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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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First (top) and third photos: © Francis R. Underwood 2018
Second photo from top: © David G. Smith via www.delawarewildfowers.org
Fourth (bottom) photo: © 2018 Donald Cameron
The mystery plant for December is a perennial which grows 12- 25” tall.
The basal leaves are large
and toothed, ½ - 2” wide. The leaves
along the stem are
less toothed and sessile.
The flowers have 4-8 white rays
and 10-20 disk flowers.
The achenes are sericeous.
This plant grows in dry, open woods and blooms from early July to late August.
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.
Timothy Alfrey
Brittany Amaral
David Ayriyan
Robin Baranowski
Evan Carter
David Christie
Hannah Dallas
Mason Delisle
Eric Diaz
Elizabeth E. Dickson
Sherry Dzamba
Emma Ferrante
Nancy Fullerton
Kateri Gomes
Nicole Hagan
Zachary Hulmes
Judy Keller
Ally Lague
Ruby Marino
Wendy Miller
Krista Noe
Mary O'Connor
Justin Purcell
Kiely Quijano
Jessica Rizzo
Conner Rose
Deborah Vine-Smith
Kelsey Simmons
Garth Taylor
Frances Topping
Carlee Wadding
Lucas Woolhouse