I have tried to identify this tiny woodland wildflower without success for sometime now and thought I would post this here and see if anyone knows what it might be. This tiny wildflower grows along the edge of a heavily wooded area just above the Alcovy River in North East Georgia, just south of the mountains. It is at an elevation of about 800 feet above sea level. The light is filtered sunlight at times and the slope that these are growing on is fairly dry. So it's a kind of dry shade. There are maybe a community of a couple dozen plants, growing singly, around the bases of the trees there. In the included photo, the leaves have on them patches of pollen from the fact that we are currently experiencing record pollen counts. A sprinkling of rain caused the pollen to clump up but there was not enough rain to wash it off the leaves. The leaves are actually solid green and quite hairy. The entire whorl of these plants tends to be about 3 inches across (roughly 8 cm). Thanks in advance!- Charlotte
Hi! Thank you, tipularia, Michael and Ron, for responding and identifying this little plant. I have wondered for so long. We have a trail that runs down to the river on our land and every day, while exercising the dogs, I see this little patch of wildflowers and everytime I pass, I vow that I should find out the name and more about these plants. Now, I know. Thanks! Hope you are all have a great day!