I mostly observe native flowering plants on roadsides in my area - North Carolina, USA. Recently, I have become fascinated by the basal rosettes I see. They are not often mentioned or pictured in field guides or identification keys, yet many of them appear to be be unique to the species. Some “weed”…

Appreciate that, naturalist_nate. I have ordered a copy and it is on its way to me.

If you have the means, I highly recommend sowing some seeds in pots to watch at home. Nothing teaches you about plants like starting them from scratch!

That’s exactly what I have done - growing native plants from seeds. I actually have quite a few seedling and rosette pictures but haven’t started uploading any of them to iNat yet. I usually have a long backlog of wild observations even without adding cultivated ones into the mix. But maybe these mi…

[image] annkatrinrose: I actually have quite a few seedling and rosette pictures but haven’t started uploading any of them to iNat yet. I usually have a long backlog of wild observations even without adding cultivated ones into the mix I haven’t uploaded mine either. It is a bummer that I wan…

For ID of rosettes in a limited area (but it includes many widespread weeds), Dichotyledonous rosettes of eastern Nebraska: descriptions and key, by Phillip David Moore, a master’s thesis at University of Nebraska at Omaha. If you see rosettes you know, photo and post them! Your identification wil…

That’s a great project - I see it isn’t limited to rosettes, as it includes other kinds of plants! I added some of my observations as I see there aren’t many from South America as a whole :D

Is there a field for “rosette”? I know that I have a few mixed in amongst my observations.

@sedgequeen , yes! I did a little of that last winter when I saw them on my roadside jaunts. That ‘s actually what got me interested. I saw many I did not already know, and they did not get any identifications, which I can understand. But it made me want to know more! Now it is fall, and I am startin…

@sedgequeen , that master’s thesis is terrific and there are lots of species in it that grow here in NC. I can’t wait to try it out. Thank you for that suggestion.

Basal rosette identification

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gillydilly October 20, 2021, 8:29pm 15

@botanicaltreasures, great question! I don’t know the answer.

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Basal rosette identification

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