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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
Carnivorous
Plants
ARIW has partnered with the
New England Carnivorous Plant Society to develop a catalog of the Carnivorous plants growing in RI.
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
Who we are
What plant is that?
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Topr two photos: © Francis R. Underwood 2019
Third photo from top: Katy Chayka, via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/
Bottom photo: Peter M. Dziuk, via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/
The Mystery Plant for November 2019
is an annual which grows 4-16” tall.
The calyx (sepals collectively) is
made up of 3 small sepals and
2 large petal-like sepals and 6 stamens.
The flowers can range from
blue/purple to rose pink in color.
As the flowers age, they fade to
a greenish white and the lower stem
is covered with small bracts
which are remnants of flowers gone-by.
The alternate green leaves are entire,
1-1.5” long and very narrow.
The fruit is a small capsule 1 or 2 seeds.
The root is said to have
a fragrance of wintergreen.
This plant grows in moist open areas and
sometimes in dry areas such as in gravel.
It blooms from July through 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.
Robin Baranowski
Elizabeth E. Dickson
Brooke Dodge
Bintu Fofana
Namcy Fullerton
Allison Gallagher
Lydia Genard
Tyler Gilbert
Nicole Hagan
Brian Maynard
Wendy Miller
Nadia Moss
Ally Nyren
Andrea Panciera
Jennifer K. Reed
Kevin Rodriguez
Allison Stift
Garth Taylor
Kyle Vieira
Anne Wagner
