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Wild Flowers Worth Knowing

COLOR KEY

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BLUE TO PURPLE FLOWERS

Asters, Blue and Purple

Beard-tongues

Bittersweet (Nightshade)

Bluets

Brooklime, American

Chicory

Day-flowers

Eye-bright

Flags, Blue

Fluellin

Forget-me-nots

Gentians

Harebell

Iron-weed

Liverwort

Monkey-flower

Orchids, Purple-fringed

Peanut, Hog

Pickerel-weed

Plantain, Robin’s

Self-heal

Skullcaps

Speedwells

Tare, Blue

Thistles

Toadflax, Blue

Venus’ Looking Glass

Vervain, Blue

Violets, Blue and Purple

Viper’s Bugloss

MAGENTA TO PINK

Arbutus, Trailing

Arethusa

Bergamot, Wild

Bindweed, Hedge

Bitter-bloom

Calopogon

Campion, Corn

Catch-flies

Clovers

Dogbanes

Geraniums, Wild

Gerardias

Hardhack

Herb-Robert

Honeysuckle, Wild

Joe-Pye weed

Knotwood, Pink

Laurels

Lobelias, Blue

Lupine, Wild

Milkworts

Moccasin Flower, Pink

Motherwort

Orchid, Showy

Persicaria, Common

Pink, Moss

Pipsissewa

Polygala, Fringed

Raspberry, Purple-flowering

Rhododendron, American

Rose, Mallow

Roses, Wild

Snake-head

Soapwort

Willow-herb, Spiked

Wood-sorrel, Violet

Wood-sorrel, White

WHITE AND GREENISH

Anemone, Wood

Arrow-head, Broad-leaved

Aster, White

Baneberries

Blackberries

Bloodroot

Button-Bush

Camomile

Campion, Starry

Carrot, Wild

Chickweed, Common

Clover, White Sweet

Cohosh, Black

Coolwort

Culver’s Root

Dodder, Gronovius’

Dogwoods

Dutchman’s Breeches

Everlastings

Gold-thread

Grass of Parnaoeas

Hawthorn, Common

Hellebore, White

Indian Pipe

Jamestown weed

Ladies’ Tresses

May Apple

Meadow-rues

Meadow-sweets

Mitrewort, False

New Jersey Tea

Orchids, White-fringed

Partridge Vine

Pokeweed

Saxifrage, Early

Shepherd’s Purse

Solomon’s Seals

Spikenard, American

Spikenard, Wild

Spring Beauty

Squirrel Corn

Star-flower

Star-grass

Sundews

Violets, White

Virgin’s Bower

Wake-Robin, Early

Water-lily, White

Wintergreen, Creeping

Yarrow

YELLOW AND ORANGE

Adder’s Tongue, Yellow

Aster, Golden

Barberry, American

Black-eyed Susan

Butter-and-eggs

Buttercups

Butterfly-weed

Carrion-flower

Celandine, Greater

Clintonia, Yellow

Dandelions

Devil’s Paint-brush

Elecampane

Evening Primrose

Five-finger

Foxgloves, False

Golden-rods

Hawkweeds

Indigo, Wild

Jewel-weed

Lettuce, Wild

Lily, Blackberry

Lily, Wild Yellow

Marigold, Marsh

Meadow-gowan

Moccasin-flower, Yellow

Mullein, Great

Mullein, Moth

Mustards

Orchis, Yellow-fringed

Parsnips, Wild

Rockrose, Canadian

St. John’s-wort

Senna, Wild

Sneezeweed

Star-grass

Tansy

Violets, Yellow

Water-lily, Yellow

Witch-hazel

RED AND INDEFINITES

Betony, Wood

Cardinal Flower

Columbine, Wild

Ground-nut

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Lily, Red, Wood

Oswego Tea

Painted Cups, Scarlet

Pine Sap

Pitcher-plant

Skunk Cabbage

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