Updated September 3, 2020: Readers of the weekly Matthaei-Nichols enewsletter have been sending in their plant ID questions all summer. Here’s the latest crop from late July and August. We identified all of them, however, not all are ID-ed to the species level.
July 2020: Readers of the weekly Matthaei-Nichols enewsletter sent in their plant ID questions. We identified all of them, however, not all are ID-ed to the species level.
Submitted by Bernadette: This is velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti), a non-native plant whose seeds can remain viable for 20 years: https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/velvetleaf.htm
June 2020: Readers of the weekly Matthaei-Nichols enewsletter sent in their plant ID questions. We identified all of them, however, not all are ID-ed to the species level.
This is a buckeye, Aesculus genus, that’s a hybrid between A. pavia and A. hippocastanum (horse chestnut). It is known as Aesculus x carnea and is commonly found in nurseries and around town