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Here's what you need to know about some of the more common plants to stay away from, like poison hemlock, poison ivy and poison oak. ... Food. Games. Health. Home & Garden. Medicare. News.
Gutierrezia sarothrae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names broom snakeweed, broomweed, snakeweed, and matchweed.It is a subshrub native to much of the western half of North America, from western Canada to northern Mexico, and can be found in a number of arid, grassland, and mountain habitats.
Eutrochium purpureum, commonly known as purple Joe-Pye weed [4] or sweetscented joe pye weed, [5] is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern and central North America , from Ontario east to New Hampshire and south as far as Florida , Louisiana , and Oklahoma .
Flower color varies from one plant to the next: white, yellow, pink, red or purple. [10] Varieties [1] [10] Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum - from Maine to Guatemala; Cirsium horridulum var. megacanthum (Nutt.) D.J.Keil - from the Florida Panhandle to Texas and Oklahoma; Cirsium horridulum var. vittatum (Small) R.W.Long - from North Carolina ...
Alliums' playful pom-poms comprise tiny purple flowers. This plant prefers full sun, but it can accommodate partial shade in warmer temperatures. USDA Hardiness Zones : 3 to 10
A 1917 article on edible weeds stated that pokeweed shoots were popular in Pennsylvania, "tied in small bundles, boiled the same way as asparagus, and served with cream sauce or melted butter." [39] The roots are poisonous, as are mature leaves and stems. [11] Some festivals still celebrate the plant's use in its historical food preparations.
The leaf is compound with several silvery-green leaflets. The inflorescence produces several flowers, each borne in a tubular purple or pinkish calyx of sepals covered thinly in silver hairs. The pealike flower corolla is reddish or bluish purple with a lighter patch at the base of the banner. The fruit is a cylindrical legume pod.
Asclepias purpurascens, the purple milkweed, is a herbaceous plant species. It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed . It is native to the Eastern , Southern and Midwestern United States similar to the range of the common milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca ).