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Steve and Muffin’s Wildflowers #13.
Hello everyone and welcome back to our wildflower series! Today’s wildflower is Muffin’s favorite, the “field pussytoes”. There are actually several species of pussytoes and they are hard to identify, even by experts. Some say there are 6 species and others go as high as 32 species. They are all very similar and a couple are fairly easy to identify, like this one, and another that we also have which is the “plantain-leaved pussytoes”. They have both male and female flowers on different plants, the ones above are female flowers. I wasn’t able to find any male flowers last year, though obviously there must have been some around. The bloom from April to June, though up here it’s usually late May to early July. The field pussytoes can be found right across Canada. They are soft and furry, like a cat’s toes, which is why the name. They like sunny locations but will grow in light shade. They also like it on the dry side and will often grow in very poor sandy or gravel like soil. I hope you all have a fantastic day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Never seen anything like this before
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They are quite an amazing flower. They really do feel soft and furry like a cat’s toes! I couldn’t find any information to see if they were found in Europe, so I guess they are not.
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Just ‘cos I haven’t seen one doesn’t mean they’re not over here
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That’s true, they might not be widespread, but I couldn’t find anything about them outside N America.
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Reassuring
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Very interesting, thanks! 😁🌞
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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I did indeed!
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field pussy toes looks more like a younger version of jasmine flowers isn’t it 🤔 beautiful ❤️
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It does? Hmm, you must see something I don’t.🤔🙄 But they are quite pretty, soft and furry, just like a cat’s toes!😁😺🐾
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yes indeed 😍😻 is beautiful, just like that one 😉😄
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Thanks Steve and Muffin! It’s always splendid to spend a moment here and learn more from nature’s classroom.
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Thank you so much Richard, glad you are enjoying this! Have a wonderful day!😀😺
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The pussytoes are strikingly beautiful ! Never have seen them before..great pic Steve ! ☕️☕️🙂😺‼️
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Glad you liked them Sharon! They are quite pretty, Muffin says so too!😃😸📷
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Amazing wild flower and very interesting story 👌🙏🌷Have a nice Day 🙏
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Thanks so much! They are very beautiful flowers.😀😺🌞📷🌺
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Of course ,lovely 🌷👌thank you and here early morning 1:30 am !
Happy Tuesday 🙏
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Thank you!😀😺🌞
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Most welcome 🙏
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