Frostweed

Flowers

Plant/Stem

Frozen sap extruded from stem

Verbesina virginica

Family: Composite

Size: 12mm

Date: Plant; 9/16/00 Frozen sap; 12/10/01.

Comments: Native Perennial Cherokee Co. At the first hard freeze, even though the plant has gone to seed and looks dead, the roots are still active. The sap freezes, splits open the stem and forms these "frost-flowers."

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