So they began the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival as a weekend of wildflower hikes led by experts who can tell a harebell from a fringed gentian and a sneezeweed from a little sunflower. |
An orange sneezeweed finds itself supported by the chevroned leaves of a companion. |
Commonly known as sneezeweed because it used to be dried and used as snuff, it's a plant with straightforward requirements. |
The yellow-green disk at the center of the flowers is a distinguishing mark for sneezeweed. |
Cultivars of the following native species are widely available, but are unsuitable for restoration or naturalization projects: asters, goldenrods, wild strawberry, wild bergamot, sneezeweed, black-eyed Susan and blazing star. |
Commonly known as sneezeweed because it used to be dried for snuff, it likes to be in a bright and sunny position in well-enriched moist soil. |