I grabed a shot of this flower on Rt 302 just north of Lisbon, NH. I have seen it along Rt 93 just north of Concord. I have been scouring the wildflower books to ID it and thus far I have not found it. I don't ever recall seeing this flower before. . .
Michelle,
How did things look in Sugarhill? Did the lupines get beaten down by all the rain and wind this weekend? I was thinking of heading over later in the week.
Kurt,
The lupines weren't too badly beaten by the rain, just the tourists! Sampler (the one with the wooden wagon wheel) is not very thickly covered this year. They are biannuals, after all and if people trample the ones that aren't in bloom now, they won't bloom next year! Just down 117 from Sampler there was a nice spot, but heavily walked and the ground was very wet. Ticks were big and thick too. I've never seen ticks like this as far north as this. I found two on me miles down the road while driving home. I had one crawl across my face! Rich Ennis was with me and found a couple on himself as well. There were a lot of black flies and very large mosquitos as well. I guess that is what you get with all this rain!
Other than that, not too much else was good. We drove around the back roads (we got a map at the gift shop on Sampler) and looked around, but just didn't find any really thickly blooming areas. I wouldn't wait too much longer, though. They are pretty much at their peak right now. You wouldn't want seed pods showing up at the bottoms of the spikes in your pics!
I haven't processed any of my photos yet, but I hope to in the next few day and will post some.
Thanks for the help in the ID of the flower. Some folks on the flora forum say it is not native to New England. Have you seen this around New England very much? I am going to take this picture to the New England Wild Flower Society and ask them what they know about it.
I found it in my little pocket book on VT wildflowers, but I haven't found it in my area.
EDIT
Here is the USDA site about it. It is on the Noxious weeds list in Conn. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYFL3
Posted by Bill Whitney on June 14, 2006 at 6:45 PM
Jim,
I found it in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers -eastern region. They list the range as Ontario east to Newfoundland south to Maryland and west to Ohio.
Discussion
6 repliesAnyone know what this is?
It's called Ragged Robin. It is a variation of Lychnis. I saw it yesterday too, along the same route on my way to Sugarhill, NH.
How did things look in Sugarhill? Did the lupines get beaten down by all the rain and wind this weekend? I was thinking of heading over later in the week.
The lupines weren't too badly beaten by the rain, just the tourists! Sampler (the one with the wooden wagon wheel) is not very thickly covered this year. They are biannuals, after all and if people trample the ones that aren't in bloom now, they won't bloom next year! Just down 117 from Sampler there was a nice spot, but heavily walked and the ground was very wet. Ticks were big and thick too. I've never seen ticks like this as far north as this. I found two on me miles down the road while driving home. I had one crawl across my face! Rich Ennis was with me and found a couple on himself as well. There were a lot of black flies and very large mosquitos as well. I guess that is what you get with all this rain!
Other than that, not too much else was good. We drove around the back roads (we got a map at the gift shop on Sampler) and looked around, but just didn't find any really thickly blooming areas. I wouldn't wait too much longer, though. They are pretty much at their peak right now. You wouldn't want seed pods showing up at the bottoms of the spikes in your pics!
I haven't processed any of my photos yet, but I hope to in the next few day and will post some.
Good luck!
Thanks for the help in the ID of the flower. Some folks on the flora forum say it is not native to New England. Have you seen this around New England very much? I am going to take this picture to the New England Wild Flower Society and ask them what they know about it.
EDIT
Here is the USDA site about it. It is on the Noxious weeds list in Conn.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYFL3
I found it in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers -eastern region. They list the range as Ontario east to Newfoundland south to Maryland and west to Ohio.