July

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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.
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)
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 americana / American brooklime
- teeny, 4-petaled blue or violet-ish flowers, white centers
- in small clumps on stream banks and in other very wet areas
- may be found as a single plant or as a large and dense population - clonal
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
Wyethia amplexicaulis / yellow mules ear
- blooms in late June, July
- large yellow sunflower-like central flower, smaller additional flowers
- long, shiny, not-hairy leaves - like green mule's ears
- strongly aromatic
- may cover acres, almost as a monoculture
- crunchy in the fall