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Flowers
Flowers 2 min read

COMMON CHICKWEED

(Aisine media; Stellaria media of Gray) Pink family Flowers - Small, white, on slender pedicels from leaf axils, also in terminal clusters. Calyx (usually) of 5 sepals, much longer than the 5 (usually...

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Flowers
Flowers 3 min read

COMMON ST. JOHN'SWORT

(Hypericum perforatum) St. John's-wort family Flowers - Bright yellow, 1 in. across or less, several or many in terminal clusters. Calyx of 5 lance-shaped sepals; 5 petals dotted with black; numerous...

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Flowers
Flowers 1 min read

CREEPING DALIBARDA

(Dalibarda repens) Rose family Flowers - White, solitary, or 2 at end of a scape 2 to 5 in. high. Calyx deeply, unevenly 5 or 6 parted, the larger divisions toothed; 5 petals falling early; numerous s...

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Flowers
Flowers 1 min read

CREEPING SNOWBERRY

(Chiogenes hispidula) Huckleberry family Flowers - Very small, white, few, solitary, nodding on short, curved peduncles from the leaf axils. Calyx 2-bracted, 4-cleft; corolla a short 4-cleft bell; 8 s...

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Flowers
Flowers 3 min read

CULVER'SROOT CULVER'S PHYSIC

(Leptandra Virginica; Veronica Virginica of Gray) Figwort family Flowers - Small, white or rarely bluish, crowded in dense spike-like racemes 3 to 9 in. long, usually several spikes at top of stem or...

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