Flora
Butterfly BushCommon Name: Butterfly Bush
Scientific Name: Buddleja Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering period: Summer and Fall Flower type: Raceme Fact: There are about 100 Species Location: Found along rivers and roads and in cleared forests |
Cleome HasslerianaCommon Name: Spider Flower
Scientific Name: Cleome Hassleriana Family: Cleomaceae Flowering period: Summer and Fall Flower type: Corymb Fact: Chosen flower for color in landscaping Location: Temperate Regions |
Purple MilkweedCommon Name: Purple Milkweed
Scientific Name: Asclepias purpurascens Family: Apocynaceae Flowering period: Summer and Fall Flower type: Corymb Fact: There are about 100 species Location: Southern Midwest |
White SnakerootCommon Name: White Snakeroot
Scientific Name: Ageratina Altissima Family: Asteraceae Flowering period: Summer Flower type: Corymb Fact: Can cause sickness if eaten Location: Midwest by stream edges |
Tagetes PatulaCommon Name: French Marigold
Scientific Name: Tagetes Patula Family: Asteraceae Flowering period: Fall Flower type: Solitary Fact: Commonly used in cooking as a spice Location: Native to Mexico and Guatemala |
Common SunflowerCommon Name: Common Sunflower
Scientific Name: Helianthus Annuus Family: Asteraceae Flowering period: Summer Flower type: Solitary Fact: The seeds can be eaten raw Location: Across the Midwest Rattlesnake MasterCommon Name: Rattlesnake Master
Scientific Name: Eryngium yuccifolium Family: Apiaceae Height: 2-5 feet Appearance: Stocky stem with white ball at end Flowering: During Summer Blade: Thick blade with parallel veins Ligules: The base of leaves clasp or wrap around the stalk Uses: Indians chewed the root, blew it on their hands, and then handled rattlesnakes without any conscience Fact: Can grow in wet or dry soil Location: Found in moist to slightly dry black soil prairies and mostly in Illinois Indian GrassCommon Name: Indian Grass
Scientific Name: Sorghastrum nutans Family: Poaceae Height: 3-7 feet Appearance: consists of thick groups of deciduous leaves Flowering: Is a warm season grass Blade: blades are a pale green and yellow and are about 2 feet long Ligules: Has white membranous ligules where the blade joints the stem and is hairless Uses: Used for erosion control and landscaping Fact: official state grass for Oklahoma and South Carolina Location: adapted in the United states so it can be found from Texas to Canada and even in Utah and Wyoming |
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