Two-flowered Cynthia, also known as false dandelion is a plant of savannahs and moist prairies or prairie fens. The yellow flowers have a slight orange tint that is not often found in the world of flowers, and the leaves are a bluish-green, sometimes rimmed in red or brown. The plant blooms in May and June, but I have noticed that it may bloom again in the fall in my home garden. It is one of my favorite plants!
In Indiana Dunes National Park it grows in an oak savannah with wild lupine and hoary puccoon. Well worth seeing!
Fun fact: Two-flowered Cynthia is unusual in another way besides its striking color. It is in the family Asteraceae, but rather than having ray florets (petals of the “flower”) and disc florets (center of the “flower”) as is usual for the family, it has spreading ray florets.
The plants in this genus have a bee species that is dependent on them: Krigia Andrenid Bee. This is called oligolechty. (source: Illinois Wildflowers).
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Two-flowered Cynthia, also known as false dandelion is a plant of savannahs and moist prairies or prairie fens. The yellow flowers have a slight orange tint that is not often found in the world of flowers, and the leaves are a bluish-green, sometimes rimmed in red or brown. The plant blooms in May and June, but I have noticed that it may bloom again in the fall in my home garden. It is one of my favorite plants!
In Indiana Dunes National Park it grows in an oak savannah with wild lupine and hoary puccoon. Well worth seeing!
Fun fact: Two-flowered Cynthia is unusual in another way besides its striking color. It is in the family Asteraceae, but rather than having ray florets (petals of the “flower”) and disc florets (center of the “flower”) as is usual for the family, it has spreading ray florets.
The plants in this genus have a bee species that is dependent on them: Krigia Andrenid Bee. This is called oligolechty. (source: Illinois Wildflowers).
