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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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Upper two photos: © 2018 Donald Cameron
Lowerr photos: © Francis R. Underwood 2018
September’s mystery plant
is a perennial with alternate,
compound leaves meaning each leaf
has 2 or more distinct leaflets.
The leaflets are ovate and finely serrate.
The 5-petaled yellow flowers are borne in umbels and the petals are reflexed.
This plant grows 1 to 2½ feet tall,
and begins to bloom in spring and
continues through July to early August.
It grows on flood plains, wet woods
and moist fields.
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
Nancy Fullerton
Brian Maynard
Anne Wagner