little tougher to id, but the puberulent stems and open colored flowers give it away.

Other plants of note were kittentails (Besseya bullii), clustered poppy-mallow (Callirhoe triangulata), hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), western showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa rigidiuscula), long-haired hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum), flax-leaved aster (Aster linariifolius), sand puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense), and short green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora)