Herbaceous Plants, Lab 4: Native (and one non-native) Perennials

Actaea racemosa, black snakeroot, Ranunculaceae

2-5 lobed leaves, smaller leaves, more serrated leaves, green foliage compared to simplex

Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’, bugbane ‘Hillside Black Beauty’, Ranunculaceae

chocolate colored foliage, shriveled, 2-3 often pinnate into 5 leaflets

Amsonia hubrichtii, Hubricht’s bluestar, Apocynaceae

thin, oblong elliptical foliage, yellow fall foliage, seed pods different than Asclepias

Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, Apocynaceae

fatter seed pods, lance-shaped foliage, hairy foliage, rough to the touch, aggressive spreader

Baptisia australis, blue false indigo, Fabaceae

rattling seed pods, blue-green foliage, palmate, trifoliate leaf arrangement

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower, Asteraceae

spikey seed pods, rough leaves, entire leaf margins, 2-4’ tall in habit

Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’, hairy alumroot ‘Autumn Bride’, Saxifragaceae

maple-like leaves, ground cover, persistent floral remnants

Phlox paniculata, garden phlox, Polemoniaceae

fragrant pink to white flowers, entire margin foliage, sessile, ovate to oblong foliage, 5-notched petals

Rudbeckia triloba, brown-eyed Susan, Asteraceae

lower foliage is three lobed, smaller flowers than fulgida, more inflorescences per stalk

Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’, rough-stemmed goldenrod ‘Fireworks’, Asteraceae

Lance-like panicles of yellow florets, rough stem and foliage, tiny leaves near flowers, aggressive tendencies

Tradescantia virginiana, spiderwort, Commelinaceae

rubbery foliage, sessile, linear, grass-like foliage

Veronicastrum virginicum, culver’s root, Plantaginaceae

dried seed pods in spikes, floppy in habit, candelabra inflorescence, lanceolate leaves in whorls, sharply serrated leaves