spring

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  • 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 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)

  • 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

  • Viola adunca / hooked violet

    • early spring, low to ground
    • small violet (blue) flowers with small white beards, small reddish spur
    • heart-shaped leaves
    • generally in somewhat moist areas

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wyethia helianthoides / white mule’s ears

    • large, white-rayed flowers - like daisies
    • large leaves, reminiscent of mule's ears
    • uncommon but in huge profusion when it is found
    • in wetlands or wetter meadows and especially in the spring.

  • Zizia aptera / golden Alexanders

    • yellow, compound umbel infloresecence
    • basal leaves are heart-shaped
    • blooms in early to late spring

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