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Scrophularia lanceolate / lanceleaf figwort
- teeny, snapdragon-like flowers
- flowers urn-shaped with yellow with red or green on the outside
- flowers look like they aren't yet opened
- flowers on elongated panicle at the top of a tall-ish plant
- opposite leaves like stinging nettle without the stingers
- up to 5 feet tall in full sun/partial shade
Sorbus scopulina / western mountain ash
- moderate sized shrub with pinnately compound leaves
- 9-13 leaflets per leaf (usually)
- teeny white flowers in large rounded clusters
- yellow berries in August become bright red in September
- rocky hillsides, creek sides, open woods
Spiraea betulifolia / white spiraea
- short (1-3 feet), dominant shrub in forest understory
- rounded leaves with toothed outer margins
- teeny flowers in flat-topped clusters up to 5" across
- flowers are white with 5 petals and many stamens
Symphiocarpos oreophilus / mountain snowberry
- small pink (or white) bell or funnel shaped flowers, singly or in pairs
- shrub - upright or spreading
- most visible in late summer when the white "berries" ripen
- in the open or in canopy gaps; along the sides Forest Service roads
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
Urtica dioica / stinging nettle
- near streams and moist bogs, in woodland understories, disturbed places, wastelands
- leaves - strongly serrated margin, a heart-shaped base, a pointed tip
- flower - greenish or brownish in dense dangling clusters
- nasty hairs that sting you
Valeriana dioica / wood valerian
- perennial herb, up to 18"
- stem leaves lobed with egg-shaped "leaflets"
- inflorescence - compact, round-topped umbel-like cluster; white flowers
- flowers are teeny! ca. 1/8" with protruding stamens
- mostly in dry to moist forests
Valeriana sitchensis / Sitka valerian
- rhizomatous perennial - possibly in large colonies
- sizable head of small white flowers; 5 petals
- stamens extend beyond petals
- leaves opposite, deeply lobed (almost compound)
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
Viola canadensis / white violet
- heart-shaped (like Valentines) leaves, 3-ish inches long
- sharp leaf tips; rounded teeth
- white flowers (1 inch) with yellow centers, petals purple-tinged on back side
- understory, but may also be exposed
- blooms in early spring
Viola vallicola / sagebrush violet
- early, bright yellow violet, usually in sagebrush
- lanceolate leaves with long petioles
- moderate purplish "pencilling" on lower petal; 1-2 lines on side petals
- back sides of petals usually yellow (not brown)