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  • Taraxia tanacetifolia / tansyleaf evening primrose

    • single, sessile, bright yellow, cup shaped flowers; 4 petals
    • grows as a rosette, flat to the ground
    • leaves are up to 12 inches long; very deeply lobed
    • still blooming in mid-October; starts in mid summer
    • grows on sandy/gravelly soil, e.g. drying lake beds

  • Telesonix heucheriformis / false saxifrage

    • alpine or subalpine
    • on scree, rock faces, cliffs, in cracks
    • glandular, slightly lobed leaves (common for the family)
    • teeny red or purple-ish flowers in large-ish clusters
    • blooms in August at high altitudes

  • Tetradymia canescens / spineless horsebrush

    • shrub - up to 3 feet tall and across; round
    • small, yellow composite flowers in clusters of 4 to 8
    • dandelion-like seeds often present with flowers
    • primary leaves short and linear; long-lived
    • secondary leaves in axils of primaries are short-lived
    • primary leaves are not spines

  • Thlaspi arvense / field pennycress

    • inflorescence a raceme with white, teeny flowers
    • oval seed pods ca. 1/3" across
    • blooms late spring and summer
    • continues blooming as pods fill from older flowers
    • common weed in disturbed habitats including cultivated land

  • Trifolium repens / white clover

    • the quintessential 3-leaf clover
    • white flower heads, tinged with pink (perhaps)
    • found in full sun with little other specific requirements
    • four leaflet leaves bring good luck

  • 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

  • Typha latifolia / cattail

    • tall, grass-like with thick, long, flat leaves
    • in wet areas, especially streams and stream banks
    • inflorescence club-like spike; yellow (male) above, green (female) below
    • seed head dark brown club, with bare spike above
    • fruits (seeds) white & fluffy, released in late summer, autumn, winter

  • Valeriana edulis / hairy valerian

    • long-lived, herbaceous, dioecious perennial - limited to marshes and fens
    • grass-like basal leaves; pin-like lobed, stem leaves
    • teeny male flowers, white with five fused petals
    • sub-millimeter female flowers
    • male and female flowers usually on different plants
    • overall plant stands out above wetland grasses, rushes etc.

  • Veratrum californicum / California false hellebore

    • huge inflorescence covered with one-inch-plus flowers
    • six white tepals with green centers
    • moist areas, possibly very dense stands
    • foot-long, heavily veined, pleated bright green leaves

  • Verbascum thapsus / mullein

    • rosette of large, soft, hairy leaves
    • small yellow flowers densely packed on a very tall spike
    • persistent ugly brown spike after flowering is done
    • often on otherwise bare ground

  • Veronica officinalis / heath speedwell

    • prostrate, herbaceous perennial
    • hairy green stems and leaves (obvious)
    • short, erect, spike-like shoots
    • ¼" blue/violet flowers
    • 4 petals with purple stripes
    • gaps and exposed soils

  • Veronica wyomingensis / Wyoming kittentails

    • alpine or subalpine (mostly); rocky outcrops
    • short
    • elliptical leaves with sharp toothed edges
    • red/purple many-flowered inflorescence

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