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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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Top photo credit: © Francis R. Underwood 2019
Center photos: ©David G. Smith "http://www.delawarewildflowers.org"
Bottom photo:
G. D. Bebeau
The mystery plant for March 2019
is a perennial with opposite,
sharply toothed leaves
which can grow to 3 feet tall.
The flowers have 4 petals and
are white to pink in color.
As the flowers mature
the calyx elongates into a long tube
with the corolla at the tip.
As the seeds form they produce long hairs
at the apex. These hairs are known as the coma and are similar to
the coma found on Milkweed seeds.
The coma aids the seeds in dispersal by the wind. This plant blooms from
late July through August
and is often found in moist areas.
Stop back next month to find out
what this mystery plant is.
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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.
Mason Delisle
Elizabeth E. Dickson
Nancy Fullerton
Brian Maynard
Wendy Miller
Gail Reynolds
Leslie Tatar
Anne Wagner