Observations by gracedodillet

Herbaceous plant with basal leaves. Leaves are simple and have parallel venation and are very long and grasslike. Flowers have 6 light purple colored tepals. 6 stamens and 1 pistil. Flowers are arranged in raceme cluster and plant is about 1 foot tall.

Herbaceous plant approximately 5 inches tall. No flowers present, but leaves are basal and solitary with rubbery feel. Simple leaves are lobed with 9 primary lobes divided into 3 smaller lobes per lobe. Leaves are very large and plant is known for red latex that is released when root is broken. Small leaf appears to be growing underneath the larger leaf at the top of the stem.

Herbaceous plant approximately 12 inches tall with light purple colored flowers in cyme cluster. Flowers have 5 united parts (5 petals and 5 sepals) with lobed corolla, and stamens are much longer than petals. 5 stamens with one pistil that has 1 style with 2 stigmas (cleft style). Leaves are toothed and pinnately divided, and are alternate but the largest leaves are basal and have white spots.

Herbaceous plant about 5 inches tall with purple flowers. Flowers have showy petal-like sepals and there are 10-20 per flower. There are many stamens and pistils. The actual petals are 5 separate parts. Flowers are on a single hairy stalk and leaves are basal. Leaves are palmately divided into 3 segments with toothed edges. Leaves in whorls of 3.

Herbaceous plant with opposite, entire, simple leaves. Leaves are light green and slant upward, and also curve inward. Plant is 8 inches tall and still growing. No flowers present and leaf has a milky latex when torn.

Vine like plant about 3 inches tall with 3 parted basal leaves with toothed edges. Flower has 5 separate yellow petals and many stamens, with 5 sepals and lots of little carpels. Leaf like 3 toothed bracts below the flower. Stems are very thin.

Herbaceous plant about 6 inches tall with opposite leaves Leaf margins are entire and oval shaped that come to a point. Flowers are white with 5 separate petals that are deeply 2-lobed. 5 sepals are almost as long as petals, and flower has 10 stamens and 1 pistil. Flowers are arranged in branched cluster. Stem is slightly purple in color and has pubescence.

Herbaceous plant about 4 inches tall with compound clover shaped leaves. Leaves are alternate and margins are entire. Flowers are yellow with 5 united petals and 5 separate sepals. 10 stamens and 1 pistil.

Herbaceous plant about 24 inches tall, with simple leaves. Leaves are arranged alternately and have toothed edges. Flowers are pinkish purple color with 4 petals, 4 sepals, 6 stamens, and 1 pistil. Flowers are arranged in raceme structure. Pubescence along stem.

Herbaceous plant about 2 inches tall, very close to ground- looks creeping. Leaves are compound- 3 parted with lighter green outline towards center. Leaves are alternate, have entire margins, and leaflets are elliptical. Flowers are 5 separate parts arranged in a head of long-stalked cluster. Petals are light pink/white in color.

Herbaceous plant about 18 inches tall with palmately divided leaves into 5 to 7 sections. Leaf sections are triangular in shape and leaves are opposite on stem with short stalks. Also has a few palmately divided basal leaves that have long stalks. Flowers are 5 separate parts and a pink color with darker purple lines. Flowers arranged in a cluster of a few flowers. 10 stamens, 5 carpels.

Herbaceous plant with simple, not divided leaves and opposite arrangement. Flowers have 5 united parts with a light blue to periwinkle color. 5 petals and 5 sepals along with 3 stigmas and one 3 pronged style. Plant is approximately one foot tall. Stem is very fuzzy and leaves also have small hairs.

Herbaceous plant about 6 inches tall with simple, basal leaves. Leaves are elliptical in shape and have parallel venation. Flowers are white and 6 parted, shaped like little bells and hang down on small stalk and are arranged on one side. Flowers are fragrant and have 6 tepals. 6 stamens and 1 carpel.

Herbaceous plant that has woody-feeling stem, and trails slightly like a vine. Located very close to the ground, 5 inches tall at the maximum. Leaves are opposite, simple and entire. Flower has star shaped center outlined in white, and has 5 united parts with bluish purple coloration. 5 petals, 5 united sepals, 5 stamens, 1 pistil, and superior ovary. Family known for milky latex and stylar head.

Herbaeous plant approximately 16 inches tall. Flowers are yellow and have 4 parts, shaped like an X. Flowers are clustered into heads. The leaves towards the top are simple and very toothed, but towards the bottom have smoother margins (but still are slightly lobed) and are compound. Flowers are early blooming, and leaves have slight odor when crushed. Flowers have 4 petals, 4 sepals, 4 long stamens and 2 short, 1 pistil, and superior ovary.

Herbaceous plant located very close to the ground, one to 2 inches tall. Leaves are rounded with very round scalloped edges. Flowers are purple color with 5 united parts, two petals point to the sides, two point downward, and one on the top resembles a hood. Leaves are simple and opposite and have slightly minty aroma. 5 petals with 5 united sepals, flowers usually arranged in loose whorls from the leaf axils. 4 stamens, superior ovary, and 1 pistil.

This plant is herbaceous, approximately four inches tall. The flower is a purple color with 5 separate parts and very short stem. The inside of the flower is white, and a yellow color towards the very center with purple stripes. Leaves are simple, arranged basally, and have some small hairs. Leaves are heart shaped with slightly scalloped edges. Flowers are zygomorphic, there are 5 stamens, the syncarpous gynoecium is comprised of 3 carpels, and ovary is superior.

Tree about 20 feet tall. Buds are red/pink purplish color and no leaves are present yet. Bark has blocky, scaly texture and is brown. Alternate leaf scars. Some flowers emerge directly from trunk (cauliflorous).

Herbaceous plant, about one foot tall. Alternate, simple leaves that are scalloped near the bottom but become more toothed near the top. The leaves smell garlicky and faintly like mustard when they are crushed. Flowers are white with 4 parts and are in raceme clusters. 4 petals, 4 sepals, 4 long stamens and 2 short stamens.

Blue flowers with some purplish pink smaller flowers. Flowers have 5 fused parts that form a bell shape. Leaves are alternate and smooth. The leaves are much larger than the flowers, and the bottom of the plant is very leafy, the leaves almost look like spinach leaves.