A plant that was in this case about 4 feet tall, with a stalk completely covered in spikes, topped off by multiple large, light green leaves. At the top of some of the leaves an upward flowering structure with multiple budding white flowers stood.
This is a dead Queen Anne's Lace flower that is still standing in the field. It has a beautiful skeleton that resembles a firework.
Red Trillium and Common Ginsing, both native to the forest floor at Distant Hill Gardens in Walpole New Hampshire.
The Apiales are an order of flowering plants. The families given at right are typical of newer classifications, though there is some slight variation, and in particular the Torriceliaceae may be divided. These families are placed within the asterid group of eudicots as circumscribed by the APG II system. Within the asterids, Apiales belongs to an unranked group called the campanulids.
