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Fawn's Breath
This erect, flowering herb made its appearance at one of the higher points along the Blue Ridge Parkway, in my part of Virginia, in early May.
It is called by at least two other common names, Bowman's Root and Indian Physic. (The dried root was used as an emetic tea by Native Americans.)
This third more fanciful common name, however, seems more fitting for this airy beauty.
Fawn's Breath is a native perennial.
It is a gorgeous sight as one suddenly comes upon it while negotiating a curve on the Parkway.
Truly a transient beauty, these pure white star-flowers were gone when I came by the same place just a few days later.
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