My Flowers Live – WildFlower Information and Resources

Gronovius’ or Common Dodder; Strangle-weed; Love Vine; Angel’s Hair
Cuscuta Gronovii
Flowers—Dull, white minute, numerous, in dense clusters. Calyx inferior, greenish white, 5-parted; corolla bell-shaped, the 5 lobes spreading, 5 fringed scales within; 5 stamens, each inserted on corolla throat above a scale; 2 slender styles. Stem: Bright orange yellow, thread-like, twining high, leafless. [...]

November 30th, 2008 | Tags: Best Intentions, Chlorophyll, Dense Clusters, Ditches, Dodder, Golden Thread, Gulf States, Herbage, Indian Pipe, Lobes, Love Vine, Manitoba South, Moist Soil, Moist Thickets, Preferred Habitat, Seedling, Seven Dials, Stamens, Strong Drink, Yellow Yarn | Category: Convolvulus Family | Leave a comment

Swamp Rose-mallow; Mallow Rose
Hibiscus Moscheutos
Flowers–Very large, clear rose pink, sometimes white, often with crimson centre, 4 to 7 in. across, solitary, or clustered on peduncles at summit of stems. Calyx 5-cleft, subtended by numerous narrow bractlets; 5 large, veined petals; stamens united into a valvular column bearing anthers on the outside for [...]

November 29th, 2008 | Tags: Anthers, Atlantic Seaboard, Brackish Marshes, Cat Tails, Downy, Gulf Of Mexico, Hibiscus Moscheutos Flowers, Hollyhock, Loveliness, Magnificent Flowers, Nectaries, Ooze, Peduncles, Petals, Pistil, Preferred Habitat, Rubber Boots, Sedges, Stamens, Wild Flowers | Category: Mallow Family | Leave a comment

Tall or Wild Lettuce; Wild Opium; Horse-weed
Lactuca canadensis
Flower-heads–Numerous, small, about 1/4 in. across, involucre, cylindric, rays pale yellow; followed by abundant, soft, bright white pappus; the heads growing in loose, branching, terminal clusters. Stem: Smooth, 3 to 10 ft. high, leafy up to the flower panicle; juice milky. Leaves: Upper ones lance-shaped; [...]

November 29th, 2008 | Tags: British Possessions, Caterpillars, Colored Flowers, Deadly Nightshade, Hampton Court, Herodotus, Lettice, Lettuce Opium, Milky Juice, Pale Yellow, Pappus, Pliny, Pompons, Preferred Habitat, Privy Purse, Seasons Of The Year, Stomache, Terminal Clusters, Vertues, Wild Lettuce | Category: Composite Family | Leave a comment

Salvias have been growing rapidly in popularity in recent years. Salvias (also known as sages) have gained their new fame because they flower for a long period; do well in hot, dry conditions; and they provide an incredible variety of fragrance, bloom habit and color. Salvias include some of [...]

November 28th, 2008 | Tags: Annuals And Perennials, Blight, Blooms, Colored Flowers, Colorful Flowers, Continuous Bloom, Early Spring, Foliage, Freeze Damage, Greenhouses, Hummingbirds, Mexican Bush Sage, Ornamental Features, Powdery Mildew, Sages, Salvias, Seedlings, Spider Mites, Spikes, Wet Weather | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment

Witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Flowers–Yellow, fringy, clustered in the axils of branches. Calyx 4-parted; 4 very narrow curving petals about 3/4 in. long; 4 short stamens, also 4 that are scale-like; 2 styles. Stem: A tall, crooked shrub. Leaves: Broadly oval, thick, wavy-toothed, mostly fallen at flowering time. Fruit: Woody capsules maturing the next season [...]

November 27th, 2008 | Tags: Allusions, Axils, Blossoms, Botanist, Curious Myths Of The Middle Ages, Ducats, Flowering Time, Hama, Hamamelis Virginiana Flowers, Hidden Mines, Land Of Liberty, Linnaeus, Magic Rod, Petals, Proselyte, Ranunculus, Shrub, Stamens, Virtues, Witch Hazel | Category: Witch-Hazel Family | Leave a comment