PLSC211 Test 1 (i know some of the scientific names are spelled wrong but the prof told us to spell it how she did sooooooooo)

Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)

-interesting seed pods
-slender leaves
-some cultivar with white flowers

Asclepias tuberosa (butterflyweed)

-interesting seed pods

Hibiscus moscheutos (rose mallow, marsh mallow)

-flowers can be different colors (red, pink, white)
-leaves thicker and uniform shape
-not a shrub

Kniphofia uvaria (common torch lily)

-strap shaped leaves

Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)

-flower can be deep maroon/magenta

Lobelia siphilitica (big blue lobelia)

-sometimes white

Phlox paniculata (garden phlox)

-rounded flower clusters (panicles)

Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant)

Pycnanthemum muticum (mountain mint)

-fragrant silver leaves

Senna marlandica (wild senna)

-extrafloral nectaries
-bean like seed pods

Thalictrum rochebrunianum (lavender mist)

Buddleia davidii (butterfly bush)

Cephalanthus occidentalis (button bush)

Hibiscus syriacus (rose of sharon)

-weirdly shaped leaves
-shrub

Lonicera sempervirens (trumpet/coral honeysuckle)

-red berries

Vitex agnus-castus (chasetree)

-marijuana shaped leaves ;)

Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle)

-long dark green leaves
-funky looking flowers
-can be a tree or shrub

Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea)

-deep red/purple in fall

Hydrangea paniculata (panicled hydrangea)

-flowers cross shaped
-clumps of flowers (panicles), slightly conical
-rough leaves
-petioles red

Hydrangea macrophylla (big leaf hydrangea)

-bigger leaves
-clumps of flowers more ball shaped
-glossy leaves, smooth
-looks like a bundle of sticks out of the ground, no complex branches

Hydrangea arborescens (smooth/woodland hydrangea)

-leaves rough to the touch
-lower clumps more hemispherical

Symphyotrichum novae-angilae (new england aster)

-dark purple
-taller shrubs, do not spread as wide

Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth aster)

-thicker petals that are expanded distally

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (aromatic aster)

-light purple
-leaves fragrant when crushed
-bigger gaps between leaves
-shorter, do not spread as wide

Symphyotrichum ericoides (common white heath aster)

-white, sometimes blue or pink
-stems with shorter leaves, with one long leaf every so often
-flowers can often be densely packed

Symphyotrichum cordifolium (blue wood-aster)

-shade of blue can vary

Rudbeckia fulgida (black-eyed susan)

-petals appear to droop

Huechra villosa (hairy alumroot)

-large, sharply toothed, velvety leaves
-green
-hairy

Geranium "Rozanne" (cranesbill)

-seed pods shaped like crane's bills
-foliage red in fall

Eurybia divericata (white wood aster)

-small flowers

Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)

-prominent brown domed heads
-mostly dead by now (late september)

Conoclinium coelestinum (blue mistflower)

-spike like petals
-dense clusters of flowers
-look fuzzy

Chelone lyonii (pink turtlehead)

-flowers look like turtle heads
-toothed leaves

Chelone glabra (white turtlehead)

-thinner leaves with smaller tooths

Achillea millefolium (milfoil)

-stringy, unique foliage

Vernonia noveborasensis (new york ironweed)

-taller
-thicker leaves

Vernonia lettermannii (thread-leaf ironweed)

-stringy foliage

Hypericum "Hidecote" (hidecote st. johnswort)

-rounded leaves
-leaves feel rubbery
-plant seems to droop
-biggest seedheads of hypericum spp.

Hypericum frondosum (golden st. johnswort)

-spiky seed pods
-has baby leaves along with adult leaves
-peeling bark
-largest of hypericum spp.
-medium sized seedheads

Hypericum kalmianum (kalm st. johnswort)

-spiky seed pods
-smaller leaves
-has baby leaves along with adult ones
-thinner woody parts
-small
small seedheads

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (blue leadwood)

-bright blue flowers
-can be low to the ground and spread

Abelia x grandiflora (glossy abelia)

-trumpet shped flowers
-flowers can be white/pink
-flowers arent really big lol
-red/maroon petals(?) around flower

Solidago sphacelata (false goldenrod)

-round leaves with teeth

Solidago rugosa (wrinkle leaf goldenrod)

-rough leaves
-can be toothed or not
-narrower leaves

Solidago caesia (bluestem goldenrod)

-narrow/long leaves
-flowers grow in clumps

Solidago flexicaulis (broadleaf/zigzag goldenrod)

-stems sometimes zigzag
-leaves broad and teardropped shape, toothed
-usually stand straight up rather than sprawl out

Scutellaria incana (hoary skullcap)

-leaves covered in small whiteish hairs
-flowers look like dolphins

Salvia incana (anise sage)

-rough flowers near base

Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon flower)

-flower buds look like hot air balloons
-buds pop when squeezed

Metteuccia struthiopteris (ostrich fern)

Helianthus angustifolius (narrow leaf sunflower)

-stringy foliage

Hakonechloa macra (japanese forest grass)

-leaf color can vary
-seems to droop/fall

Coreopsis verticillata "Zagreb" (threadleaf coreopsis)

-stringy foliage
-pointy petals

Coreopsis rosea (tickseed)

-stringy foliage
-petals with lumps on end

Anemone x hybrida (japanese anemone)

-flowers can be white-pink

Crataegus viridis (green hawthorne)

-branches with thorns sometimes
-berries, white flowers
-toothed leaves

Agastache foeniculum (giant hyssop)

-broad leaves, toothed
-leaves tinted white underneath

Callicarpa americana (american beautyberry)

-berries clumped together, flush against the stem
-wider leaves

Callicarpa dictoma (purple beautyberry)

-leaves narrower
-berries more evenly spread, hang down from stem

Carex grayi (gray sedge)

-seed heads look like maces
-greenish yellow to brown seed heads

Cotoneaster salicifolius (willowleaf cotoneaster)

-leaves look cartoonish
-green to red berries
-wider rather than taller

Epimedium x rubrum (red barrenwort)

-new leaves are red, turn red again in fall
-short and spread out

Eutrochium spp. (joe pye weeds)

-fuzzy seed pods when dead
-leaves very veiny, has crossveins
-leaves sometimes drooping

Huechra cultivars (alumroot)

-flowers not as prominent
-not green
-not as furry

Hosta cultivars (plantain lily)

-foliage varies

Hosta plantaginea (plantain lily)

-trumpet shaped flowers
-flowers fragrant

Hylotelephium telephium (sedum)

-succulent
-flowers dying this time of year (late september)

Leucanthemum x superbum

-can have oddly shaped leaves
-white to pink flowers

Liatris spicata (gayfeather)

-stringy foliage near base

Monarda didyma (bee balm)

-tubular flowers
-most flowers dead by now (late september)
-square stems (mint)

Monarda punctata (spotted bee balm)

-interesting flowers

Perovskia atriplicifolia (russian sage)

-fragrant leaf
-small flowers

Ratibida pinnata (prairie coneflower)

-flower disk smells like anise when bruised
-droopy petals
-flower disk bald on top lol

Ruellia humilis (wild petunia)

-delicate, paper textured petals
-foliage and stems covered in small hairs

Sempervivum tectorum (house leek)

-succulent

Verbena hastata (american vervain)

-can be very tall
-narrow, toothed leaves
-dead flowers can be stringy looking