Also tomato leaves can yellow at the bottom due to over watering. Sometimes this can not be helped due to Mother Nature. This is why it is important to have well-draining soil, and to use a good mulch around the plants. Using compost, or a transplant mix, in your garden soil will help if drainage is an issue.
Scientific Name(s): Liatris spicata. Abundance: uncommon. What: root/tuber. How: roasted. Where: open fields, landscaping. When: fall, winter. Nutritional Value: calories. Edible gayfeather tuber.
Close-up of gayfeather stand. Close-up of gayfeather flower. Close-up of gayfeather flower before opening. There are quite a few different species of Gayfeathers growing in stands across the fields, prairies, ditches, and woodland glades of Texas and North America. All are considered non-poisonous but only a few of them produce tubers big enough to be worth eating.