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Category: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)

Ficaria verna

March 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Ficaria verna is a beautiful early spring bloomer, its bright and shining yellow flowers, with a starburst of light green…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Ficaria, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Ficaria verna, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

Oemleria cerasiformis

March 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

It is always a happy day when I find my first blooming Oemleria cerasiformis of the year, because I know…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Oemleria, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Indian Plum, Oemleria crasiformis, Osoberry

Cirsium cymosum var. canovirens

February 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

When many of us think of thistles we do so with less than charitable thoughts, because most of the thistles…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Cirsium, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cirsium cymosum var. canovirens, Grey Green Thistle

Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian Watermilfoil)

October 22, 2020 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

As the common name suggests Eurasian Watermilfoil is native to Europe and Asia, as well as North Africa. It is…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Haloragaceae, Myriophyllum, Plants, Saxifragales, Species Profiles Filed under: Eurasian Watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Floating Marsh Pennywort)

September 28, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Floating Marsh Pennywort is a native, wetlands obligate plant, in the family Araliaceae. It forms dense mats on the waters…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Apiales, Araliaceae, Eudicots, Hydrocotyle, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Floating Marsh Pennywort, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Bidens cernua (Nodding Beggarticks)

September 21, 2020 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This is a common wetlands plant, which blooms from late summer into fall. It is erect, up to 40” tall,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Bidens cernua, Nodding Beggarticks

Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock)

Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Broad-leaved Dock is a perennial plant native to Europe, but has become naturalized world wide. It is an invasive species…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Plants, Polygonaceae, Rumex, Species Profiles Filed under: Bitter Dock, Broad-leaved Dock, Rumex obtusifolius

Tanacetum vulgare (Common Tansy)

September 18, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is yet another species which was imported from Europe for cultivation, but escaped to become an invasive and noxious…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles, Tanacetum Filed under: Common Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare

Amorpha fruticosa (False indigo)

September 14, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is a large, bushy shrub which grows in muddy and sandy flats along the Snake and Columbia Rivers, often…

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Posted in: Amorpha, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo

Myosotis scorpioides (True Forget-me-not)

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Though this is a European species which has escaped cultivation and has become widely naturalized and even invasive in our…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginaceae, Boraginales, Eudicots, Myosotis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Marsh Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides, True Forget-me-not, Water Forget-me-not

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