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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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Large Yellow Pond, or Water, Lily; Cow Lily; Spatterdock

Large Yellow Pond, or Water, Lily; Cow Lily; Spatterdock

Nymphaea advena (Nuphar advena)

Flowers–Yellow or greenish outside, rarely purple tinged, round, depressed, 1-1/2 to 3-1/2 in. across. Sepals 6, unequal, concave, thick, fleshy; petals stamen-like,

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Spreading Dogbane; Fly-trap Dogbane; Honey-bloom; Bitter-root

Spreading Dogbane; Fly-trap Dogbane; Honey-bloom; Bitter-root

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Flowers–Delicate pink, veined with a deeper shade, fragrant, bell-shaped, about 1/3 in. across, borne in loose terminal cymes. Calyx 5-parted; corolla of 5 spreading, recurved lobes united

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Viper’s Bugloss; Blue-weed; Viper’s Herb or Grass; Snake-flower; Blue Thistle; Blue Devil

Viper’s Bugloss; Blue-weed; Viper’s Herb or Grass; Snake-flower; Blue Thistle; Blue Devil

Echium vulgare

Flowers–Bright blue, afterward reddish purple, pink in the bud, numerous, clustered on short, 1-sided curved spikes rolled up at first, and

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Tall Meadow-rue

Tall Meadow-rue

Thalictrum polygamum (T. Cornuti)

Flowers–Greenish white, the calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, falling early; no petals; numerous white, thread-like, green-tipped stamens, spreading in feathery tufts, borne in large, loose, compound terminal

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May Apple; Hog Apple; Mandrake; Wild Lemon

May Apple; Hog Apple; Mandrake; Wild Lemon

Podophyllum peltatum

Flowers–White, solitary, large, unpleasantly scented, nodding from the fork between a pair of terminal leaves. Calyx of 6 short-lived sepals; 6 to 9 rounded,

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