#Desmodium

[oliviarosaline]

Few-flowered Tick-trefoil

Hylodesmum pauciflorum

This species is somewhat uncommon in Missouri and is scattered throughout areas of the southeastern United States. It prefers bottomland or mesic forests with moist, alkaline soils.

Aug. 15th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[salute-green]

Iroas: Integratore Depurativo per un Organismo Sano

Iroas è un integratore depurativo. Il suo ingrediente principale, la N-Acetilcisteina (NAC), è una formula avanzata pensata per supportare l’organismo nella lotta contro l’accumulo di tossine da uno stile di vita frenetico, inquinamento ambientale e un’alimentazione non ottimale. Questo prodotto si avvale di una sinergia di ingredienti naturali, ognuno con specifiche proprietà benefiche, per…

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Grona varians

Cotyledons and First true leaves

Image taken 20 days after seed scarified and plated on water agar and incubated at 20C and 13 days after potted in soil.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

My Garden Flowers Part 4

All photos mine. The Pennsylvania pellitory is edited for because the plant app I took the photo in washed it out. The scarlet bee balm is edited for colour because that old phone's camera sucked.

In order of appearance:

091. Pennsylvania Pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica) A common garden weed, but as it's native it can stay in some places.

092. Perennial Flax (Linum perenne) In spite of the name she sadly didn't come back or reseed. Shame because she looked really nice in that area. Oh well. I'll have to try in another spot.

093. Showy Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium canadense) She tricked me! I thought she hadn't made it as she hadn't come up by late June so I got another one and put her in a different area...only for this one to come up. And if you're thinking, oh, she's just a late bloomer, I should have waited, well, she came up in May this year. Because of course she did.

094. Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginiana) She smells like something you'd want to season steak or something with and would probably do very well at that but I've never cooked a steak before. Maybe I'll try her in pesto some day.

095. Devil's Tongue (Opuntia humifusa) She flowered for the first time last year and is flowering again this year!

096. Fragile Prickly Pear (Opuntia fragilis) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She's still quite little. I might break off a piece of her to try growing in that really tough spot. If she can survive summer to winter in a pot, surely that area shouldn't be too harsh for her.

097. Thrift Seapink (Armeria maritima) She's tough enough to survive winter in a pot and did so for three years, but last winter was apparently too much for her. Again, I think it was just too dry. She was pretty much only happy there in the spring and fall, though, so maybe it's just as well. The new one I planted elsewhere seems happy in all seasons.

098-099. Lance-Leaved Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) Usually only the cultivars have those red markings! I'm assuming there's been some cross-pollination with other gardens because I did not plant that. My tickseeds are all straight amber. Unless she independently produced the colour on her own as a sport. Interestingly enough, none of them are showing that colouration this year.

100. White Sagewort (Artemisia ludoviciana) I wasn't actually supposed to have this one. I'd ordered the less aggressive A. frigida, but oh well. Maybe she'll attract American lady butterflies some year. Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She smells like something you'd use to season stuffing.

101. Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) After several attempts in different areas, trying my hardest to follow what the information online said she would need, but somehow failing, this one at last seems to be doing fine.

102. Dotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctata) I didn't plant that. Either a gift of the wildlife or a dormant seed came to life when I removed the grass.

103. Roundhead Bushclover (Lespedeza capitata) Another one I've had several attempts with, but she seems to like it there.

104. Curlycup Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) Flowered nicely that year and I thought she didn't reseed because she didn't come up last year but there is a plant this year! It's good to remember that seeds can lie dormant for some time. :)

105. Upright Prairie Coneflower "Mexican Hat" (Ratibida columnifera) This is a cultivar and has since passed away during the winter.

106. Rocky Mountains Bee Plant (Cleomella serrulata) She reseeded for several years but apparently not this one. Hopefully they're just skipping a year and will come up next spring. If not I'll have to attempt a different area. Anyway, pretty much the whole plant is edible with preparation, and lots of insects love the flowers.

107. Spotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata) Beloved of many insects. Sometimes I just like to sit next to her and watch the activity.

108. Wild Black Sweet Tomato (Solanum ptychanthum) She began as a weed on this property, but not anymore. She is a welcome part of my native garden with her wonderful fruits in the summer.

109. Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) The wild type this time, but no evidence of reseeding this year. :(

110. Alpine Rock Cress (Arabis alpina) She flowers in April before most trees have even blossomed.

111. Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense) By the time I got to plant her in the fall some years ago, I was sure she'd die over the winter. She didn't but struggled through the warm months. But she managed to bounce back the following spring and makes a nice little carpet now.

112. Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

113. Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Finally decided to flower this year! She is the only orange species of milkweed native this far north.

114. Upright Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) The wild type. Didn't like that spot in the winter either, so I'm trying a different area this year.

115. Fringed Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) Not the most colourful or compact, but makes a nice spray of pale blue violet over her dark green foliage.

116. Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet, but she's likely to this year.

117. Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) She's been on the property long before I got here. Not pictured as I haven't gotten any pictures yet since she is very tall.

118. Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) Compact and low-growing foliage create a mat, with these delicate stems poking out with what looks like kitten toes that pass for the plant's flower.

119. Aster (Symphyotrichum) I don't know what she is yet, but she decided to take up residence with my pussytoes and I guess that's okay. Haven't gotten pictures of the flowers yet.

120. Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

[rattyexplores]

08/09/23 - Fabales: Desmodium tortuosum

08/09/23 - Fabales: Grona triflora

08/09/23 - Lamiales: Ruellia tuberosa

08/09/23 - Commelinales: Commelina cyanea

08/09/23 - Fabales: Desmodium scorpiurus

Small handful of 'weed' plants found in the suburbs.

QLD:BRB - Townsville

[terriblebicho]

be me

find a cool plant in the park

be curious and search online to see what species it is

it's been three fucking hours you have 46 windows open and your life and confidence in your plant knowledge are ruined forever

[gr33nguys]

Little wildflower in the legume family. I think it's Desmodium paniculatum?

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Desmodium paniculatum Common Name(s): Panicled ticktrefoil, panicled-leaf ticktrefoil Family: Fabaceae (pea) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Forb USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer

Fruits (seedpods). See the flowers here.

[vandaliatraveler]

Despite its undignified name, Muddy Creek is a lovely mountain stream that normally runs fast and clear on its steep descent to Cheat River. But after a week of heavy rain in NC-WV, the stream looked a bit murky yesterday. Not even the sediment washing away from the mountains dims its beauty in my eyes. And the enchanting, moss-encrusted forest along its bank holds its own late summer treasures.

From top: great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), which pairs beautifully with cardinal flower to provide late summer color in a native wildflower garden; white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata), which is the most common of the shade-loving white asters in this area; crooked-stemmed aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides), also known as zigzag aster, whose clasping, spatula-shaped leaves distinguish it from big-leaf aster, another woods-loving aster with lavender flowers; blue-stemmed goldenrod (Solidago caesia), whose spreading, yellow-flowered stems provide stunning late-season color in a native wildflower garden; an intensely-green collage of moss, woodland stonecrop (Sedum ternatum), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) and heartleaf foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), which I am trying hard to reproduce in my own native wildflower shade garden; the shaggy-maned stem of Coker's Amanita (Amanita cokeri), one of the most impressive mushrooms of Appalachia's summer forests; beech-drops (Epifagus virginiana), a parasitic plant that grows and subsists on beach tree roots; the bright red berries of false Solomon's seal (Maianthemum racemosum); yellow jewelweed (Impatiens pallida), whose explosive seed pods give the plant its other common name, pale touch-me-not; and narrow-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum), also known as panicled tick-trefoil, a late summer pea whose sticky seed pods commonly hitch rides on shoes and boots.

