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Prosartes trachycarpa / rough-fruited fairybells
- heart-shaped, clasping leaves with parallel veins
- pendant white flowers with 6 petals/tepals, often obscured by leaves
- round, yellow then orange then red fruits with rough surface in late summer
- moist forest understoreys
Prunus virginiana / western chokecherry
- oval leaves with serrated margins and abrupt taper at tip
- reddish twigs with prominent lenticels
- drooping clumps of white flowers w/ yellow centers in spring
- red to black cherries in fall, up to ½ inch diameter
- leaves turn orange or yellow in fall
Pterospora andromedea / woodland pinedrops
- sticky-haired, reddish brown plant; no chlorophyll
- nodding, yellow and pink flowers like upside-down urns
- unbranched stem with "invisible" scale-like leaves at base
- old, woody stalks with pumpkin-shaped capsules persist at least one season
- in pine or mixed conifer forests
Purshia tridentata / antelope bitterbrush
- small yellow, 5-petal flowers in early spring
- small shrub, often in large "clumps"
- leaves look like sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata)
Pyrola asarifolia / pink pyrola
- 4 to 25 nodding red (or pink) and white flowers in a loose raceme
- round petals, edges often curved down
- green style extends out of flower like elephant's trunk
- flower stems may be over a foot tall
- leaves are "liver" shaped or "ginger" shaped and shiny - round-ish but wider than long
Ranunculus aquatilis / common water crowfoot
- found in slowly flowing water ways, ditches, ponds
- white, waxy flowers with yellow centers; 4 or 5 petals
- flowers raised a couple inches above the water surface
- usually grows in dense mats that look a lot like slime
Ranunculus glaberrimus / sagebrush buttercup
- one of the earliest spring flowers
- yellow flowers, ca. 1" across
- usually 5 shiny/waxy petals, numerous stamens
- short, mostly elliptical leaves
- in small to field-sized clumps
- very poisonous
Ranunculus orthorhynchus / straightbeak buttercup
- 5 (to 8) bright, shiny yellow petals with long pedicels
- many stamens and pistils
- large, compound leaves with 3-5 pointy-lobed leaflets
- found in wet areas including irrigation ditches
Rhamphospermum arvense / Charlock
- yellow-flowered brassica; flowers larger than most mustards
- large-ish leaves with toothed margins
- erect stems; look for a reddish purple ring at stem junctions
- disturbed areas, road sides and waste places; prefers high nutrients
- 1" siliques point out or up, but not down
Ribes aureum / golden current
- shrub up to 10 feet tall
- spring bloomer, golden yellow flower in clusters
- small, maple-like leaves
- 1/2 inch berries in late summer, golden to black
Ribes viscosissimum / sticky currant
- shrub to 7 feet tall
- stem and leaves covered with sticky, glandular hairs
- white, bell-like flowers in drooping or erect clusters (up to 15)
- rough leaves, 3-5 equal lobes, toothed margins
- fragrant flowers and leaves
Rumex crispus / curly dock
- rather large, lance-shaped leaves
- curly leaf margins, like crisped bacon or "crinkly-wavy"
- tall flowering stalks with many, many small yellow/green-ish flowers
- fruits are just like the flowers but deep red
- widespread and very much a weed