One of my favorite native plants.
Blue mist flower (Conoclinium coelestinum
Common Name(s): Ageratum Blue Boneset Blue Mistflower Blue Mist Flower Hardy Ageratum Mistflower Wild Ageratum, Previously known as: Eupatorium coelestinum)


One of my favorite native plants.
Blue mist flower (Conoclinium coelestinum
Common Name(s): Ageratum Blue Boneset Blue Mistflower Blue Mist Flower Hardy Ageratum Mistflower Wild Ageratum, Previously known as: Eupatorium coelestinum)


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Flowering for some plants is a yearly occurrence; for others, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. A widespread species of bamboo in Japan, Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis, takes this one-time flowering event and pushes it to the extreme: they flower once every 120 years before dying to make way for the next generation.
phys.org/news/2023-09-rare-bamboo-event-years-ecological.amp
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