[jellovella]

talking on this website is even more like talking into a void than twitter bc pretty much NO ONE will see it ever especially without hastags

anyway my current thought is, i wanna get a whole bunch of coneflower, aster, goldenrod, milkweed, thistle, desmodium, lobelia, etc seeds, make seed bombs out of them, and throw them in the deserted front lawn of a house that burnt down last summer in my neighborhood but hasn't been demolished bc of some insurance thing or something. rn that lawn is looking super overgrown as is bc it's been fenced off and has not been mowed for almost a year atp but i think it needs a little boost so that stuff other than grasses and ragweed grow there. i feel like i could turn it into a cool area for attracting pollinators if i tried, this stupid suburb is definitely in need of a little free-growing nature, and since the area is fenced off and not being mowed, it's not likely to be disturbed anytime soon, at least until they finally decide to demolish the house and rebuild

[i-should-have-studied]

IA2 Prep: Botany (Taxonomy)

Fabaceae - Pea Family

Classification:

Spermatophyta

Angiosperms

Dicotyledons

Polypetalae

Calyciflorae

Rosales

Fabaceae

Derivation of Classification:

Spermatophyta: Seed bearing plants.

Angiosperms: Seeds enclosed within a fruit.

Dicotyledons:

1) Tap root system

2) Dorsiventral leaves

3) Reticulate venation

4) Mostly pentamerous flowers

5) Seed with two cotyledons

Polypetalae:

1) Perianth present; differentiated into calyx and corolla

2) Petals free

Calyciflorae:

1) Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic

2) Hypogynous, perigynous, or epigynous

3) Cup shaped thalamus called calyx tube may be present

4) Stamens 10-many, inserted on the calyx tube

5) Monocarpellary gynoecium with marginal placentation

Rosales:

1) Leaves alternate and stipulate

2) Flowers bisexual

3) Actinomorphic or zygomorphic

4) Monocarpellary

Family:

Distribution: This family includes 600 genera and 12800 species, cosmopolitan distribution.

Habitat: Terrestrial mesophytes. Exceptions:

Aeschynomene - hydrophyte

Alhagi maurorum - xerophyte

Habit:

Mostly herbs - Pisum spp., Medicago

Few shrubs - Tephrosia, Crotolaria

Some trees - Butea frondosa (aka flame of the forest), Erythrina

Some herbaceous stem climbers/twiners - Dolichos, Clitoria.

Herbaceous tendril chambers - Pisum spp, Lathyrus spp.

Root System: Tap root system with bacterial nodules. These plants are used in crop rotation and as green manure.

Stem: Aerial, erect or climbing, strong or weak, solid, branched, herbaceous or woody, cylindrical or angular, smooth or hairy.

Leaves: Alternate, mostly compound

Unipinnately compound - Clitoria, Tephrosia, Pisum.

Pinnately trifoliate - Dolichos

Palmately trifoliate - Crotolaria

Simple - Crotolaria retusa

Stipulate or Exstipulate, stipules are foliaceous in Lathyrus and Pisum. They take on the function of photosynthesis.

In Pisum the terminal leaflets are modified into tendrils.

In Lathyrus the entire leaf is modified into tendrils.

In Dolichos and Clitoria the leaflets are stipelate.

Leaf is petiolate, pulvinous leaf base, leaflets – ovate, oblong, margin entire, apex acute, obtuse or retuse, pinnately reticulate venation.

In Desmodium gyrans (Indian telegraph plant) the central leaflets exhibit autonomous movements in response to variation in temperature.

Inflorescence: Axillary or terminal, racemose – simple raceme, solitary in Cicer.

Flower: Bracteate, pedicellate, bracteolate (Crotalaria, Clitoria) or ebracteolate (Dolichos, Tephrosia), actinomorphic, zygomorphic, complete, bisexual, hypogynous, pentamerous.

Calyx: 5 sepals, gamosepalous, valvate aestivation and persistent, odd sepal anterior in position.

Corolla: 5 Petals, polypetalous, papilionaceous corolla or butterfly shaped.

The large outermost posteriorly placed petal is called standard/vexillum; it overlaps the two median lateral petals called wings/alae; which in turn overlaps two antero-lateral petals called keel/carina.

Descendingly imbricate aestivation or vexillary.

Androecium: Ten Stamens,

Mostly diadelphous - Tephrosia, Dolichos and Clitoria.

Crotolaria: five long and five short, monoadelphous condition,

Dalbergia spp: 9 stamens, monoadelphous.

Anthers are dithecous, introrse, basifixed, or dorsifixed.

Gynoecium: Simple, monocarpellary. Ovary superior, long cylindrical (Pisum) or laterally compressed (Crotolaria).

