If you need to contact us, email us at news@among-ri-wildflowers.org
Click on this image to return to this home page. You'll find it at
the bottom of pages.
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?
Click on photo below
to view larger image.
Photo credits:© Peter M. Dziuk,
via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.inf
The mystery plant for
October2021
is a herbaceous perennial
native to dry, rocky and
sometimes sandy places.
This plant grows from 6-10” tall
and can spread to 24 inches.
It has a vigorous spreading habit
and has linear awl shaped leaves.
The flowers are about
one inch across and
have 5 petals and 5 sepals.
The petals are notched at the tips and range in color
from pink to blue-violet.
Inside the flower
there are 5 stamens
of varying lengths and
the style is three parted.
The five sepals are shorter
than the floral tube
and lance shaped
with a pointed tip.
The sepals are hairy and green
or sometimes purple colored.
“Minnesota Wildflowers”
states that this plant is
adventive in New England and from Michigan west in Minnesota
and south to Tennessee.
This plant spreads readily.
Flora Novae Angliae
states
that this plant grows in
all six New England states.
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.
Gena Anika
Erin Foley
Emma Fritz
Mariya Furtado
Domingo Lora Medina
Brian Maynard
Julianne Müller
Alan Newton
Nolan O'Donnell
Rachel Partney
Diane Stacy