NC, Smokies, 20060526
CabinCove, clearcut and TT, few flowers. 

Hypoxis hirsuta hirsuta 

Nice patch on high road going left from clear-cut, not far past the sitting rock; also at least one on Tigger's Trot on or near the big bench in lower half.

Melampyrum lineare 

On Tigger's Trot sl ab our boundary; starting to fl. 

GEN

ann (almost no root and all green), all parts sh clear pap-puber even inside and outside corolla but lvs more sp than rest

ST

erect, br'd ab, terete

LF

opp, lin-lance to ov, 22x13+4mm to 50x9+5mm, obtuse to acute, trunc to wedge, soft

INFL

1, axil, pedicel 1.5mm

SEP

4, join, 4mm, lobes 2mm subulate

PET

4, join, bilat, wh, 15mm long up lip   hooded, hiding stam and style, d pubesc inside, far edge spread 45deg, 5mm high low lip   3-lobed, w 2 yell mounds near tip collecting pollen in pap-puberulence, straight out, 4mm wide, flat

STAM

4, incl in hood, att in pairs to corolla, white, glab

OV

1, sup, 2 chamb, comp perp septum, ov, glab

STYLE

1, recurved, incl in hood, fine, glab, white

Packera anonyma 

In clear-cut.  For sure.  In full fl.

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