Can you ID these plants?

[cwhit590]

I love IDing plants! Apparently I'm not the only one....

So I thought I would post a few pics for the fun of it to test y'alls skills...

These are from a few summers ago when our family was vacationing in the Traverse City, Michigan area. Looking at these pics again makes me want to go back....:coolsun Ah... Lake Michigan.

Plant # 1

I think I know what type of plant this is...not positive though....your thoughts?
and this is its natural habitat. I found it in the rocks by the pier:

Plant # 2

This is at Sleeping Bear Dunes in Empire, MI...sorry if the plant is a little hard to see...at least you can see its natural habitat!
I know what this one is ...do you?

 

[Greensage45]

I cannot identify the first one by a specific name, but I would venture to guess it is related to the Scorpion flower or Heliotrope.

As for the second picture I would say this is a form of Thistle; most likely Canadian Thistle

Ron :bouquet

 

[cwhit590]

I cannot identify the first one by a specific name, but I would venture to guess it is related to the Scorpion flower or Heliotrope.

As for the second picture I would say this is a form of Thistle; most likely Canadian Thistle

Getting warmer....hint....it's a threatened species....

 

[beefy]

no clue on the first one. never seen anything like it. if i had to throw out a wild donkeyed guess i'd say some relative of Statice.

the other one looks like a thistle.

 

[beefy]

poppy?

 

[cwhit590]

no clue on the first one. never seen anything like it. if i had to throw out a wild donkeyed guess i'd say some relative of Statice.

It does look Statice-y...but no....

the other one looks like a thistle.

It's a species only found on sand dunes along the Great Lakes....

 

[digitS']

. . . It's a species only found on sand dunes along the Great Lakes....

And that made it easy to do a search . . . .
Cirsium pitcheri

But, can't risk the time to double check.

digitS'

 

[cwhit590]

. . . It's a species only found on sand dunes along the Great Lakes....

And that made it easy to do a search . . . .
Cirsium pitcheri

But, can't risk the time to double check.

digitS'

ding! ding! ding! we have a winner!
Plant #2 is Pitcher's Thistle.


So that leaves us with Plant #1......hmm....................

 

[digitS']

So it's not a Heliotrope, eh?

scratch . . . scratch . . .

 

[digitS']

Off to the right, including that shadow on the rock, that's some knapweed . . . did I win??