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Viola sororia (/ v aɪ ˈ oʊ l ə s ə ˈ r ɔːr i ə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə), [5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood ...
Acalypha rhomboidea, Rhombic copperleaf; Acalypha virginica, Virginia copperleaf; Acorus americanus, American sweet-flag; Amaranthus arenicola, Sandhill amaranth ...
The stem is woody with several branches. The leaves are a few centimeters long and are divided into 3 to 7 narrow leaflets. The inflorescence atop each stem branch is a spike up to 7 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long containing many purple flowers. The fruit is a legume pod containing 1 or 2 seeds. [8] The Latin specific epithet purpurea means purple. [10]
Flowers: The flowers have 5 regular parts with upright stamens and are up to 5 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 in) wide. They have white petal-like sepals without true petals, on white pedicels and peduncles in an upright or drooping raceme, which darken as the plant fruits. Blooms first appear in early summer and continue into early fall.
Passiflora incarnata, commonly known as maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot, and wild passion vine, is a fast-growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora , the maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens.
Pulsatilla nuttalliana is herbaceous perennial plant that grows 5–40 cm in height, rarely to 60 cm when full grown. [5] Its stems are soft and covered in short, fine hairs. The basal leaves are divided into three parts ( ternately compound ) with each leaflet also subdivided so the end segments are 2–4 mm wide. [ 10 ]
The Purple Martin Conservation Association tracks the arrival of the birds with the help of about 3,500 volunteers. A smaller group of about 220 volunteers monitors the nests. For more information ...
The flower heads are 1–1.5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide, [4] pale yellow, often tinged purple, with 12–20 ray flowers but no disc flowers. The bracts are also often tinged purple. It flowers from July until September in the northern hemisphere. The achenes are grey, tipped with bristles. The pappus is white with equal length hairs. [5] [6]