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Yarrow; Milfoil; Old Man’s Pepper; Nosebleed
Achillea Millefolium
Flower-heads–Grayish-white, rarely pinkish, in a hard, close, flat-topped, compound cluster. Ray florets 4 to 6, pistillate, fertile; disk florets yellow, afterward brown, perfect, fertile. Stem: Erect, from
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Gronovius’ or Common Dodder; Strangle-weed; Love Vine; Angel’s Hair
Cuscuta Gronovii
Flowers—Dull, white minute, numerous, in dense clusters. Calyx inferior, greenish white, 5-parted; corolla bell-shaped, the 5 lobes spreading, 5 fringed scales within; 5
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Broad-leaved Arrow-head
Sagittaria latifolia (S. variabilis)
Flowers–White, 1 to 1-1/2 in. wide, in 3-bracted whorls of 3, borne near the summit of a leafless scape 4 in. to 4 ft. tall. Calyx of 3
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Harebell or Hairbell; Blue Bells of Scotland; Lady’s Thimble
Campanula rotundifolia
Flowers–Bright blue or violet-blue, bell-shaped, 1/2 in. long, or over, drooping from hair-like stalks. Calyx of 5-pointed, narrow, spreading lobes; 5 slender stamens alternate
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Pearly, or Large-flowered, Everlasting; Immortelle, Silver Leaf; Moonshine; Cottonweed; None-so-pretty
Anaphalis margaritacea
Flower-heads–Numerous pearly-white scales of the involucre holding tubular florets only; borne in broad, rather flat, compound corymbs at the summit. Stem: Cottony, 1
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