Gallformers description of Unknown b-sarothroides-ball-gall sounds like it could be this one. Host Baccharis sarothroides. Last photo of an old gall on the same host plant.
Gall at base of stem of Nabalus. See observation by @drbobclamguy of the same gall:
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/180917523
Thanks @jollygoodyellow for the connections and interest.
@louisnastasi
Observation of the host plant: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/180268657
What's going on here? Potential hybrid of S. laciniatum and S. perfoliatum, or just strange S. perfoliatum? Very deeply cleft leaves that are not connate. Lower cauline leaves only slightly clasping with long petioles. The stems are square at the base and round more than 18" above the ground, and pubescent where square only. The one stem with lower leaves alternate instead of opposite has a round stem throughout. The underside of the midvein is pubescent. The second to last picture is me holding a flower of nearby S. perfoliatum (left) and S. laciniatum (right) against this plant's flower (top), showing the larger size.
S. laciniatum and S. perfoliatum hybrid or just weird S. perfoliatum? Further notes in @trevorzook 's description.
Last photo with three flowers in the hand compare nearby S. perfoliatum (bottom right) with S. laciniatum (top right) and the plant in question (left)
Same individual plant recorded here, possibly var. latifolium
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177023979
Alternate leaves; basal leaves rounded/cuneate- not cordate; ray flowers showing 11 on photo but likely one missing; other similar Silphiums have opposite or whorled leaves. S. Radula is west of the Mississippi River
Cryptic gall on potentilla gracilis var flabelliformis
Found another area with hundreds of galls- maybe more! On Lindley’s Silverpuffs.
whatever emerged from this Rubus allegheniensis flower
This gall had the whole flower drooping to the ground and weighed about as much as a walnut. The mosquitoes were terrible so I didn’t linger and hope to return for another look soon.
Extensive population consisting of thousands of stems across multiple acres. Plants do not have well developed cauline leaves. However, many basal leaves do not have an pinnatifid structure.
Galls I saw in early June this year, on Lindley’s Silverpuffs, all dried out. I couldn’t get out here until now @louisnastasi, but I collected a few.
Observed exploring the side of a long dead Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) tree. Approx. 4mm.
Both compass plant and prairie dock grow nearby so maybe a hybrid between the two?
On Hazardia
Stem gall supposedly on lindley silverpuffs (Uropappus lindleyi)
foto: isabel Cunha Soares
On Silphium radula. Galls 1 inch diameter. Prairie. Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA
Maybe? Or not a gall despite the odd shape? Several of these, on wild rose (tentatively Ground Rose - Rosa spithamia) with some D. polita nearby
On Silphium, shown in 3rd photo. Upper and lower surfaces shown. Gall large enough to be visible on a leaf in the lower area of the 3rd photo. Stone Road Glade Natural Area
Several galls seen in this patch of fading Lindley’s Silverpuffs; there could be more. There are definitely more Silverpuffs. I lumped them in one observation.
The structure on the top of this Erigeron blochmaniae seems to be a gall.
?? On Lindley’s Silverpuffs, looks like some sort of bud gall. Lower Clarkia Trail. Two galls seen on plants next to each other.
On Lindley’s Silverpuffs, Microseris Lindleyi or Uropappus lindleyi. Serpentine prairie next to Barkley Field. Definitely not on Microseris douglasii. Lindley’s Silverpuffs seem to be formerly classified as genus Microseris, thought it was interesting.
Last year at Kite Hill Woodside I watched a couple folks on their hands and knees looking for these galls on the tiny Microseris douglasii.
Himalayan Blackberry rootball cut over atleast 2+ years and finally dug out, with gall (Genus Diastrophus)
Date is estimated, I collected it sometime during the summer but did not record the exact date.
Specimen is the basis of this paper
https://bioone.org/journals/proceedings-of-the-entomological-society-of-washington/volume-124/issue-2/0013-8797.124.2.332/Rediscovery-of-Polystoechotes-punctata-Fabricius-1793-Neuroptera--Ithonidae-in/10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.332.short?tab=ArticleLink
and resulting news stories
On Sanicula crassifolia. Not sure what kind of gall…
0120.21. USA.: CA, Colusa Co., 39.13837
-122.34760, 136m elev., 12-13.vi.2021, UV light trap by creek and fallen log, D. Valle Rogers
0120.21. USA.: CA, Colusa Co., 39.13837
-122.34760, 136m elev., 12-13.vi.2021, UV light trap by creek and fallen log, D. Valle Rogers
DVR-114.21. USA.: CA, Colusa Co., 39.13844 -122.34758, 137m elev., 12.vi.2021, day, hand collected under bark of fallen log, D. Valle Rogers
0120.21. USA.: CA, Colusa Co., 39.13837
-122.34760, 136m elev., 12-13.vi.2021, UV light trap by creek and fallen log, D. Valle Rogers
Collected the plant for the swollen stem galls (www.inaturalist.ca/observations/90382136) but noticed this exit hole without a stem swelling when processing the specimen.
Host plant genus Lettuce (Lactuca)