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06/12/2019

Lobelia cardinalis L.

Cardinal Flower

Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family)

This 1-6 ft. perennial has showy, red flowers in 8 in., terminal spikes. Each flower has three spreading lower petals and two upper petals, all united into a tube at the base. Erect leafy stems, often in clusters, with racemes of flowers resembling flaming red spires. The lower portion of the erect stem is lined with lance-shaped leaves.

Although relatively common, overpicking this handsome wildflower has resulted in its scarcity in some areas. Since most insects find it difficult to navigate the long tubular flowers, Cardinal Flower depends on hummingbirds, which feed on the nectar, for pollination. Its common name alludes to the bright red robes worn by Roman Catholic cardinals. In southern Arizona, Sierra Madre Lobelia (L. laxiflora) is also found; its corolla is red with yellow lobes or all yellow.

Synonym(s): Lobelia cardinalis ssp. graminea, Lobelia cardinalis var. graminea, Lobelia cardinalis var. meridionalis, Lobelia cardinalis var. multiflora, Lobelia cardinalis var. phyllostachya, Lobelia cardinalis var. propinqua, Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens, Lobelia fulgens, Lobelia splendens

USDA Symbol: LOCA2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

06/12/2019

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06/12/2019

Juniperus virginiana L.

Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin, Baton Rouge

Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)

Evergreen, aromatic tree with trunk often angled and buttressed at base and narrow, compact, columnar crown; sometimes becoming broad and irregular. Pyramidal when young, Eastern red-cedar mature form is quite variable. This evergreen usually grows 30-40 ft. but can reach 90 ft. Fragrant, scale-like foliage can be coarse or fine-cut, and varies in color from gray-green to blue-green to light- or dark-green. All colors tend to brown in winter. Pale blue fruits occur on female plants. Soft, silvery bark covers the single trunk.

The most widely distributed eastern conifer, native in 37 states, Eastern Red Cedar is resistant to extremes of drought, heat, and cold. Red Cedar can be injurious to apple orchards because it is an alternate host for cedar-apple rust, a fungal disease. First observed at Roanoke Island, Virginia, in 1564, it was prized by the colonists for building furniture, rail fences, and log cabins.

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USDA Symbol: JUVI

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

06/11/2019

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06/11/2019

Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br.

Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Blue False Indigo

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Rising 2-4 ft. high from a woody base, blue wild indigo is a bushy, robust perennial. Flowers are blue-purple and pea-like, congested in dense, upright, terminal spikes, 4-16 in. long. Leaves are divided into three leaflets. In late fall the plant turns silvery-gray, sometimes breaking off at ground level and tumbling about in the wind.

Like other members of the pea family, this plant requires the presence of microorganisms that inhabit nodules on the plants root system and produce nitrogen compounds necessary for the plants survival.

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USDA Symbol: BAAU

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (I)

06/10/2019

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06/01/2019

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05/06/2019

Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench)

A popular perennial with smooth, 2-5 ft. stems and long-lasting, lavender flowers. Rough, scattered leaves that become small toward the top of the stem. Flowers occur singly atop the stems and have domed, purplish-brown, spiny centers and drooping, lavender rays. An attractive perennial with purple (rarely white), drooping rays surrounding a spiny, brownish central disk.

The genus name is from the Greek echino, meaning hedgehog, an allusion to the spiny, brownish central disk. The flowers of Echinacea species are used to make an extremely popular herbal tea, purported to help strengthen the immune system; an extract is also available in tablet or liquid form in pharmacies and health food stores. Often cultivated, Purple Coneflower is a showy, easily grown garden plant.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Synonym(s): Brauneria purpurea, Echinacea purpurea var. arkansana, Rudbeckia purpurea

USDA Symbol: ECPU

USDA Native Status: L48 👎, CAN (I)

05/06/2019

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Hibiscus moscheutos is a statuesque perennial with large leaves and many sturdy vertical stems. In summer, plants are crowned by striking saucer shaped flowers. The solitary blooms are located in the upper leaf axils and are usually white with a crimson center. This species thrives in sunny moist or wet sites where it is sought after by many pollinators.

Hibiscus moscheutos is a robust shrubby wildflower with multiple upright stems.
The stems are glabrous or pubescent and are clothed in bold ovate toothed leaves. Blades are usually unlobed but can have 2 lateral lobes. The leaf surface is grayish green and fairly smooth with lighter colored pubescent undersides.

From summer until early autumn spectacular funnel-form or saucer shaped flowers are borne in the upper leaf axils. Blooms are 4-12” across with 5 lustrous overlapping petals. Flowers are commonly white with a crimson eye and occasionally pure white, pink or rose colored.

Each bloom lasts only a day but they are produced repeatedly for about a month and are followed by 1-2” capsules.
Plants are 4-7’ tall with a spread of 3-4’.

Hardy from USDA Zones 5-8.