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Day
lily -- Hemerocallis fulva |
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Tawny
- orange, Funnel - shaped flowers. Escaped from gardens to roadsides.
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False Solomon's Seal --
Smilacina racemosa |
| Small white flowers in branching clusters.
Alternating oval pointed leaves. Fruit, ruby red berries. Plants 1-3 ft.
tall, found in wooded area. |
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Grape
Hyacinth -- Muscari botryoides |
| A cluster of
small ball like flowers, giving the appearance of tiny grapes. Belong to
the Lily family. Has escaped from cultivation to the fields and
roadsides. |
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Ground Cedar
-- L. flabelliforme |
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Sometimes called spotted
Reindeer Moss or Crow's Foot. Somewhat endangered because of its use for Christmas decorations.
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Jack in the Pulpit -- Triphyllum |
| Flowers: Curving
ridged hood (Spathe or Pulpit) evelopes an erect club (Spadix or Jack).
Fruit: Cluster of shiny red berries on Spadix. Plant 1-3 ft. |
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Lesser Celandine --
Ranuculus ficaria |
| Butter Cup family with 8 shining petals.
Leaves are heart shaped. |
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Money Plant
-- Lunaria
annua |
| Flowers are Pink
to Purple. The plant's name comes from it's dried fruit, called Silicles.
When dried it reveals what some call silver dollars. Will grow in sun or
shade. |
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NightShade BitterSweet
-- Solanum dulcamara |
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Vinelike,
Leaves with 2 small lobes at the base. 5 Violet petals in the sweep back
position with protruding yellow anthers. |
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Passion Flower
-- Passiflora |
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Also
call maypops, apricot vine or May apple. The vine can survive as far as Zone 4
if it faces south or east and is protected by a building or wall.
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Purple
Coneflower -- Echinacea purpurea |
| A large
daisy like flower with reddish purple rays. Lower leaves egg shape.
Stalks 2 to 4 feet high with large flower heads. |
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Elementary School, Essex Md.
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Solomon's Seal
--
Polygonatum biflorum |
| Single or paired yellow-green flowers,
dangling from avils of the alternate sessile leaves. Berries blue black.
Plant 1-3 ft. tall. Wooded area. |
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Star of Bethlehem
-- Ornithogalum umbellatum |
Slender plants of the fields and meadows. Flowers open only in the
sunshine. Leaves are grass like.
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Stout Blue Eyed Grass
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
| Small blue violet flowers , 6 petals tipped
with a small point. Fruit, small round pod. |
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Striped
Wintergreen -- Climaphila maculata |
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Sometimes called spotted Wintergreen or striped pipsissewa [pipsis'u
wa]. The name derives from a Cree Indian word referring to the diuretic properties of
the leaves. |
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Woody
Hyacinths -- Hyacinthoides non-scriptus |
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Pseudonyms:
Bluebells Wild Hyacinths, normal form is blue but may be found in pink
and white. Prefer slightly acidic soil and partial shade.
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This page was last updated on 07/14/02
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