Gynophore may be present. Style long, terminal but at the base in Crotolaria it bends ends in hairy stigma.

Fruit: Legume or pod

Seed: Seeds are endospermic

Floral Formula: ?? how-

Economic Importance:

Most of the crops are used as fodder for cattle.

Pulses: Pisum sativum - Garden pea, Glycine max - Soybean

Vegetables: Phaseolus vulgaris - Kidney bean

Oils: Arachis hypogea - Groundnut

Timber yielding: Dalbergia latifolia – Indian Rosewood,

Indigofera tinctoria – the leaves yield indigo dye used in dyeing and printing cotton and rayon and pigments for paints and ink.

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Chemotaxonomy

The chemical constituents of plants differ from one species to another

They are restricted to certain taxa, making them valuable characters for plant classification.

The classification of plants on the basis of chemical contents is called chemotaxonomy or chemical taxonomy.

The following chemicals are present in plants and accounted for classification:

- Non-protein amino acids

- Phenolics

- Betalins

- Alkoloids

- Terpenoids and Steroids

- Crystals

- Immunological reactions

1) Non-protein Amino Acids

There are 300 non-protein amino acids in plants

Some are restricted to certain groups alone

They are used to classify and distinguish the taxa from others

Ex: Lathyrine in genus Lathyrus

Ex: add one more

2) Phenolics

Derivatives of phenolic compounds

Plants are classified on the basis of specific phenolic compounds.

Ex: Flavonols and methoxy cinnamic acid - herbaceous plants

Ex: Leucoanthocynin - woody plants.

3) Betalins

Derivatives of phenols serving as pigments.

They are present in only 10 families.

Ex: The position of the family Cactaceae was disputed for many years, but on the basis of the presence of betalins, it's position in centrospermae has been confirmed.

4) Alkaloids

Nitrogen containing compounds with a heterocyclic ring.

There are about 5000 different alkaloids in angiosperms.

They are used as a source for plant classification.

Ex: Lupin - Fabaceae

Ex: Tropane - Solanaceae

Ex: Morphine - Papaver somnifer

5) Terpenoids and Steroids

Terpenoids are unsaturated hydrocarbons derived from isoprenes

Ex: Carotenoids, iridoids

Steroids are saturated hydrocarbons with four rings in their structure

Ex: Cucurbitins present in Cucurbitaceae

6) Crystals yay

Some plants have raphide crystals in different parts of their body.

The forms of crystals are used to some extent in the classification of plants.

Ex: Presence and absence of raphides are used in the grouping of plants in the family Rubiaceae

Calcium oxalate crystals are present in the ovary walls of the members of Asteraceae.

7) Immunological Reactions

The storage protein or pollen protein is injected from the plant body to a test animal (usually a mouse or rabbit)

The test animal produces antiserum against the protein

The antiserum is mixed with the plant extract to detect the precipitate formed by antigen-antibody reaction.

The nature and amount of precipitate indicate the relationship of the protein to the plant.

High rate of precipitation indicates closeness of the plants.

Low rate shows that the plants are not related.

This type of study is called serotaxonomy.

Ex: Closeness of Delphinium to Aconitumis has been confirmed by serological studies.

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Embryology in relation to taxonomy

Schnarf, a German embryologist, studied the role of embryology in 1931.

The angiosperm embryological characters of importance are: anatropous, double fertilization, triple fusion, post fertilized triploid endosperm, and dicot or monocot conditions.

Embryology in relation to taxonomy can be observed at three levels: above family level, at family level, and at generic level.

Above Family Level

1) Caryophyllales

Commonly known as centrospermae

Have trinucleate pollen

Bitegmic crassinucellate ovule

Curved and peripheral embryo

Perisperm with or without endosperm.

