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Queen Anne’s Lace – Daucus carota – European import. Thick stands of this flower dot themselves around the park. The caterpillar stage of the Black Swallow-Tailed butterfly will feed on the stems and leaves of this plant while many kinds of butterflies gather nectar on the flowers.
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Red clover – Trifolium pretense – European import. This picture was taken in the wildflower meadow. The White Cabbage butterfly, though tattered, feeds on the nectar of this common plant.
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Hedge Bindweed – Calystegia sepium. Bindweed vines grow furiously each spring and bear attractive bicolor flowers all summer. Native to our region it can be invasive in gardens and planted landscapes.
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Common Mullein – Verbascum thapsus. The first year these plants grow a rosette of fuzzy green-gray leaves. The second year a stiff stalk rises quickly to 4-6 feet and produces many small yellow flowers. One of its picturesque European names is Hag’s Taper.
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Common White Yarrow - Achillea millefolium. The flat dainty off-white flower head are held up on stiff 12 inch stems. A native of the American northeastern region it grows sunny dry locations, flowering June to September.
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