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What plant is that?
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Top: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/
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2nd & 3rd photos: © Katy Chayka,
via Minnesota Wildflowers,
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.inf 4th photo: Patrick J. Alexander, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
Bottom:© Katy Chayka, via Minnesota Wildflowers, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.inf
April’s mystery plant
is an invasive biennial/perennial
from Eurasia. While not fussy
about soil types, it prefers
sunny well-drained meadows
and disturbed sites.
The plant can reach 4 feet in height
with alternate, pinnately divided,
and coarsely toothed leaves.
The leaves have a long petiole that
encircles the stem at the nodes
and are yellowish-green in color.
The yellow, 5-petaled flowers
are small and grow in umbels
that are 4” to 8” in diameter.
Each fruit contains two seeds.
Warning: contact with the sap of this plant can cause sensitivity to sunlight and
result in a burn-like dermatitis.
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.
Emma Brown
Brian Maynard
Wendy Miller
Alan Newton