Prenanthes racemosa - photos and description
Saskatchewan's Wildflowers
Erect perennial with basal leaves having a long, winged stalk 20 cm long, 2.5 cm wide; upper leaves clasp the stem. Leaves are oblanceolate to spatulate, with somewhat wavy margins, but not toothed. Flowers in a loose raceme, white petals and purplish-brown sepals. Flowers are 2 cm long, 1 cm across.
Plants listed in Budd's Flora to 150 cm high, we measured plants to 105 cm cm tall.
This plant is listed as uncommon by Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Saskatchewan.
The oblanceolate to spatulate leaves distinguishes this from the other Prenanthes species growing in Saskatchewan, Prenanthes alba, whose leaves are lobed and have an arrowhead shape.
Habitat is listed as wooded areas.
Took the above photos August 5th and August 8th on a roadside moist meadow, boreal forest, east of Hudson Bay, SK, about 400 km north east of our home in Regina, SK.