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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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February 2nd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Crowfoot Family | Leave a comment

Elecampane; Horseheal; Yellow Starwort

Elecampane; Horseheal; Yellow Starwort

Inula Helenium

Flower-heads–Large, yellow, solitary or a few, 2 to 4 in. across, on long, stout peduncles; the scaly green involucre nearly 1 in. high, holding disk florets surrounded by

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December 1st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Composite Family | Leave a comment

Iron-weed; Flat Top

Iron-weed; Flat Top

Vernonia noveboracensis

Flower-head–Composite of tubular florets only, intense reddish-purple thistle-like heads, borne on short, branched peduncles and forming broad, flat clusters; bracts of involucre, brownish purple, tipped with awl-shaped bristles. Stem: 3

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April 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Composite Family | Leave a comment

Elecampane; Horseheal; Yellow Starwort

Elecampane; Horseheal; Yellow Starwort

Inula Helenium

Flower-heads–Large, yellow, solitary or a few, 2 to 4 in. across, on long, stout peduncles; the scaly green involucre nearly 1 in. high, holding disk florets surrounded by a

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November 13th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Composite Family | Leave a comment