2) Helobia

Have helobial type of endosperm

-(a cell wall is laid down between the first two nuclei, after which one half develops endosperm along the cellular pattern and the other half along the nuclear pattern.)-

3) Gentinales

Lack of integumentary tapetum

Have nuclear endosperm

Buddleiaceae and Oleaceae have integuments and cellular endosperm

4) Orchidales

Have an undifferentiated embryo

Very little to no endosperm

At Family Level

1) Podostemaceae

Includes perennial aquatic herbs with unique embryo features such as:

Pseudo embryo sac

Bisporic type of embryo sac

Pollen grain in pairs

Tenuinucellate bitegmic ovule

Presence of suspensor

2) Onagraceae

-(THe one where the megaspore divides one less time, only forming 4 nuclei instead of 8)-

Monosporic 4 nucleate, oenothera type embryo sac (with the exception of trapa)

Embryo sac derived from micropylar megaspore of tetrad

Only egg apparatus, 2 synergids, and one polar nucleus form.

Antipodals and one polar nucleus absent.

3) Cyperaceae

Microspore mother cell only gives one funtional microspore

4) Loranthaceae

Actually has 2 sub families, Loranthoideae and Viscoideae

i) Loranthoideae

Triradiate pollen

Polygonum embryo sac

Composite endosperm

Presence of suspensor

Polyembryony

ii) Viscoideae

Spherical pollen

Allium type embryo sac

Non-composite endosperm

Absence of suspensor

Polyembryony

The subfamilies have recently changed to Loranthaceae and Viscaceae respectively

At Generic Level

1) Trapa

Kept under Onagraceae (B&H) and Trapaceae (Englerian)

Evidence for both: -(WTF DOES THIS MEAN)-

2) Paeonia

Used to be included in Ranunculaceae (characters not present), now in Paeoniaceae

Generative cells are longer and elongated

Embryo sac long and narrow

Seed coat is massive

Germination epigeal

3) Exocarpus (Previously Santalaceace)

Initially placed in Exocarpaceae (under gymnosperms) due to the presence of naked ovules and pollen chamber.

But later it was confirmed to be Santalaceae due to the:

Presence of angiospermic flowers

Polygonum embryo sac

Cellular endosperm

And transverse division in zygote

4) Butomus

Polygonum embryo sac

Other genera of the family Butomaceae process Allium type embryo sac

With the exception of Butomus, all other genera have been transferred to Alismataceae

WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN? IDK.

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Bidens pilosa Linn. Aqueous Extract against Postharvest Fungal Pathogens

Abstract

A bioassay was conducted to assess the antifungal effects of the different concentrations of Biden pilosa Linn. aqueous extract against fungal pathogens isolated from corn and peanut seeds. The assay employed the disk diffusion technique to determine the effects of the diffusible metabolites from B. pilosa on the growth of the fungal species on potato dextrose agar (PDA). The aqueous extract showed significant activity against Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Fusarium sp., and Penicillium sp. from corn seeds. The best antifungal activity was observed in A. niger with inhibitory zones as wide as 19.72mm in diameter. On the other hand, the fungal isolates from peanut namely, A. flavus, A. niger, Penicillium sp., and Rhizopus stolonifer showed sensitivity to the aqueous extract from B. pilosa. The best antifungal activity was recorded in Penicillium sp. with the widest zone of inhibition of 24.87mm at 24 hours after incubation (HAI). This in vitro study, therefore, confirms that the B. pilosa aqueous extract inhibits the growth of fungal species associated with corn and peanut seeds.

Introduction

Corn and peanut seeds are vulnerable to pathogenic fungal species before and after harvesting. Their association with the stored seeds may eventually result in the deterioration of seed quality. Although stored seeds apparently look healthy because of the absence of physical damage, however, these may be contaminated with high levels of mycotoxins produced by certain species of fungal pathogens. Mycotoxins are fungal metabolites that cause grain quality deterioration, poor germination potential, and reduced vigor. To prevent these problems, different control strategies should be employed such as irradiation, chemical treatment, and biological control. However, irradiation of seeds before storage is costly while the application of chemical treatments poses hazards to humans and animals. With these issues at hand, one of the promising options is the application of botanical pesticides.

Several studies had been conducted on the use of weed extract to control the growth of plant pathogenic organisms. The water extracts from the weed species (A. conyzoides, Oxalis corniculata, Phyllanthus debilis, Vernonia cinerea, and Desmodium trifolium) were assayed for their antifungal activity against some plant pathogenic fungi (Iqbal et al., 2001).

