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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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to view larger image.
Top photo: Peter Dziuk, via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info
Second and fourth photos: Katy Chayka, via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info
Third photo from top:
R. W. Smith, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The mystery plant for February
is a perennial which grows to 1-3 feet tall.
The main stem is green
and mostly glabrous.
The leaves are alternate
and grow to 3-4 inches long,
1-1.5 inches wide and are sharply toothed .
The basal leaves are sometimes lacking.
The lower cauline leaves soon drop off and
the central stem produces a terminal panicle-like inflorescence.
The floral rays are bright yellow.
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.
Nancy Fullerton
Brian Maynard
Krista Noe
Anne Wagner