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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

7-4 Blue Vervain, Wintergreen, Purple-headed Sneezeweed

 7-4

Moist thickets, shores and meadows are home to Blue Vervain.


Wintergreen, AKA Checkerberry, a woodland species, is in flower. Its leaves taste strongly of wintergreen. Its fruit is a bright red edible berry.


Purple-headed Sneezeweed, a southern species introduced locally, inhabits fields and roadsides. Wedge-shaped three lobed flower rays make identification of this plant easy.

John


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