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Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Scientific Name Synonym(s): Silphium confertifolium Small, Silphium glabrum Eggert ex Small, Silphium trifoliatum var. latifolium A. Gray, Silphium asteriscus ssp. latifolium Weber & T.R. Fisher.
Common Name Synonym(s): Starry Rosinweed
Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug
Notes: Notice the smooth stem and leaves lacking hairs (Glabrous).
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Knotweed family (Polygonaceae)
Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov
Notes: The seeds are an attractive source of food to various upland gamebirds, graminivorous songbirds, and small mammals, including squirrels.
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Liliaceae (Lily Family)
Synonym(s): Wild Leek, Ramp
Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept
Notes: Two long, glossy, oval leaves appear in early spring and wither away before the smooth, 6-10 in. flowering stalk matures. Small white flowers occur in a hemispherical, terminal cluster of creamy-white flowers.
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Synonym(s): Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
Base Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Brown (incl. Maroon) (incl. Maroon), Purple
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Bloom Notes: May flower longer if rains are plentiful.
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Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov
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Similar Species: Downy Wood Mint (Blephilia ciliata (L.) Benth.)
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)
Synonym(s): Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Base Flower Color: Pink
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul
Notes: This plant is the host plant for the Buckeye butterfly.
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Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Base Flower Color: White, Pink
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul
Notes: Wineberry forms dense shady thickets that displace native plants and significantly alter habitat structure.
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Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Base Flower Color: White, Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul
Bloom Notes: Field Chamomile can be distinguished from other mayweeds by its flat leaf-segments (rather than rounded leaf-segments), and by the woolly pubescence of its foliage. It does not possess the unpleasant odor of Dog Fennel (A. cotula).
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Ericaceae (Heath Family)
Synonym(s): Blue Ridge Blueberry, Bilberry, Dryland Blueberry, Hillside Blueberry, Whortleberry
Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr
Notes: Probably the tastiest of our native blueberries.
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Asteraceae (Aster Family)
Synonym(s): Two-flower Dwarf Dandelion, Two-flower Cynthia, Dwarf Dandelion
Base Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
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