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DICOT HERBS a

wild ginger

marsh marigold

anemone

hepatica

buttercup

bloodroot

dutchman's breeches

water lily

pond lily

white campion

pigweed

lamb's quarters

purslane

spring beauty

curly dock

smartweed

pitcher plant

violet

nettles

flowering spurge

cranberry

wintergreen

yellow rocket

hoary alyssum

garlic mustard

DICOT HERBS b

DICOT HERBS c

MONOCOTS

cranberry (Vaccinium spp.; HEATH FAMILY [Ericaceae]) Tiny, trailing shrubs with ascending branches bearing tiny (<½") evergreen leaves.  Nodding flowers pink or red, with what appear to be four recurved petals [actually corolla lobes].  Stamens converge to a point, forming a cone pointing forward and giving the whole flower a shooting star appearance.  Fruit a disproportionately large (¼-½") acidic red berry.  The two Wisconsin species differ in flower position and somewhat in size, and are found in acid bogs.  Flowers from late spring to mid summer.  [067]

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