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NEWS
Last Updated:
July 24, 2017
The
Amateur
Botanist
Current Article:
Rare Plants of City Park,
Warwick, RI
For past Amateur Botanist
articles, click HERE.
Big River MA
Rare plants found in the
Big River Management Area
RI Ferns
ARIW has teamed up with
Don Lubin to produce an article
about the ferns found in RI.
RI Equisetopsida,
Lycopodiopsida
and Isoetopsida
Horsetails, Club-mosses,
Fir-mosses, Spike-mosses
and Quillworts
Formerly known as
the Fern Allies
RI OrchidsRI Violets
Oddities
References
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What plant is that?
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Photos:© Francis R. Underwood 2019
The mystery plant for October is a
perennial which grows up to 2’ tall and
has opposite, sessile and entire dark green leaves up to 4” long and 2” wide .
Unlike most flowering plants
the petals on this plant do not open
and the plant is pollinated
by insects which are able to force
their way beneath the petals.
The flowers occur primarily
in terminal clusters and
the blue to violet colored petals
are five in number.
This plant grows in meadows and
trail edges and blooms from
late August to the middle of October.
Stop back next month to find out
what this mystery plant is.
Click here
for last month's mystery plant.
Mystery Plants from
past months, click, here
E-mail your guess to us and,
if you're right, we'll list
your name below.
Congratulations to the following
for correctly identifying
last month's mystery plant.
Ryan Ball
Nancy Fullerton
Allison Gallagher
Lydia Genard
Tyler Gilbert
Ezra LaBrie
Brian Maynard
Laurie Moore
Nadia Moss
Krista Noe
Emma Paton
Kevin Rodriguez
Allison Stift
Garth Taylor
Anne Wagner