A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Eastern bluestar is a 1-3 ft., erect-stemmed perennial forming large, multi-stemmed clumps. The smooth stems are crowded with narrow, oval leaves which turn golden-yellow in the fall. Blue, tubular flowers, the rim flaring to a star-shape, appear in loosely conjested clusters at the tips of the stems.
Partial shade in wet to moist, sandy soils in thin woods and on plains. This one was spotted at the visitor's center at Caesar's Head State Park (Greenville County), SC.
The species name commemorates the 16th-century German herbalist Jakobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus. Greek apocynum noxious to dogs. Distasteful.
Spotted on Apr 19, 2012
Submitted on Feb 21, 2015
No Comments