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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Fabaceae family. Common name: red clover. Herbaceous perennial with three leaflets at each node. Dark pink characteristic looking flowers.
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Bearded Iris (Iris × germanica)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Purple iris with yellow feathery parts below petalloid styles
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Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Characteristically shaped yellow petals, small green leaves, pea pod looking fruits, often found on the side if the freeway.
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Cypresses, Cedars, Junipers, and Allies (Subfamily Cupressoideae)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Globulose cones.
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Elephant's-Ears (Bergenia crassifolia)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Common name: round-leaf alumrooot. Saxifragaceae family. Found next to the Allen Library at the University if Washington.
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Western Starflower (Lysimachia latifolia)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Common name: starflower. Low-growing herbaceous plant. Whorled pinnately veined leaves. White, star-shaped flowers.
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Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Family: Fumariacea. Common name: Pacific bleeding heart. Herbaceous stems. Deeply divided leaves. Flowers panicles, mostly deep pink colored.
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Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Family: Boraginaceae. Common name: Pacific waterleaf. Herbaceous stems. Leaves palmately lobed, dark green. Flowers in compact heads.
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Fringe Cups (Tellima grandiflora)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Common name: fringe cup, family: Saxifragaceae. Herbaceous stems. Stem leaves become reduced the farther up the stem towards the flowers. Flowers are complete. 5 petals. Calyx is greenish.
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Salal (Gaultheria shallon)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Common name: Salal. Plant is a persistent shrub with woody stems. Flowers are pinkish white, and strongly gamopetalous. Simple leaves with pinnate veination.
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Youth-on-Age (Tolmiea menziesii)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Common name: Piggyback plant. Herbaceous stems. Complete flowers with 3 stamens that are unequal. Calyx is greenish-purple to brown. Leaves palmately veined and shallowly lobed.
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Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Persistent shrub with fairly large flowers. 5 white petals, 5 green sepals.
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Alaska Yellow Cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Growing in Auburn neighborhood across the street from the sounder train station.
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Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)Observer
jenninanaDescription
Growing in Auburn across the street from the sounder station underneath Xanthocyparis nootkatensis.
