Photos by Carla Wells
Prairie Smoke is a perennial, native wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows six to 16 inches tall. The flowers form in groups of three or six droopy, reddish brown, bell-shaped flowers, 3/4 inches long, growing on each stalk. Each flower has five-pointed petal-like sepals that alternate with narrow bracts and five very small petals. The plant has basal leaves that are four to nine inches long and divided into many small-toothed leaflets. It grows in dry prairies. (EW)