Erigeron acris L Iris setosa Pall Aquilegia L Allium schoenoprasum L
I was in Fairbanks last week and was delighted that Fireweed had already started to blossom there. Here in Anchorage it just starts to bloom in very sunny places. My travel pressing kit consisted of a field guide, paper towels, and a bag of Premium Blazer Wood Pallets. Pressed …
Here are 3 of my 4 dissections – fireweed, wooly geranium and wild iris: Chamerion angustifolium Geranium erianthum Iris setosa
Echinacea angustifolia DC. Family: Asteraceae Growing in a large clump in my yard. This plant was transplanted years ago and seems to be very happy here. The stems are up-right and around 24-30 inches in height. A light pink flower head grows at each side-branch and terminal branch. They have …
Monarda fistulosa L. Family: Lamiaceae The plants are growing in a cluster in my yard at home. They were planted, not naturally occurring. I absolutely LOVE the smell and it was a joy to dissect, and I even made tea afterwards 🙂 Tall up-right stems (3 ft or taller when …
Big-leaved lupine – Lupinus polyphyllus Habitat:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â hillside, south facing Leaves:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â compound, palmate Inflorescence:Â Â inflorescent Fruits:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â none # of petals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2?, fused # of sepals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple # of stamen:Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Dehiscence:Â Â Â Â Â Â dehiscent # of carpels:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Placentation:Â Â Â Â basal # of seeds:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple
Tall bluebell – Mertensia paniculate Habitat:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â hillside, south facing Leaves:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Inflorescence:Â Â single flowers, bunched Fruits:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â none # of petals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1 # of sepals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1 # of stamen:Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Dehiscence:Â Â Â Â Â Â indehiscent # of carpels:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Placentation:Â Â Â Â basal # of seeds:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple
Common yarrow – Achillea millefolium L. Habitat:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â hillside, south facing Leaves:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â alternate, fern-like Inflorescence:Â Â multiple flowers Fruits:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â none # of petals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple # of sepals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple # of stamen:Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Dehiscence:Â Â Â Â Â Â indehiscent # of carpels:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Placentation:Â Â Â Â nasal # of seeds:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple
Northern Geranium – Geranium bicknellii Habitat:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â hillside, south facing Leaves:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â simple, lobes pinnate, leaf margins cleft Inflorescence:Â Â single flowers Fruits:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â none present # of petals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5 # of sepals:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5, connation # of stamen:Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple Dehiscence:Â Â Â Â Â Â indehiscent # of carpels:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1 Placentation:Â Â Â Â basal # of seeds:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â multiple
My Plant BINGO. Better late than never! Botany Bingo completed
Rheum rhabarbarum POLYGONACEAE 1. Habitat, growing at edge of our yard with grass, clover, wild geranium, spruce and birch. 2. Leaves- simple, alternate 3. Inflorescence is a panicle 4. Flowers- ovary superior 3 fused carpels. 5. Achene fruit. 6. 6 petaloid tepals 7. 6 connote petaloid tepals. 8. Stamens, 6-9. …
Taraxacum officinale, COMPOSITAE family 1. Habitat- well drained forest hillside with alder, fireweed, grass, wild geranium and Rosa acicularis. 2. Leaves, basal rosette of long toothed leaves. 3. Flowers, solitary. 4. Compound florets. 5. Fruits, achene. 6. Petals, single petal and stamen per floret. 7. Sepals, 11 deeply bisected. 8. …
This flower is a night shade and if from the subfamily Solanoideae, it is a sister plant to Nicotianoideae. This was a plant that sprung up and grows wild on my property in California. As you can see the leaves are all very similar in shape and the flowers are unique in the fact that they sprout as one pedal in a solid umbrella fashion. There are 5 points on the septal
Rosa acicularis, family ROSACEAE 1. Habitat- well drained hillside with alder, birch, wild geranium, and high bush cranberries. 2. Leaves, odd pinnate with simply serrate leaflets. 3. Inflorescence- flowers solitary 4. Flowers, perfect, actinomorphic, 5-merous. 5. Fruits- none present. 6. Five petals. 7. Five sepals. 8. Many stamen. 9. Indehiscent …
