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The photograph below was taken in St. Joseph County, Indiana. This should be an easy one, given that pretty much the entire plant is present in the photo...
Good luck!
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It doesn't take long for an answer to a plant quiz on Get Your Botany On!, and this time EMP correctly answered with Ellisia nyctelea. This member of the Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family) is an annual that grows in mesic forests as well as in disturbed areas where little competition from other species is present. In Indiana, Aunt Lucy, as it is known, was previously documented from a few western counties. I was shocked when I saw it in a forest in St. Joseph County along the St. Joseph River. Luckily, Keith Board was home that Saturday afternoon when I called him from the field, and he was able to look up its known distribution so that I knew to collect it as a new county record.
Congratulation on correctly answering the quiz, EMP!
Ellisia nyctelea. Aunt Lucy. I never notices the dots on the flower before.
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