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Catananche lutea this is a very interesing plant. it has a &quot;normal&quot; composite flower, that attracts bees: <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77489/catananche_lutea.html" title="Catananche lutea"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3519/77489_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=NAUwOfzNQTDVAVVsMM6bBlmzIzc%3D" width="114" height="152" alt="Catananche lutea the base of the plant with some interesting ant-pollinated flowers:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77491/catananche_lutea.html Catananche lutea,Geotagged,Jordan Valley,Samaria,Spring" /></a></figure><br /> but near the base of the plant there are small flowers as well, designated to be pollinated by ants, and this is shown in this picture. Catananche lutea,Geotagged,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Catananche lutea

this is a very interesing plant. it has a "normal" composite flower, that attracts bees:

Catananche lutea the base of the plant with some interesting ant-pollinated flowers:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77491/catananche_lutea.html Catananche lutea,Geotagged,Jordan Valley,Samaria,Spring

but near the base of the plant there are small flowers as well, designated to be pollinated by ants, and this is shown in this picture.

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    Christine Young
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    That's amazing! Do you know of other plants that make 2 different flowers for 2 different pollinators?! I've never heard of this before. I wonder why they do this? Posted 6 years ago

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The Yellow Succory

''Catananche lutea'', is a woolly annual plant, assigned to the daisy family, with most leaves in a basal rosette, and some smaller leaves on the stems at the base of the branches. Seated horizontal flowerheads develop early on under the rosette leaves.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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Uploaded Apr 15, 2019. Captured Apr 4, 2019 16:25 in 5788.
  • COOLPIX B700
  • f/3.8
  • 10/600s
  • ISO100
  • 4.3mm