It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is an interesting one. This is Catclaw Sensitive Briar and it usually blooms May through September. I love the pom pom type blooms of it. These are in the Bean Family. They are interesting in that you can run your finger along a leaf stem and the leaves will fold together. It is actually a nutritious plant for livestock as well.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog once again! The year is going so quickly. This flower is enjoying a good year as it is very abundant in my area. This is Catclaw Sensitive Briar. I love it's puffball blooms. The name comes from the claw-like barbs on the stem and the fact that the leaves fold up if you run your finger along them. It's pretty cool to experience. They usually bloom May through September.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! This year was a very good year for Cat's Claw Sensitive Briar. It blooms May through September and in June while out on Konza Prairie it was blooming all over. The stem has briars on it, which is where part of the name comes from. The "sensitive" part of the name is due to the fact that if you rub your finger down the middle of the leaflets they will close together.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog once again! This past weekend gave me acouple of opportunities to see and photograph wildflowers in bloom with 2 walks out on Konza Prairie. It's been an odd blooming year with all the rain and cooler start we got. Some flowers are blooming early and others are late. I captured this Cat's Claw Sensitive Briar in some light that mabe the bloom look like a firework I thought. It get's it's name because if you touch the leaves it will close up and also because it has small thorns on it's stems. You can see them on the flower stem in the photo.
