C. Peirce

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Sandy prairies, bluffs, and oak savanna; thin soil over limestone (Drummond Island, Chippewa Co.).

The beautiful head of wind-dispersed fruits with very long plumose styles reminds one of Dryas, an arctic-alpine genus of which two species are known from islands along the north shore of Lake Superior but not from Michigan. (They differ from Geum in having simple leaves and ca. 8 petals and sepals, the latter without associated bractlets.)

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