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Know Your Natives – Yellow False Foxgloves
Comb-Leaf Yellow False Foxglove and Smooth Yellow False Foxglove Comb-leaf yellow false foxglove (Aureolaria pectinata) and smooth yellow false foxglove (Aureolaria flava) are hemiparasitic (obtain some nutrients from other plants) plants, but do also have chlorophyll and perform photosynthesis. These … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Yellow Passionflower
Yellow passionflower (Passiflora lutea) of the Passifloraceae (Passionflower) Family is found in the US from Texas to Kansas to Illinois and eastward to the coast. In Arkansas, it is found throughout the state. Yellow passionflower is more delicate in appearance … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Purple Passionflower
Purple passionflower or maypop(s) (Passiflora incarnata) of the Passifloraceae (Passionflower) family is found in the US from Kansas to Illinois to Pennsylvania, south to Texas and Florida. In Arkansas, it occurs statewide. Purple passionflower, a herbaceous (non-woody) perennial vine, grows … Continue reading
Field of Prairie Blazing Stars
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Invitation to the Arkansas Native Plant Society Fall Meeting
ARKANSAS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY FALL 2014 MEETING & PLANT AUCTION October 10-12, 2014 TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS The fall meeting of the Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) will be held in Texarkana, Arkansas with field trips to surrounding parks and natural areas. … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Starry and Wholeleaf Rosinweeds
Are They Sunflowers? Rosinweeds (Silphium species) and sunflowers (Helianthus species) are in the Asteraceae (Aster) Family. Rosinweeds and sunflowers are herbaceous perennials with yellow composite flowers (ray florets with strap-shaped petals, disk florets with petals fused into small tubes) on … Continue reading
Hummingbird Enjoying Obedient Plant
One of our favorite native plants is in full bloom now. Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) got its common name because you can bend the individual flowers in any direction you like–and they will stay there! The hummingbirds love them. Photos … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Starry Campion
Starry campion (Silene stellata) of the Caryophyllaceae (Pink or Carnation) Family is found throughout the eastern United States from North Dakota and Texas, eastward to the Atlantic Coast. In Arkansas, starry campion is found throughout the Interior Highlands (Ozark Mountains, … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Wild Yam
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) of the Dioscoreaceae (Yam Family), occurs from Texas to Nebraska to Minnesota and states eastward to the Atlantic Coast. In Arkansas, wild yam occurs statewide. The plant, a monocot (one seed leaf), is a twining vine … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Texas Dutchman’s-Pipe and Virginia Snakeroot
Texas Dutchman’s-pipe (Aristolochia reticulata) and Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria) are non-woody woodland perennials of the Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort) Family. Mature plants can consist of a bundle of a few to numerous stems to 18 inches tall and bearing alternate leaves. Stems are … Continue reading
