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Last Updated:
July 24, 2017
The
Amateur
Botanist
Current Article:
Rare Plants of City Park,
Warwick, RI
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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
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What plant is that?
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Top two photos:© Francis R. Underwood 2019
Lower two: ©Katy Chayka, via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/
The unknown plant for July 2019
is a small annual, alternate- leaved plant
with very attractive blue flowers
surrounded by a solitary bract
called a spathe.
The spathe surrounds all of the petals including the two blue petals.
The leaf blades are lanceolate
with entire margins and
are 2-6” long, ½- 1” wide.
This plant can be found growing
in moist or shady ground and
is not native to RI.
The plant is in bloom from
late June to early October.
Stop back next month to find out
what this mystery plant is.
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for last month's mystery plant.
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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.
Sydney Chratian
Brooke Dodge
Lydia Genard
Brian Maynard
Emma Paton
Allison Stift