biennial
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Barbarea vulgaris / yellow rocket
- showy yellow brassica with relatively large flowers
- leaves deeply lobed with larger terminal lobe, smaller toward top of stems
- common on roadsides and waste places in spring
- siliques about an inch long and curving upward, with beaks and pedicels
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Cirsium scariosum / elk thistle
- usually tall, quite prickly thistle with deeply lobed, spiny leaves
- large, lavender (pink to purple) flowers hidden by the long leaves
- covered with white hairs giving it a silvery look overall
- in moist areas, in full sun
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Erysimum asperum / prairie-rocket wallflower
- yellow flowers, large for a crucifer
- flowers in clusters above foliage
- oval/elliptical leaves, to 4" long... hairy
- long thin fruit pod (silique) perpendicular to stem, may curve upward
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Hyocyamus niger / black henbane
- highly toxic! including contact dermatitis
- 5-lobed, funnel-shaped flowers, brownish yellow with purple veins and center; 1.5" across
- flowers in summer, e.g. warm June, July
- elliptical leaves, pointy tips, toothed or lobed margins, prominent veins
- highly disturbed areas: wastelands, field edges etc.
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Turritis glabra / tower mustard
- long (3"-ish) stick-like seedpods, erect and hugging the stem
- nondescript mustard-family 4 petalled flowers in a cluster at the top
- tall stem with leaves clasping the stem (no petioles)
- generally in exposed, dry habitats
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