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2023 ANPS Spring Meeting Information

ANPS Spring 2023 MeetingMay 19-21 in Northwest Arkansas Everyone is welcome to attend! Meeting registration is only $10 with no pre-registration required. Registration will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 19 at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership Watershed Learning … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Hispid Buttercup

Hispid Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus*) of the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family is an upland perennial forb with mostly 3-part basal and stem leaves and has soft spreading (bristly) pubescence on stems and petioles. The genus name is from the Latin … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Downy Phlox

Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa*) of the Phlox (Polemoniaceae) family is a semi-evergreen perennial forb with showy flowers of variable color and shape. The genus, Phlox, is derived from the Greek word meaning flame – a reference to flower color of … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Ebony Spleenwort

Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron) of the Spleenwort Fern (Aspleniaceae) family is a small to medium size, once-cut, evergreen fern. The genus name is from Greek for “without a spleen” which may indicate that plants of this genus were historically thought … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Rough Leaf Dogwood

Rough Leaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii) of the Dogwood (Cornaceae) family is a small, deciduous tree with opposite leaves, open clusters of small white flowers, and striking, decorative white fruit. The genus name derives from the Latin for “horn” in apparent … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Downy Lobelia

Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula) of the Bellflower (Campanulaceae) family is a pubescent, herbaceous perennial bearing showy racemes of blue to lavender flowers. The genus name recognizes Matthias de l’Obel, a Flemish 16th-century physician and botanist who is credited with being the first … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) of the Dogbane (Apocynaceae) family has clear sap (not milky) and showy orange (reddish orange to uncommonly yellow) flowers. The genus name honors the Greek god of medicine, Asklepios. The specific epithet is Latin for “swollen,” … Continue reading

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Know Your Natives – Trumpet Vine

Trumpet Vine or Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) of the Trumpet Creeper (Bignoniaceae) family is a non-twining, tendril-free, woody vine with spectacular, large, orange to red, trumpet-shaped flowers. The genus name is Greek for “curved,” a reference to the curved stamens. … Continue reading

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ANPS Fall 2022 Meeting

ANPS Fall Meeting October 7-9, 2022 in Stuttgart, Arkansas Everyone welcome! Registration is only $10 (no pre- registration) and begins at 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 7. MEETING LOCATION The Grand Prairie Center, Salon B Philips Community College2807 US-165, Stuttgart, AR … Continue reading

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Fall 2022 Claytonia is now available

The Fall 2022 issue of Claytonia is now available for download! Click here to download it!

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