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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
Who we are
What plant is that?
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to view larger image.
Photo credits:©David G. Smith, http://www.delawarewildflowers.org
The mystery plant for June
is a perennial with opposite
and entire leaves.
The flowers are pink to white
and have 5 petals and 5 sepals.
The sepals are fused into a tube
while the petals are separate.
The lanceolate leaves are smooth,
3-5” long and 1-2” wide.
This plant grows in waste places and
is from 18-30” tall.
It blooms from mid-June to late September.
This plant is not native but
introduced from Europe.
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
Nancy Fullerton
Brian Maynard