Ironweed
“It has a tall erect stem and bears deep purple-blue flower heads in loose terminal clusters. Its leaves are long and thin and pointed, their lower surfaces downy. Its fruit is seed-like, with a double set of purplish bristles. It flowers from August to October in damp, rich soil from New York south to Georgia, west to Louisiana, north to Missouri, Illinois and Michigan. The name refers to the toughness of the stem. — Adapted from The Audubon Society’s ... Field Guide to North A merican WildflowersTo course o’er better waters now hoists sail the little bark of my wit, leaving behind her a sea so cruel. — Dante, PurgatorioIRONWEEDI Riding up the winding road of Saint Agnes Cemetery in the back of the rattling old truck, Francis Phelan became aware that the dead, even more than the living, settled down in neighborhoods.MoreLess
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