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Category: Eudicots

Helenium autumnale (Large-flowered Sneezeweed)

September 7, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This is a tall (1-4’) plant with yellow blooms, and stems which are winged where the leaves and petioles clasp…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Helenium, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Helenium autumnale, Large-flowered Sneezeweed

Rubus bifrons (Himalayan Blackberry)

August 26, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Anyone living in the PNW is probably all too familiar with the mounded and sharply thorned canes of the Himalayan…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Rubus, Species Profiles Filed under: Himalayan Blackberry, Rubus bifrons
Jacobaea vulgaris

Jacobaea vulgaris (Tansy Ragwort)

Dan Nelson 3 Comments

It is possible that Tansy Ragwort is not quite the bugaboo people think it is. Yes, it is poisonous to…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Jacobaea, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Jacobaea vulgaris, Tansy Rgwort

Anaphalis margaritacea (Pearly Everlasting)

August 19, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Probably best known to the average person for its presence in floral displays, Pearly Everlasting is another member of the…

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Posted in: Anaphilas, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Gnaphalieae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Anaphilas magaritacea, Pearly Everlasting

Cirsium vulgare (Bull Thistle)

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These plants are 1.5-5’ tall, with prickly stems, and sessile, clasping, narrow lobed leaves ending in a spine. Flower heads…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Cirsium, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare

Cirsium arvense (Canada Thistle, Creeping Thistle)

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The most common common name for this plant is Canada Thistle, a misnomer because it is actually native to Eurasia…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Cirsium, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Canada Thistle, Cirsium arvense, Creeping Thistle

Rumex crispus (Curly Dock)

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Erect, unbranched stems (to 40” tall) arise from a large basal rosette. Leaves are lanceolate, undulating, and ‘crisped’ on the…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Plants, Polygonaceae, Rumex, Species Profiles Filed under: Curly Dock, Rumex crispus

Verbascum thapsus (Wooly Mullein)

Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Wooly Mullein is a biennial plant in the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). It grows a large rosette of large and wooly…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Lamiales, Plants, Scrophulariaceae (Figworts), Species Profiles, Verbascum Filed under: Verbascum thapsus, Wooly Mullein

Epilobium ciliatum (Fringed Willowherb)

August 17, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is a very common native species, found throughout our region in moist, sunny areas. It can be a wetland…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Epilobium, Eudicots, Myrtales, Onagraceae (Willowherbs and Evening Primroses), Plants Filed under: Common Willowherb, Epilobium ciliatum, Fringed Willowherb

Solidago lepida (Western Goldenrod)

Dan Nelson 2 Comments

It seems that Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod) is no longer a valid appellation for any of the goldenrod in our…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Solidago Filed under: Solidago lepida, Western Canada Goldenrod, Western Goldenrod

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