Spring is certain
with the arrival, first, of mountain bluebirds and, second, the sight of a
stemless daisy in bloom.
Stemless daisies
(Hooker’s Townsendia), are small. The
flowers grow to about the size of a nickel.
A tuft of the daisies rarely grows even as large as my fist. But stemless daisy are tough specimens. They flourish on open ground in the prairie
and emerge in cold weather. Only a little
warm sun is required to bring forth the first flowers.
Yesterday, I saw
my first stemless daisies while on an afternoon walk. They are not the most spectacular flower, but
they are certainly a happy face.
—Mitchell Hegman
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