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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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Common or Plumed Thistle

Common or Plumed Thistle

Cirsium

Is land fulfilling the primal curse because it brings forth thistles? So thinks the farmer, no doubt, but not the goldfinches which daintily feed among the fluffy seeds, nor

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Sneeze weed; Swamp Sunflower

Sneeze weed; Swamp Sunflower

Helenium autumnale

Flower-heads–Bright yellow, 1 to 2 in. across, numerous, borne on long peduncles in corymb-like clusters; the rays 3 to 5 cleft, and drooping around the yellow or yellowish-brown disk.

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Hibiscus: A Plant That Blooms All Year

Hibiscus or Rose of China (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is a flowering plant that can bloom almost year-round.  It has large, colorful flowers and is cultivated throughout the tropics and other warm climates.

            Hibiscus vary in size. The normal height is 12 to 18 inches, but they can grow to

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Golden Aster

Golden Aster

Chrysopsis mariana

Flower-heads–Composite, yellow, 1 in. wide or less, a few corymbed flowers on glandular stalks; each composed of perfect tubular disk florets surrounded by pistillate ray florets; the involucre campanulate, its narrow

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Golden Aster

Golden Aster

Chrysopsis mariana

Flower-heads–Composite, yellow, 1 in. wide or less, a few corymbed flowers on glandular stalks; each composed of perfect tubular disk florets surrounded by pistillate ray florets; the involucre campanulate, its narrow

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