Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
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- WILD FLOWERS WORTH KNOWING
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY (Alismaceae)
- Broad-leaved Arrow-head Sagittaria latifolia (S. variabilis)
- ARUM FAMILY (Araceae)
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit; Indian Turnip Arisaema triphyllum
- Skunk or Swamp Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
- SPIDERWORT FAMILY (Commelinaceae)
- Virginia, or Common Day-flower Commelina virginica
- PICKEREL-WEED FAMILY (Pontederiaceae)
- Pickerel Weed Pontederia cordata
- LILY FAMILY (Liliaceae)
- American White Hellebore; Indian Poke; Itch-weed Veratrum viride0
- Wild Yellow, Meadow, or Field Lily; Canada Lily Lilium canadense
- Red, Wood, Flame, or Philadelphia Lily Lilium philadelphicum
- Yellow Adder’s Tongue; Trout Lily; Dog-tooth “Violet” Erythronium americanum
- Yellow Clintonia Clintonia borealis
- Wild Spikenard; False Solomon’s Seal; Solomon’s Zig-zag Smilacina racemosa
- Hairy, or True, or Twin-flowered Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum
- Early or Dwarf Wake-Robin Trillium nivale
- Purple Trillium, Ill-scented Wake-Robin, or Birth-root Trillium erectum
- Carrion-flower Smilax herbacea
- AMARYLLIS FAMILY (Amaryllidaceae)
- Yellow Star-grass Hypoxis hirsuta (H. erecta)
- IRIS FAMILY (Iridaceae)
- Larger Blue Flag; Blue Iris; Fleur-de-lis; Flower-de-luce Iris versicolor
- Blackberry Lily Belamcanda chinensis (Pardanthus chinensis)
- Pointed Blue-eyed Grass; Eye-bright; Blue Star Sisyrinchium angustifolium
- ORCHIS FAMILY (Orchidaceae)
- Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper; Whippoorwill’s Shoe; Yellow Moccasin Flower Cypripedium pubescens (C. hirsutum)
- Moccasin Flower; Pink, Venus’, or Stemless Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium acaule
- Showy, Gay, or Spring Orchis Orchis spectabilis
- Large, or Early, Purple-fringed Orchis Habenaria fimbriata (H. grandiflora)
- White-fringed Orchis Habenaria blephariglottis
- Yellow-fringed Orchis Habenaria ciliaris
- Calopogon; Grass Pink Calopogon pulchellus (Limodorum tuberosum)
- Arethusa; Indian Pink Arethusa bulbosa
- Nodding Ladies’ Tresses or Traces Spiranthes cernua
- BUCKWHEAT FAMILY (Polygonaceae)
- Common Persicaria, Pink Knotweed, or Jointweed; Smartweed Polygonum pennsylvanicum
- POKEWEED FAMILY (Phytolaccaceae)
- Pokeweed; Scoke; Pigeon-berry; Ink-berry; Garget Phytolacca decandra
- PINK FAMILY (Caryophyllaceae)
- Common Chickweed Stellaria media (Alsine media)
- Corn Cockle; Corn Rose; Corn or Red Campion; Crown-of-the-Field Agrostemma Githago
- Starry Campion Silene stellata
- Wild Pink or Catchfly Silene pennsylvanica (S. caroliniana)
- Soapwort; Bouncing Bet; Hedge Pink; Bruisewort; Old Maid’s Pink; Fuller’s Herb Saponaria officinalis
- PURSLANE FAMILY (Portulacaceae)
- Spring Beauty; Claytonia Claytonia virginica
- WATER-LILY FAMILY (Nymphaeaceae)
- Large Yellow Pond, or Water, Lily; Cow Lily; Spatterdock Nymphaea advena (Nuphar advena)
- Sweet-scented White Water-lily; Pond Lily; Water Nymph; Water Cabbage Castalia odorata (Nymphaea odorata)
- CROWFOOT FAMILY (Ranunculaceae)
- Common Meadow Buttercup; Tall Crowfoot; Kingcups; Cuckoo Flower; Goldcups; Butter-flowers; Blister-flowers Ranunculus acris
- Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum polygamum (T. Cornuti)
- Liver-leaf; Hepatica; Liverwort; Round-lobed, or Kidney Liver-leaf; Noble Liverwort; Squirrel Cup Hepatica triloba (H. Hepatica)
