Rhode Island Oddities

Oddities are those botanical wonders that shouldn’t be there…
but are.

Often times it’s a flower that’s the wrong color or has too many petals. Sometimes it’s an odd growth habit. Either way, it’s unique.

If you have an Oddity you would like to add to our collection, contact us at news@among-ri-wildflowers.org

Here’s some of the Oddities that we’ve come across.

5-petalled form of Bluets
(Houstonia caerulea)

Photo credit: Nancy Fullerton

White form of Blue Toadflax
(Nuttallanthus canadensis)

Photo credit: kb

Sensitive Fern frond with fertile and sterile parts
Onoclea sensibilis

Photo credit: Garry Plunkett

5-sided Seedbox (normally 4-sided)
Ludwigia alternifolia

Photo credit: Doug McGrady

White Arethusa
Arethusa bulbosa

Photo credit: kb

White Fringed Polygala
Polygala paucifolia

Photo credit: kb

Four-leaved Trillium
Trillium sp.

Photo credit: Norm Boyer

White Bird’s Foot Violet
Viola pedata

Photo credit: Norm Boyer

White Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens

Photo credit: Norm Boyer

White Calopogon
Calopogon tuberosus

Photo credit: Doug McGrady

White Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis

Photo credit: Doug McGrady

Double-flowered Bellwort
Uvularia sessilifolia

Photo credit:kbarton

White Ladyslipper
Cypripedium acaule

Photo credit: Norm Boyer

Double-flowered Wood Anemone
Anemone quinquefolium

Photo credit: Francis Underwood

Variegated Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetida

Photo credit: Norm Boyer