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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Barberry; Pepperidge-bush
Berberis vulgaris
Flowers–Yellow, small, odor disagreeable, 6-parted, borne in drooping, many-flowered racemes from the leaf axils along arching twigs. Stem: A much-branched, smooth, gray shrub, 5 to 8 ft. tall, armed with sharp
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New Jersey Tea; Wild Snowball; Red-root
Ceanothus americanus
Flowers–Small, white, on white pedicels, crowded in dense, oblong, terminal clusters. Calyx white, hemispheric, 5-lobed; 5 petals, hooded and long-clawed; 5 stamens with long filaments; style short,
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Common Persicaria, Pink Knotweed, or Jointweed; Smartweed
Polygonum pennsylvanicum
Flowers–Very small, pink, collected in terminal, dense, narrow obtuse spikes, 1 to 2 in. long. Calyx pink or greenish, 5-parted, like petals; no corolla; stamens
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