moist meadows

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  • Galium borealis / northern bedstraw

    • teeny 4-petaled white flowers in small to large clusters
    • two pairs of opposite leaves in a whorl around the stem
    • linear leaves - like rosemary
    • smooth stems... not hairy or sticky like other bedstraws

  • Gentian affinis / pleated gentian

    • brilliantly blue, funnel-shaped flowers
    • petals (lobes) pointed, joined by ragged plaits
    • flowers in clumps or singly at tops of stems
    • leaves lanceolate and opposite on square stems.
    • found in a variety of wet sites

  • Gentiana calycosa / explorer’s gentian

    • opposite, sessile leaves on unbranched stems; clonal
    • deep blue funnel-shaped flowers with white throats and yellow spots
    • 5 pointed petals with fringed pleats between them
    • in wetter areas at higher elevations

  • Geum macrophyllum / largeleaf avens

    • yellow, 5-petaled flowers; not glossy
    • many long styles in green center
    • fruits look like little marbles covered with red velcro
    • fruits and flowers present at the same time
    • deeply divided, sessile leaves on flowering stems

  • Helenium autumnale / common sneezeweed

    • 2" flower head with nearly spherical central disk; numerous yellow rays
    • found in moist areas in full or partial sun
    • sessile or clasping lance shaped leaves on an angled and winged stem

  • Heracleum maximum / cow parsnip

    • very tall - stands above most other herbs and forbs
    • huge leaves with clasping sheaths at the stem junction
    • leaves lobed and like a very large maple
    • huge flat umbels with white flowers
    • grooved, woolly, stout stem

  • Iliamna rivularis / streambank globemallow

    • showy, pink flowers, sometimes rose or nearly white
    • tall, up to 6 feet
    • large, broadly "heart-shaped" leaves with big, triangular lobes

  • Iris missouriensis / western blue flag iris

    • wetland monocot - long leaves, parallel veins
    • large blue flower with yellow "signal" stripe, purple veins
    • 3 petals, 3 sepals make up the flower
    • blooms in spring
    • "like a domestic iris on a diet"

  • Lactuca pulchella / blue lettuce

    • looks like prickly lettuce, but blue and without prickly stems or leaves
    • clonal from spreading roots

  • Maianthemum racemosum / Solomon’s plume

    • "feathery" inflorescence - panicle
    • 6 white tepals on teeny flowers
    • long-blooming in late spring, sometimes into summer
    • green berries --> red as they ripen
    • alternate, clasping leaves on erect stems

  • Mentha canadensis / American cornmint

    • crushed leaves smell like peppermint
    • clusters of teeny white-blue-pink flowers in the axils of stem leaves
    • square stems, lance-shaped leaves
    • shaded, moist areas
    • may form large clones

  • Mertensia ciliata / mountain bluebells

    • taller than others bluebells - up to four feet
    • often forms dense stands by streams and seeps
    • flowers dark blue, bell-shaped, held on one side of stem
    • leaves blue-green, pointed, with prominent veins, marginal pointy hairs

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