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Tall yellow flower with nude stems

dandy_line (Z3b N Cent Mn)

13 years ago

I found this growing in the Prairie, A small colony of these; the stems are basically nude. Any info would be appreciated.

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Colony of flowers

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User
13 years ago
Possibly Helianthus pauciflorus.
dandy_line (Z3b N Cent Mn)
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you-that looks very much like it.
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