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Gold-thread; Canker-root

Gold-thread; Canker-root

Coptis trifolia

Flowers–Small, white, solitary, on a slender scape 3 to 6 in. high. Sepals 5 to 7, petal-like, falling early; petals 5 to 6, inconspicuous, like club-shaped columns; stamens numerous; carpels

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Yarrow; Milfoil; Old Man’s Pepper; Nosebleed

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

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

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

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

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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