- Wood Anemone; Wind-flower Anemone quinquefolia
- Virgin’s Bower; Virginia Clematis; Traveller’s Joy; Old Man’s Beard Clematis virginiana
- Marsh Marigold; Meadow-gowan; American Cowslip Caltha palustris
- Gold-thread; Canker-root Coptis trifolia
- Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
- Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot; Tall Bugbane Cimicifuga racemosa
- White Baneberry; Cohosh Actaea alba
- BARBERRY FAMILY (Berberidaceae)
- May Apple; Hog Apple; Mandrake; Wild Lemon Podophyllum peltatum
- Barberry; Pepperidge-bush Berberis vulgaris
- POPPY FAMILY (Papaveraceae)
- Bloodroot; Indian Paint; Red Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis
- Greater Celandine; Swallow-wort Chelidonium majus
- FUMITORY FAMILY (Fumariaceae)
- Dutchman’s Breeches; White Hearts; Soldier’s Cap; Ear-drops Dicentra Cucullaria
- Squirrel Corn Dicentra canadensis
- MUSTARD FAMILY (Cruciferae)
- Shepherd’s Purse; Mother’s Heart Capsella Bursa-pastoris
- Black Mustard Brassica nigra
- PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY (Sarracenaceae)
- Pitcher-plant; Side-saddle Flower; Huntsman’s Cup; Indian Dipper Sarracenea purpurea
- SUNDEW FAMILY (Droseraceae)
- Round-leaved Sundew; Dew-plant Drosera rotundifolia
- SAXIFRAGE FAMILY (Saxifragaceae)
- Early Saxifrage Saxifraga virginiensis
- Foam-flower; False Miterwort; Cool wort; Nancy-over-the-Ground Tiarella cordifolia
- Grass of Parnassus Parnassia caroliniana
- WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY (Hamamelidaceae)
- Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana
- ROSE FAMILY (Rosaceae)
- Hardhack; Steeple Bush Spiraea tomentosa
- Meadow-sweet; Quaker Lady; Queen-of-the-Meadow Spiraea salicifolia
- Common Hawthorn; White Thorn; Scarlet-fruited Thorn; Red Haw; Mayflower Crataegus coccinea
- Five-finger; Common Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis
- High Bush Blackberry; Bramble Rubus villosus
- Purple-flowering or Virginia Raspberry Rubus odoratus
- Wild Roses Rosa
- PULSE FAMILY (Leguminosae)
- Wild or American Senna Cassia marylandica
- Wild Indigo; Yellow or Indigo Broom; Horsefly Weed Baptisia tinctoria
- Wild Lupine; Old Maid’s Bonnets; Wild Pea; Sun Dial Lupinus perennis
- Common Red, Purple, Meadow, or Honeysuckle Clover Trifolium pratense
- White Sweet Clover; Bokhara or Tree Clover; White Melilot; Honey Lotus Melilotus alba
- Blue, Tufted, or Cow Vetch or Tare; Cat Peas; Tinegrass Vicia Cracca
- Ground-nut Apios tuberosa (A. Apios)
- Wild or Hog Peanut Amphicarpa monoica (Falcata comosa)
- WOOD-SORREL FAMILY (Oxalidaceae)
- White or True Wood-sorrel; Alleluia Oxalis acetosella
- Violet Wood-sorrel Oxalis violacea
- GERANIUM FAMILY (Geraniaceae)
- Wild or Spotted Geranium or Crane’s-Bill; Alum-root Geranium maculatum
- Herb Robert; Red Robin; Red Shanks; Dragon’s Blood Geranium Robertianum
- MILKWORT FAMILY (Polygalaceae)
- Fringed Milkwort or Polygala; Flowering Wintergreen; Gay Wings Polygala paucifolia
- Common, Field, or Purple Milkwort; Purple Polygala Polygala sanguinea (P. viridescens)
- TOUCH-ME-NOT FAMILY (Balsaminaceae)
- Jewel-weed; Spotted Touch-me-not; Silver Cap; Wild Balsam; Lady’s Eardrops; Snap Weed; Wild Lady’s Slipper Impatiens biflora (I. fulva)
- BUCKTHORN FAMILY (Rhamnaceae)
- New Jersey Tea; Wild Snowball; Red-root Ceanothus americanus
- MALLOW FAMILY (Malvaceae)
- Swamp Rose-mallow; Mallow Rose Hibiscus Moscheutos
- ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY (Hypericaceae)
- Common St. John’s-wort Hypericum perforatum
