Catbells

Description:

Leaf color is light green to gray, and the leaves pass through the middle of the stem. Max height is about one foot with a spread of two to five feet. The yellow flowers are axillary, but the really cool effect is the small round seed pods that dry next to the leaf. The foliage turns brown in late summer, leaving a clump of brown eucalyptus- looking stems with round pods by each leaf.

Habitat:

This one was growing in light, sandy soil in a pine woods/wire grass sandhills habitat. This wild plant was photographed at the Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve near Windsor (Aiken County), SC

Notes:

This perennial herb/forb blooms in April and May in SC.