Plant ID - Week 1 Flashcards
Lobelia
Lobelia erinus
Campanulaceae
Annual - Trailing perennial
Raceme / Glabrous
Leaf: Narrow, Linear, Obovate, Serrate
Habit:Dense, Spreading Form:Mounded Texture:Medium - fine
Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Balsaminaceae
Annual, Flowering pot plant Raceme
Leaves: Opposite / Ovate,
Margins: Dentate to crenate and/ or ciliate
Habit:Dense, Spreading, Stiffly upright Form:Mounded, Round Texture:Medium - fine
Himalayan balsam
Impatiens grandulifera
Balsaminaceae
Leaves: Lanceolate
Annual - Invasive plant
Leaf:Opposite, Whorled.
Fruit: Capsule Flowers Solitary
Habit:Upright Form:Oval - vertical Texture:Medium
Petunia
Petunia X hybrida
Solanaceae
Creeping annual;
stems long and somewhat limp
Alternate Lanceolate, Ovate Flowers solitary
Habit:Spreading Form:Mounded Texture:Medium - fine
Annual bluegrass
Poa annua
Poaceae
Leaf tips boat-shaped, blade with puckering and wrinkling; seed head can be seen even when grass is very low growing
Habit:Upright Form:Oval - vertical, Round Texture:Medium - fine
Inflorescence Type:Panicle-like, Spikelet
Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
Lamiaceae
Stems square in c.s.; leaves opposite, serrated, petioles red, scented like bergamot orange; inflorescence a dense globular, terminal verticillaster (head-like with some cvs. superficially like coneflower), outer florets 3-4 cm long.
Habit:Arching, Dense, Spreading, Upright Ovate
Form:Oval - vertical Texture:Medium Herbaceous perennial
Periwinkle
Vinca Minor
Apocynaceae
Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Invasive plant
leaves are glossy dark green, opposite, decussate; stems thin, flexible, will root at nodes, exudes milky sap when broken; flowers violet blue, trumpet shaped.
Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate
Floriferous, Flowers solitary
Habit:Spreading Form:Creeping / Mat-like Texture:Fine
Lenten rose
Helleborus X hybridus
Ranunculaceae
Broadleaf evergreen
leathery basal leaves on long petioles, palmately compound and heavy venation with 5-7 dark green, serrate or irregularly toothed leaflets; early flowering cyme, cup-shaped due to 5 petal-like sepals, usually pendulous. Obovate
Habit:Arching Form:Mounded Texture:Coarse
Carpet Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Lamiaceae
Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Invasive plant
Dense evergreen ground cover; leaves basal and then opposite on runners, ovate, bronze-green, irregular margins; florets crowded in verticillasters, blue to purple - Verticillaster
Habit:Spreading Form:Creeping / Mat-like Texture:Medium
Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Asteraceae
Leaves pinnately-lobed Herbaceous perennial
Alternate, Basal Obovate Flower:Head
Habit:Upright Form:Oval - vertical Texture:Fine
Deer Fern
Blechnum spicant
Blechnaceae
Compound, Fern-like
Basal / Linear
spores
Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
Poaceae
toothed or torn, hairy on surface facing blade
sharp-pointed / Linear
Invasive plant, Poales (grass-like)
Habit:Upright Form:Oval - vertical Texture:Medium - fine
Spike-like, Spikelet
Goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’
Apiaceae
Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant
Leaf: Compound, Basal, Glabrous
Flower: Umbel Fruit: Schizocarp
Habit:Spreading Form:Creeping / Mat-like Texture:Medium - fine
Siberian Iris
Iris sibirica
Iridaceae
rhizomes about 1 cm thick.
Aquatic plant, Herbaceous perennial
Stems: linear with strong midrib and smooth margins;
Flower: Floriferous, Raceme
Habit:Stiffly upright, Upright Form:Vase Texture:Medium - coarse
Corkscrew Rush
Juncus effusus ‘Spiralis’
Juncaceae
Aquatic plant, Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Leaf: Basal - Linear - that are curled like a corkscrew.
Flower: Cyme / Capsule
Habit:Upright Form:Irregular Texture:Fine
Annabelle Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Hydrangeaceae
Shrub - deciduous
Leaves: Large, Opposite, Serrated, Ovate
Florets: Large white corymb-like cymes.
Habit:Upright Form:Vase Texture:Coarse
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Hydrangeaceae
Shrub - deciduous
Leaves thick, leathery, deeply lobed akin to an oak leaf
Opposite
Flower: Panicle-like, Thyrse
Habit:Irregular Form:Mounded
Yellow Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Lamiaceae
Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant
Opposite, Ovate Spike
Habit:Spreading Form:Creeping / Mat-like Texture:Medium - fine
Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
Asparagaceae
Broadleaf evergreen
grass-like clumping habit; leaves thick, sword-like with threads on margins
inflorescence a panicle with large (5-7 cm) florets each with 6 white tepals.
Habit:Stiffly upright Form:Round Texture:Medium - coarse
Panicle / Capsule
