An Imposter?

Posted by Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 17 July 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

When I first spotted this flower from the sides, I had mistaken it for a daylily. Upon closer inspection from above, I noticed that each of the petals was attached to the stamen with its own petiole, or stalk, rather than the petal being attached directly forming the corolla. Photo taken June 28, 2009 at Illinois Beach State Park.

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