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Groundnut (Wild Bean) (Apios americana Medik.) Family: Pea. Woodland Garden and Upland Garden. This example in the bog area of the Woodland Garden. A veining plant that produces edible tubers. Minnesota occurrence mostly in the south. |
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Compass-plant (Silphium laciniatum L.) Family: Compositae (Composite). A very tall plant of the Upland Garden with hairy stems and leaves. Many books will also list this plant as "Rosin-weed" due to the sticky juice. This is one of the four Silphiums in the Garden. Close-up image under. |
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| Red Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua L.). Family: Figwort. The main and very impressive grouping is found in the Woodland Garden at Station 24. There are other small groups around the Garden. These plants came from a Mr. Rohl's garden in Minneapolis, 1931, to replace a stolen previous clump. Blooms mid to late August. Close-up of flower on roll-over. |
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Monarch butterfly on a Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa L.) flower head in the Upland Garden. |
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Cardinal-flower (Lobelia cardinalis L.). Family: Lobelia. Found along the small stream in the Woodland Garden. Transplants to the Garden from Gillett's Nursery, Southwick, MA in 1923, 1924 and from Stillwater, MN in 1930 and 1932 by Eloise Butler. Blooms late August into September. Close-up photo on roll-over.
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Plain Gentian (Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.). Family: Gentiana. Found in the Upland Garden late August. |
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| Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.). Family: Aster (Composite). Found in the Upland Garden along the edges of the paths. Usually not open unless sunny and they close by early afternoon. Some plants of this species will have white flowers. |
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Bottle Gentian (Gentiana clausa Raf.). Family: Gentiana. Found in the Upland Garden. 2nd image under. |
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| White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima L.) Family: Aster. Woodland and Upland Garden, generally in partial shade. Native to the Twin Cities west and south. It will easily self-seed along the edges of a woodland. The plant contains trematol, a toxic alcohol. If cows eat the plant the toxin is secreted into the milk causing milk sickness. Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, died of the disease in 1818. Generally in bloom during August. |
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Climbing Nightshade (Bittersweet Nightshade) (Solanum dulcamara L.). Family: Nightshade. Found in the Woodland Garden. A vine without tendrils that grows near other plants for support. The ends of the stem with the flower clusters are usually self supporting. Leaves first taste sweet, then bitter, hence one of the common names. Flowers all summer long. Widely distributed in Minnesota. |
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| Witch's Moneybags (Live-forever) (Hylotelephium telephium (L.). Family: Stonecrop. A somewhat short plant of the Upland Garden. |
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A Monarch butterfly on a Field Thistle head. |
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| Pale Touch-me-not (Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida Nutt.). Family: Touch-me-not. With Jewelweed (Spotted) (Impatiens capensis Meerb.) image under. |
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Virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana L.). Family: Buttercup. A vine plant of the Upland Garden. Native to the area. Flower close-up on roll-over. |
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Spotted Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (L.) King & H. Rob. ). Family: Aster (Composite). Located in the Upland Garden, this plant is a good butterfly attractor. Native to the area. Close-up of a flower head under.
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Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.). Family: Compositae (Composite). A distinctive tall plant of the Upland Garden with leaves that are paired and joined at the stem forming a cup and giving the name. One of the four Silphiums in the Garden. Detail on roll-over
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Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris Mill.) Family: Figwort. Found in the Upland Garden. The irregular flower has a spur on the bottom and with an orange-yellow spot on the lower lip. A European import from settlement days, now naturalized in Minnesota. A favorite of Eloise Butler. |
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Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum L.). Family: Aster. Located in the moist bog area of the Woodland Garden. Close-up of a flower head on roll-over.
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| Autumn Onion (Wild Onion) (Allium stellatum Fraser ex Ker Gawl. ). Family: Lily. This one is hard to spot until the flower head rises on a thin stalk. Some will be found along the path in the Upland Garden. |
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A bee at work on a Culver's root flower spike in the Upland Garden. |
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White prairie- clover (Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd). Family: Fabaceae (Pea). Found throughout Minnesota except rarely in the NE quarter. It is similar to a purple variety but taller. In our Upland Garden. Finished blooming by early August. Close-up image under. |
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Canadian Hawkweed (Yellow Hawkweed) (Hieracium kalmii L. var. fasciculatum (Pursh) Lepage). Family: Aster. Growing in sunny areas of the Upland Garden. Occurs in Minnesota in dry area north and east. Flower close-up on roll-over.
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Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.). Family: Aster. Upland Garden in many places. The most common roadside Goldenrod. |
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Grass-leaved Goldenrod. (Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. var. graminifolia. Family: Aster. Upland Garden. Narrow leaves, but wider than those of the Slender-leaved Goldenrod. Found throughout Minnesota. |
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More photos, identification and descriptive information on each plant is found in the site index. |
For a bibliography reference list, click on this link: |
Reference List |
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