The star-flower makes certain areas as brilliant as the night sky

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Title:
The star-flower makes certain areas as brilliant as the night sky
Description:
The star-flower makes certain areas as brilliant as the night sky. From Natural Gardens (pages 292-293): "Perennial, 1-2 1/2 ft. tall with flowers in a terminal raceme, each of the 3-10 flowers enclosed in sheathing bract; petals narrow, nearly linear, pointed: leaves chiefly basal, linear. Grassy bogs or savannahs. Fall."
Topics:
Botany
Subjects:
Flowers
Rush featherling (Pleea tenuifolia)
Original Format:
Hand colored lantern slide
Extent:
3.25 x 4 in.
Item identifier:
0021018
Photographer:
Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 more info on Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Close-up views
Location:
Big Savannah (N.C.)
Digital Project:
B. W. Wells