- ROCKROSE FAMILY (Cistaceae)
- Long-branched Frost-weed; Frost-flower; Frost-wort; Canadian Rockrose Helianthemum canadense
- VIOLET FAMILY (Violaceae)
- Blue and Purple Violets
- Yellow Violets
- White Violets
- EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY (Onagraceae)
- Great or Spiked Willow-herb; Fire-weed Epilobium angustifolium (Chamaenerion angustifolium)
- Evening Primrose; Night Willow-herb Oenothera biennis
- GINSENG FAMILY (Araliaceae)
- Spikenard; Indian Root; Spignet Aralia racemosa
- PARSLEY FAMILY (Umbelliferae)
- Wild or Field Parsnip; Madnep; Tank Pastinaca sativa
- Wild Carrot; Queen Anne’s Lace; Bird’s-nest Daucus Carota
- DOGWOOD FAMILY (Cornaceae)
- Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
- HEATH FAMILY (Ericaceae)
- Pipsissewa; Prince’s Pine Chimaphila umbellata
- Indian Pipe; Ice-plant; Ghost-flower; Corpse-plant Monotropa uniflora
- Pine Sap; False Beech-drops; Yellow Bird’s-nest Monotropa Hypopitis
- Wild Honeysuckle; Pink, Purple, or Wild Azalea; Pinxter-flower Rhododendron nudiflorum
- American or Great Rhododendron; Great Laurel; Rose Tree, or Bay Rhododendron maximum
- Mountain or American Laurel; Calico Bush; Spoonwood; Calmoun; Broad-leaved Kalmia Kalmia latifolia
- Trailing Arbutus; Mayflower; Ground Laurel Epigaea repens
- Creeping Wintergreen; Checker-berry; Partridge-berry; Mountain Tea; Ground Tea, Deer, Box, or Spice Berry Gaultheria procumbens
- PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae)
- Four-leaved or Whorled Loosestrife; Crosswort Lysimachia quadrifolia
- Star-flower; Chickweed Wintergreen; Star Anemone Trientalis americana
- Scarlet Pimpernel; Poor Man’s or Shepherd’s Weatherglass; Red Chickweed; Burnet Rose; Shepherd’s Clock Anagallis arvensis
- Shooting Star; American Cowslip; Pride of Ohio Dodecatheon Meadia
- GENTIAN FAMILY (Gentianaceae)
- Bitter-bloom; Rose Pink; Square-stemmed Sabbatia; Rosy Centaury Sabbatia angularis
- Fringed Gentian Gentiana crinita
- DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae)
- Spreading Dogbane; Fly-trap Dogbane; Honey-bloom; Bitter-root Apocynum androsaemifolium
- MILKWEED FAMILY (Aselepiadaceae)
- Common Milkweed or Silkweed Asclepias syriaca (A. cornuti)
- Butterfly-weed; Pleurisy-root; Orange-root; Orange Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
- CONVOLVULUS FAMILY (Convolvulaceae)
- Hedge or Great Bindweed; Wild Morning-glory; Rutland Beauty; Bell-bind; Lady’s Nightcap Convolvulus sepium
- Gronovius’ or Common Dodder; Strangle-weed; Love Vine; Angel’s Hair Cuscuta Gronovii
- POLEMONIUM FAMILY (Polemoniaceae)
- Ground or Moss Pink Phlox subulata
- BORAGE FAMILY (Boraginaceae)
- Forget-me-not; Mouse-ear; Scorpion Grass; Snake Grass; Love Me Myosotis scorpioides (M. palustris)
- Viper’s Bugloss; Blue-weed; Viper’s Herb or Grass; Snake-flower; Blue Thistle; Blue Devil Echium vulgare
- VERVAIN FAMILY (Verbenaceae)
- Blue Vervain; Wild Hyssop; Simpler’s Joy Verbena hastata
- MINT FAMILY (Labiatae)
- Mad-dog Skullcap or Helmet-flower; Mad weed; Hoodwort Scutellaria lateriflora
- Self-heal; Heal-all; Blue Curls; Heart-of-the-Earth; Brunella; Carpenter-weed Prunella vulgaris
- Motherwort Leonurus Cardiaca
- Oswego Tea; Bee Balm; Indian’s Plume; Fragrant Balm; Mountain Mint Monarda didyma
- Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
- NIGHTSHADE FAMILY (Solanaceae)
- Nightshade; Blue Bindweed; Felonwort; Bittersweet; Scarlet or Snake Berry; Poison-flower; Woody Nightshade Solanum Dulcamara
