Flowers deep blue due to age and have white crests, erect stem, large ovate leaves.
Or a poplar? Probably just a popular, but birch was my first reaction and the AI agreed.
Culms pubescent on the internodes as well as the open nodes.
Pubescent, sticky. Habitat: prairie / wet prairie, with associated Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, Sidalcea sp, Sisyrinchium sp.
Upper surface of leaves glab, underside moderately pubescent, but not densely so (silvery appearance of leaves in photos caused by powdery mildew); stem pubescent, leaflets generally 7-9; plants 0.5-1.5 meters tall. Prairie understory of oak savanna; associated species Quercus garryana var. garryana, Toxicodendron diversilobum.
Basal linear leaves with linear venation. Style divided into three branches that look like petals with two lobes at the tip of each. Perianth tube less than 1 cm in length.
Sepals purple with yellow centers and dark purple venation.
Basal linear leaves with linear venation. Style divided into three branches that look like petals with two lobes at the tip of each. Perianth tube less than 1 cm in length.
Sepals purple with yellow centers and dark purple venation.
Has between 15 and 40 primary umbel rays. Habitat is stream bank.
Glume about 6mm. Anthers 2 to 4 mm and purple. Most common species in this area.
I’m very allergic to it!