White Dutch Flower
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Common Name - White Dutch Flower
Scientific Name - Repens Trifolium
Family - Fabaceae
Order - Fabales
Flowering Period -
Flower type - Clover
Location Found - Europe, North Africa, West Asia, New Zealand, North America
Interesting Fact - Also known as the white clover
Scientific Name - Repens Trifolium
Family - Fabaceae
Order - Fabales
Flowering Period -
Flower type - Clover
Location Found - Europe, North Africa, West Asia, New Zealand, North America
Interesting Fact - Also known as the white clover
American Bellflower
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Common Name - American Bellflower
Scientific Name - Campanulastrum americanum
Family - Campanulaceae
Order - Asterales
Flowering Period - July, August, September
Flower Type - Deeply 5-lobed; calyx lobes linear, spreading; corollas wheel-shaped, approximately 1 inch wide, blue with whitish centers; style long-protruding, bending downward then curving upward.
Location Found - Damp shaded sites, open woods, and stream banks.
Interesting Fact - Also called the Tall Bellflower
Scientific Name - Campanulastrum americanum
Family - Campanulaceae
Order - Asterales
Flowering Period - July, August, September
Flower Type - Deeply 5-lobed; calyx lobes linear, spreading; corollas wheel-shaped, approximately 1 inch wide, blue with whitish centers; style long-protruding, bending downward then curving upward.
Location Found - Damp shaded sites, open woods, and stream banks.
Interesting Fact - Also called the Tall Bellflower
Common Spiderwort
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Common Name - Common Spidewort
Scientific Name - Tradescantia ohiensi
Family - Commelinaceae
Order - Commelinales
Flowering Period - May, June, July, August
Flower Type - Stalks 1/4 to 1 inch long, glabrous; sepals 3, elliptic, 1/3 to 1/2 inch long, glabrous, waxy, tips pointed and sometimes bearing tuft of hair, margins sometimes purplish-red; petals 3, broadly egg-shaped, blue, purple, or lavender, 1 to 1.5 inch wide; stamens 6; filaments densely bearded.
Location Found -Roadsides, meadows, thickets, prairies, open woods or disturbed areas; moist places, on sandy, rocky, or clayey soil.
Interesting Fact - Also called Spiderwort, ohio spiderwort , and reflext spiderwort.
Scientific Name - Tradescantia ohiensi
Family - Commelinaceae
Order - Commelinales
Flowering Period - May, June, July, August
Flower Type - Stalks 1/4 to 1 inch long, glabrous; sepals 3, elliptic, 1/3 to 1/2 inch long, glabrous, waxy, tips pointed and sometimes bearing tuft of hair, margins sometimes purplish-red; petals 3, broadly egg-shaped, blue, purple, or lavender, 1 to 1.5 inch wide; stamens 6; filaments densely bearded.
Location Found -Roadsides, meadows, thickets, prairies, open woods or disturbed areas; moist places, on sandy, rocky, or clayey soil.
Interesting Fact - Also called Spiderwort, ohio spiderwort , and reflext spiderwort.
Elephant's Foot
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Common Name - Elephant's Foot
Scientific Name - Elephantopus carolinianus
Family - Asteraceae
Order -
Flowering Period - August, September,October
Flower Type -Head-like clusters, small, dense, 2/5 to 1 inch across, terminating branch tips; subtending bracts 1-3, leaf-like, heart-shaped, equaling or exceeding cluster, somewhat folded lengthwise.
Location Found - Moist wooded areas, bases of bluffs, stream banks, open or shaded moist sites; often on sandy soils.
Interesting Fact - Also known as Carolina elephant's foot.
Scientific Name - Elephantopus carolinianus
Family - Asteraceae
Order -
Flowering Period - August, September,October
Flower Type -Head-like clusters, small, dense, 2/5 to 1 inch across, terminating branch tips; subtending bracts 1-3, leaf-like, heart-shaped, equaling or exceeding cluster, somewhat folded lengthwise.
Location Found - Moist wooded areas, bases of bluffs, stream banks, open or shaded moist sites; often on sandy soils.
Interesting Fact - Also known as Carolina elephant's foot.
Common Milkweed
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Common Name - Common Milkweed
Scientific Name - Asclepias syriaca
Family - Apocynaceae
Order -Gentianales
Flowering Period - June, July, August
Flower Type - Umbels, few to several, 20- to 130-flowered, in upper leaf axils; on stalks .5 to 5.5 inches long.
Location Found - Found along banks of ponds or waterways, roadsides, edges of woodlands, and in open disturbed sites or waste areas.