- Jamestown Weed; Thorn Apple; Stramonium; Jimson Weed; Devil’s Trumpet Datura Stramonium
- FIGWORT FAMILY (Scrophulariaceaë)
- Great Mullein; Velvet or Flannel Plant; Mullein Dock; Aaron’s Rod Verbascum Thapsus
- Moth Mullein Verbascum Blattaria
- Butter-and-eggs; Yellow Toadflax; Eggs-and-bacon; Flaxweed; Brideweed Linaria vulgaris
- Blue or Wild Toadflax; Blue Linaria Linaria canadensis
- Hairy Beard-tongue Pentstemon hirsutus (P. pubescens)
- Snake-head; Turtle-head; Balmony; Shellflower; Cod-head Chelone glabra
- Monkey-flower Mimulus ringens
- Common Speedwell; Fluellin; Paul’s Betony; Groundhele Veronica officinalis
- American Brooklime Veronica americana
- Culver’s-root; Culver’s Physic Veronica virginica (Leplandra virginica)
- Downy False Foxglove Gerardia flava (Dasystoma flava)
- Large Purple Gerardia Gerardia purpurea
- Scarlet Painted Cup; Indian Paint-brush Castilleja coccinea
- Wood Betony; Lousewort; Beefsteak Plant; High Heal-all Pedicularis canadensis
- BROOM-RAPE FAMILY (Orobanchaceae)
- Beech-drops Epifagus virginiana
- MADDER FAMILY (Rubiaceae)
- Partridge Vine, Twin-berry; Mitchella Vine; Squaw-berry Mitchella repens
- Button-bush; Honey-balls; Globe-flower; Button-ball Shrub; River-bush Cephalanthus occidentalis
- Bluets; Innocence; Houstonia; Quaker Ladies; Quaker Bonnets; Venus’ Pride Houstonia caerulea
- BLUEBELL FAMILY (Campanulaceae)
- Harebell or Hairbell; Blue Bells of Scotland; Lady’s Thimble Campanula rotundifolia
- Venus’ Looking-glass; Clasping Bellflower Specularia perfoliata (Legouzia perfoliata)
- LOBELIA FAMILY (Lobeliaceae)
- Cardinal Flower; Red Lobelia Lobelia cardinalis
- Great Lobelia; Blue Cardinal Flower Lobelia syphilitica
- COMPOSITE FAMILY (Compositae)
- Iron-weed; Flat Top Vernonia noveboracensis
- Joe-Pye Weed; Trumpet Weed; Purple Thoroughwort; Gravel or Kidney-root; Tall or Purple Boneset Eupatorium purpureum
- Boneset; Common Thorough wort; Agueweed; Indian Sage Eupatorium perfoliatum
- Golden-rods Solidago
- Blue and Purple Asters or Starworts Aster
- White Asters or Starworts
- Golden Aster Chrysopsis mariana
- Daisy Fleabane; Sweet Scabious Erigeron annuus
- Robin’s, or Poor Robin’s, or Robert’s Plantain; Blue Spring Daisy; Daisy-leaved Fleabane Erigeron pulchellus
- Pearly, or Large-flowered, Everlasting; Immortelle, Silver Leaf; Moonshine; Cottonweed; None-so-pretty Anaphalis margaritacea
- Elecampane; Horseheal; Yellow Starwort Inula Helenium
- Black-eyed Susan; Yellow or Ox-eye Daisy; Nigger-head; Golden Jerusalem; Purple Cone-flower Rudbeckia hirta
- Tall or Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus
- Sneeze weed; Swamp Sunflower Helenium autumnale
- Yarrow; Milfoil; Old Man’s Pepper; Nosebleed Achillea Millefolium
- Dog’s or Foetid Camomile: Mayweed; Pig-sty Daisy; Dillweed; Dog-fennel Anthemis Cotula (Maruta Cotula)
- Common Daisy; White-weed; White or Ox-eye Daisy; Marguerite; Love-me, Love-me-not Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum
- Tansy; Bitter-buttons Tanacetum vulgare
- Common or Plumed Thistle Cirsium
- Chicory; Succory; Blue Sailors; Bunk Cichorium Intybus
- Common Dandelion; Blowball; Lion’s-tooth; Peasant’s Clock Taraxacum officinale (T. Dens-leonis)
- Tall or Wild Lettuce; Wild Opium; Horse-weed Lactuca canadensis
- Orange or Tawny Hawkweed; Golden Mouse-ear Hawkweed; Devil’s Paint-brush Hieracium aurantiacum
- COLOR KEY
- BLUE TO PURPLE FLOWERS
- MAGENTA TO PINK
- WHITE AND GREENISH
- YELLOW AND ORANGE
- GENERAL INDEX OF NAMES
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