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Tradescantia (AKA spiderwort).

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 Photographed at 5:49 a.m. near the shore of Lake Mendota on June 11th.

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Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Original Mike writes:

I spent a Boy Scout survival exercise in central Wisconsin eating what we could forage, which amounted to spiderwort and a small snake we caught and cooked over a fire we started with my buddy's coke-bottle eyeglasses.

I hate spiderwort.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Bart writes:

There's also a white strain, uncommon in the wild. We have a bit in our patch of native prairie, but you get a screen shot b/c we're far enough south (and far enough west) that it's not even civil twilight yet.

BTW, trads in general are a fantastic pollen source for all sorts of wild bees.

Interestingly, the individual flowers last only for part of the day. New blossoms each morning.

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