365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Luina Hypoleuca, Silverback
Day 257: Silverback is primarily a subalpine species and draws its common name from...wait for it...the silvery, woolly backs of its leaves. The tops of the leaves are nearly smooth, but the undersides are silky and soft to the touch. It is a member of the Asteraceae, a family formerly known as Compositae: plants having inflorescences which are composed of many small flowers. What you see here as round, ball-like blossoms are each composed of a number of smaller blooms called disk flowers. Unlike many other members of the Asteraceae, Luina hypoleuca has no ray flowers (the "petals" you would see surrounding the disk of a sunflower).
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composite,
Luina hypoleuca,
Silverback
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