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Wild Flowers Worth Knowing · Neltje Blanchan — chapter 2 of 56 · ~381 words · public domain

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MUSTARD FAMILY (Cruciferae) Shepherd’s Purse; Black Mustard

PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY (Sarraceniaceae) Pitcher-plant, Side-saddle Flower or Indian Dipper

SUNDEW FAMILY (Dioseraceae) Round-leaved Sundew or Dew-plant

SAXIFRAGE FAMILY (Saxifragaceae) Early Saxifrage; False Miterwort, Coolwort or Foam Flower; Grass of Parnassus

WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY (Hamamelidaceae) Witch-hazel

ROSE FAMILY (Rosaceae) Hardhack or Steeple Bush; Meadow-Sweet or Quaker Lady; Common Hawthorn, White Thorn, Red Haw or Mayflower; Five-finger or Common Cinquefoil; High Bush Blackberry, or Bramble; Purple-flowering or Virginia Raspberry; Wild Roses

PULSE FAMILY (Leguminosae) Wild or American Senna; Wild Indigo, Yellow or Indigo Broom, or Horsefly-Weed; Wild Lupine, Sun Dial or Wild Pea; Common Red, Purple, Meadow or Honeysuckle Clover; White Sweet, Bokhara or Tree Clover; Blue, Tufted or Cow Vetch or Tare; Ground-nut; Wild or Hog Peanut

WOOD-SORREL FAMILY (Oxalidaceae) White or True Wood-sorrel or Alleluia; Violet Wood-sorrel

GERANIUM FAMILY (Geraniaceae) Wild or Spotted Geranium or Crane’s-Bill; Herb Robert, Red Robin or Red Shanks

MILKWORT FAMILY (Polygalaceae) Fringed Milkwort or Polygala or Flowering Wintergreen; Common Field or Purple Milkwort

TOUCH-ME-NOT FAMILY (Balsaminaceae) Jewel-weed, Spotted Touch-me-not or Snap Weed

BUCKTHORN FAMILY (Rhamnaceae) New Jersey Tea

MALLOW FAMILY (Malvaceae) Swamp Rose-mallow or Mallow Rose

ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY (Hypericaceae) Common St. John’s-wort

ROCKROSE FAMILY (Cistaceae) Long-branched Frost-weed or Canadian Rockrose

VIOLET FAMILY (Violaceae) Blue and Purple Violets; Yellow Violets; White Violets

EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY (Onagraceae) Great or Spiked Willow-herb or Fire-weed; Evening Primrose or Night Willow-herb

GINSENG FAMILY (Araliaceae) Spikenard or Indian Root

PARSLEY FAMILY (Umbelliferae) Wild or Field Parsnip; Wild Carrot or Queen Anne’s Lace

DOGWOOD FAMILY (Cornaceae) Flowering Dogwood

HEATH FAMILY (Ericaceae) Pipsissewa or Prince’s Pine; Indian Pipe, Ice-plant, Ghost flower or Corpse-plant; Pine Sap or False Beech-drops; Wild Honeysuckle, Pink, Purple or Wild Azalea, or Pinxter-flower; American or Great Rhododendron, Great Laurel, or Bay; Mountain or American Laurel or Broad-leaved Kalmia; Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower; Creeping Wintergreen, Checker-berry or Partridge-berry

PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae) Four-leaved or Whorled Loosestrife; Star-flower; Scarlet Pimpernel, Poor Man’s Weatherglass or Shepherd’s Clock; Shooting Star or American Cowslip

GENTIAN FAMILY (Gentianaceae) Bitter-bloom or Rose-Pink; Fringed Gentian; Closed or Blind Gentian

DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae) Spreading or Fly-trap Dogbane

MILKWEED FAMILY (Asclepiadaceae) Common Milkweed or Silkweed; Butterfly-weed

CONVOLVULUS FAMILY (Convolvulaceae) Hedge or Great Bindweed; Gronovius’ or Common Dodder or Strangle-weed

POLEMONIUM FAMILY (Polemoniaceae) Ground or Moss Pink

BORAGE FAMILY (Boraginaceae) Forget-me-not; Viper’s Bugloss or Snake-flower

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