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This is a list of plants that are native to the U.S. state of Michigan ... White adder's-tongue; ... Carrion-flower;
Flowers. The plants reach up to 4.5 m (15 ft) tall. Leaves are small and oval. The seven species have small white flowers which are 5-merous and many stamened. Fruit are either red, orange, or yellow pomes. [2] The flowers are produced during late spring and early summer; the fruit develops in late summer, and matures in late autumn. [citation ...
Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 6 m (20 ft). The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, elliptic to ovate, 7–18 cm (2.8–7.1 in) long and 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) broad, with a smooth edge and a short petiole.
Rubiaceae (/ r uː b i ˈ eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /) is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family.It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers.
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species [2] of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and sedges. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions.
The flowers commonly bloom twice per season, once in the spring and again in late summer or early fall. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] The fruit is a compound pink-red or orange drupe about 1–1.5 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, in clusters containing 20–40 drupelets, each of which contains two seeds.
Crataegus (/ k r ə ˈ t iː ɡ ə s /), [2] commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, [3] thornapple, [4] May-tree, [5] whitethorn, [5] Mayflower or hawberry, is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, [6] native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.
The flowers are 2 to 6 cm (3 ⁄ 4 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with five white petals and numerous pale yellow stamens. The flower of this species is among the largest of any Rubus species. [7] [3] The plant produces edible composite fruit approximately 1 cm (1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, which ripen to a bright red in mid to late summer.