The extract from A. conyzoides inhibited the mycelial growth of Rhizoctonia solani, Aspergillus niger, and Phomopsis theae. In another study, the extract from O. corniculata was active against A. niger while P. debilis suppressed the growth of P. theae. The activity generally declined after three days of incubation, while A. conyzoides remained active for nine days after incubation. Ethanolic extract of Datura stramonium also contains significant antifungal potential against some important plant pathogenic fungi and thus, could be used as an alternative to chemical fungicides for the management of fungal infection in plants (Sharma et al., 2014).

There were previous studies on Bidens pilosa, a common weed species in the tropics, focusing on its antibacterial effects against human pathogens. Silva et al. (2014) evaluated nine extracts from B. pilosa (root, stem, flower, and leaves) and Annona crassiflora (rind fruit, stem, leaves, seed, and pulp) against 60 oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) and S. aureus ATCC6538. They found that extracts from the leaves of B. pilosa had significantly wider inhibition zone diameters than chlorexidine against ORSA, and the extracts were more active against S. aureus ATCC. The presence of variable alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and saponins was observed which may be responsible for its antibacterial activities.

The antifungal properties of B. pilosa were documented in some studies involving plant pathogenic fungal species. Deba et al. (2007) first evaluated the antifungal potential of this plant against Corticium rolfsii, Fusarium solani, and Fusarium oxysporum using the hot water extracts from the roots, stem, and leaves. They found that C. rolfsii was most suppressed as its growth was reduced almost all the tested doses followed by F. oxysporum and F. solani. Extracts from stems and roots exhibited greater fungicidal action than the extracts from the leaves. In another experiment, the team also demonstrated the antifungal effects of the essential oils and aqueous extracts from the flowers and leaves of B. pilosa using the three fungal species. They again concluded that the extracts and oils had antifungal activity on the fungal pathogens (Deba et al., 2008).

Polyacetylenes, polyacetylene glycosides, flavonoids, flavone glycosides, aurones, chalcones, okanin glycosides, phenolic acids, terpenes, pheophytins, fatty acids, and phytosterols are among the chemical ingredients identified or isolated from the various portions of B. pilosa (Xuan & Khanh, 2016). Many of these have been identified as bioactive chemicals with pharmacological potential.

According to Silva et al. (2011), as cited by Bartolome et al. (2013), 201 compounds have been identified from this plant as compiled previously, comprising of 70 aliphatics, 60 flavonoids, 25 terpenoids, 19 phenylpropanoids, 13 aromatics, 8 porphyrins, and 6 other compounds.

This study focused on the assay of B. pilosa aqueous extract against common fungal pathogens associated with corn and peanut seeds. The antifungal effect of the extract was determined under in vitro conditions.

Source : Bidens pilosa Linn. Aqueous Extract against Postharvest Fungal Pathogens | InformativeBD

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Günəş İşığı İlə Rəqs Edən Bitki: Desmodium Girans I 4K

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Grona varians

Cotyledons

Image taken 8 days after seed scarified and plated on water agar and incubated at 20C.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

More flowers from my garden!

Desmodium canadense (showy tick trefoil)

Callirhoe involucrata (purple poppymallow)

Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint)

Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)

Eupatorium purpureum (sweet joe-pye-weed)

Monarda punctata (spotted beebalm)

Solidago juncea (early goldenrod)

Verbena hastata (blue vervain)

Impatiens capensis (spotted jewelweed)

Helianthus nuttallii (common tall sunflower)

Symphyotrichum ciliatum (fringed blue aster)

Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountains bee plant)

Actaea racemosa (black snakeroot)

Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower)

Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)

Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. John's wort)

Spiraea alba (meadowsweet)

Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)

Agastache foeniculum (anise hyssop)

Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting)

Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth aster)

Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily)

Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (common selfheal)

Symphyotrichum lanceolate (panicled aster)

Astragalus canadensis (Canada milk vetch)

Campanulastrum americanum (marsh harebell)

Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)

Mertensia paniculata (tall bluebells)

Oenothera fruticosa (narrow-leaved sundrops)

Lilium philadelphicum (wood lily)

And cut off again. lol

[jamrockmart]

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