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Strawberry blite (Blitum capitatum, [1] syn. Chenopodium capitatum) is an edible annual plant, also known as blite goosefoot, strawberry goosefoot, strawberry spinach, Indian paint, and Indian ink. It is native to most of North America throughout the United States and Canada, including northern areas. It is considered to be endangered in Ohio.
Matricaria discoidea, commonly known as pineappleweed, [3] wild chamomile, disc mayweed, and rayless mayweed, is an annual plant native to North America and introduced to Eurasia where it grows as a common herb of fields, gardens, and roadsides. [4]
It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9 and tolerates shade excellently but will also grow in full sun. [6] When grown in sun the plant tends to grow denser and have more berries and flowers compared to growing in shade or partial shade. [6] [9] It is best to grow the plant from seed as its extensive rootsystem does not handle transplanting well. [6]
Alisma subcordatum, the American water plantain, is a perennial aquatic plant in the water-plantain family (Alismataceae). This plant grows to about 3 feet (0.91 meters) in height with lance to oval shaped leaves rising from bulbous corms with fibrous roots. Any leaves that form underwater are weak and quick to rot; they rarely remain on adult ...
Dichanthelium acuminatum, the tapered rosette grass, is a species of grass from the genus Dichanthelium, in North America.. Dichanthelium acuminatum forms a hybridization complex with other Dichanthelium species such as D. dichotomum, D. sphaerocarpon, D. ovale, and D. aciculare.
Toxicoscordion venenosum is a bulb plant 20–70 centimeters tall when flowering in the spring or early summer. The underground bulbs are egg-shaped (ovoid) and made of up of multiple layers protected by dried outer layers (tunicate) like an onion.
A giant hogweed plant usually produces a flowering stalk in 3–5 years, [2] [14] but plants may take up to eight years to flower if conditions are unfavourable. In the Czech Republic, a single plant reached twelve years old before flowering. [15] In any case, when the plant finally flowers, it does so between June and July (in the northern ...
The plant has many ethnobotanical uses. The roots and leaves were used medicinally, and the berries were occasionally used for food. [3] Native Americans used the plant to treat wounds and eyestrain. [4] Being tolerant of deep shade, drought, and extensive watering, the plant is becoming more popular as a shade groundcover in gardening. Care ...