Vernonia belong to the daisy family and although we usually think of daisies as having petals around the outside of the flower, some of them don't. The daisy family are classified as such because each flower is actually a cluster of tiny little flowers that together resemble a single flower. You can see that principle in action on the left, where the individual flowers are still opening and the tiny purple parts are acually the petals.
Another early bloomer, this plant is rising out of the dried remnants of last season. As far as I know, this one doesn't have a vernacular name. V. sutherlandii is not used medicinally although other species in this genus are.
Can'y beat the color.
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Purple flowers are always surprising in the brown landscape
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Beautiful photos!
Very beautiful color in the flowers.
Maybe I'm wrong, but they are very similar to wild cornflowers.
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They are all the same family
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You're right!
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Beautiful photograph.
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Nice pics and thanks for the educational content!
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They look beautiful
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Agreed
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Amazing how they are a cluster of tiny flowers that resemble a single flower. They are really pretty!
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We have quite a few of these little fluffy-looking flowers around
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We also have many flowers in which the flowers are purple.
I like these flowers.
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Those are very pretty!
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