Interesting Fact - Also called Milk plant, wild asparagus, silkweed, wild cotton.
Scientific Name - Asclepias syriaca
Family - Apocynaceae
Order -Gentianales
Flowering Period - June, July, August
Flower Type - Umbels, few to several, 20- to 130-flowered, in upper leaf axils; on stalks .5 to 5.5 inches long.
Location Found - Found along banks of ponds or waterways, roadsides, edges of woodlands, and in open disturbed sites or waste areas.
Interesting Fact - Also called Milk plant, wild asparagus, silkweed, wild cotton.
False Dragonhead
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Common Name - False Dragonhead
Scientific Name - Physostegia angustifolia
Family - Lamiaceae
Order -
Flowering Period - May, June, July, September
Flower Type - Showy; calyx 1/5 to 1/3 inch long; corolla .8 to 1.4 inches long, 2-lipped, pale lavender to white, purple spots inside, minutely pubescent to glabrous outside; stamens 4.
Location Found - Prairies, rocky open ground, ditches, stream banks, moist or wet swales, thickets, and rocky open glades.
Interesting Fact - Also called Narrow-leaf false dragonhead, lion's heart.
Scientific Name - Physostegia angustifolia
Family - Lamiaceae
Order -
Flowering Period - May, June, July, September
Flower Type - Showy; calyx 1/5 to 1/3 inch long; corolla .8 to 1.4 inches long, 2-lipped, pale lavender to white, purple spots inside, minutely pubescent to glabrous outside; stamens 4.
Location Found - Prairies, rocky open ground, ditches, stream banks, moist or wet swales, thickets, and rocky open glades.
Interesting Fact - Also called Narrow-leaf false dragonhead, lion's heart.
Buffalo Gourd
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Common Name - Buffalo Gourd
Scientific Name - Cucurbita foetidissima
Family - Cucurbitaceae
Order - Cucurbitales
Flowering Period - June, July, August
Flowering Type - Large, showy; male and female flowers produced separately on same plant, staminate flowers on stalks 1-2 inches long, pistillate flowers sessile; calyces 5-parted; corollas bell-shaped, 5-lobed to about middle, 2-5 inches long, to 4 inches wide, yellow to orange; stamens 5, anthers united.
Location Found - Dry, disturbed areas, waste places, roadsides, and fence lines, commonly in sandy or gravelly soils.
Interesting Fact - Also called the wild gourd
Scientific Name - Cucurbita foetidissima
Family - Cucurbitaceae
Order - Cucurbitales
Flowering Period - June, July, August
Flowering Type - Large, showy; male and female flowers produced separately on same plant, staminate flowers on stalks 1-2 inches long, pistillate flowers sessile; calyces 5-parted; corollas bell-shaped, 5-lobed to about middle, 2-5 inches long, to 4 inches wide, yellow to orange; stamens 5, anthers united.
Location Found - Dry, disturbed areas, waste places, roadsides, and fence lines, commonly in sandy or gravelly soils.
Interesting Fact - Also called the wild gourd
Siberian Motherwort
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Common Name -Siberian
Scientific Name - Leonurus sibiricus
Family - Lamiaceae
Order - Lamiales
Flowering Period - June, July, August
Flowering Type - Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, about 1/4 inch long, 5-10 ribs, 5-lobed; lobes prolonged into stiff, slender spines; corolla 2/5 to 3/5 inch long, rose-pink to purplish, 2-lipped; upper lip entire, hood-like, short-hairy above; lower lip spreading or bent downward, 3-lobed, purple mottled; central lobe longest; stamens 4, ascending under upper lip; lower pair equaling or longer than upper pair; stigma 2-lobed.
Location Found - Waste places, open woods, ditches, and along streams.
Interesting Fact - Usually just called Motherwort.
Scientific Name - Leonurus sibiricus
Family - Lamiaceae
Order - Lamiales
Flowering Period - June, July, August
Flowering Type - Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, about 1/4 inch long, 5-10 ribs, 5-lobed; lobes prolonged into stiff, slender spines; corolla 2/5 to 3/5 inch long, rose-pink to purplish, 2-lipped; upper lip entire, hood-like, short-hairy above; lower lip spreading or bent downward, 3-lobed, purple mottled; central lobe longest; stamens 4, ascending under upper lip; lower pair equaling or longer than upper pair; stigma 2-lobed.
Location Found - Waste places, open woods, ditches, and along streams.
Interesting Fact - Usually just called Motherwort.