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Latin Plant List
Actaea pachypoda (Doll's Eyes, White Baneberry)
Web info:USDA, Connecticut Botanical Society, McGill U.

Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)
30 to 50cm. Slender, dark brown glossy stems (stipes) hold semi circular fronds (blades) horizontally above ground level. Grows in clumps from rhizomes. Habitat: wooded areas with humus-rich soil. Prefers filtered light, but can tolerate some sun, especially in the morning. Highly prized for its decorative value. (Illustration)

Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, McGill.

Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Web info:State of Illinois, USDA.

Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek, Wild Garlic)
Web info:USDA, McGill Biology

Anaphalis margaritacea (Pearly Everlasting)
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, Colorado Springs Utilities

Anemone canadensis (Canada Anemone)
Web Info:Wisconsin U, USDA, Connecticut Botanical Society.

Anemone virginiana (Thimbleweed)
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, McGill U..

Andromeda glaucophylla (Bog Rosemary)
Web info:Boreal Forest , USDA

Antennaria canadensis (Smaller Pussy-toes)
Web info:USDA

Aquilegia canadensis (Canadian Columbine)
30 to 50 cm. Bloom: May-June. Graceful long stems with lobed leaflets; nodding flowers with red sepals and spurs, yellow petals. Habitat: clearings in dry woods, sandy or rocky soils, rocky ledges. Does best in neutral to slightly acid soil with good drainage. Does best in poor soils. Partial shade.
Web info:Boreal Forest, Queen's Research, McGill USDA, (Illustration)

Asarum canadensis (Wild Ginger)
10 to 20cm. Bloom: May-June. Pairs of heart-shaped leaves grow from fleshy stems which creep through rich ground litter; single deep burgundy flowers with triple pointed lobes bloom on short stems at ground level. Habitat: rich deciduous woods. Spreads well, creating an excellent ground-cover. The stems exude a distinctive scent of ginger when bruised. May be used to make jelly.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, McGill, University of Vermont, USDA. (Illustration)

Arisaema triphillum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)
25-90cm. Bloom: May-June. Beneath two large, three-parted pointed leaves, appears the "pulpit," a striped, purple to green hood which folds over "Jack," a club-shaped spadix that houses the plant's true male and female flowers. The plant can change sex from year to year, apparently according to growing conditions. Habitat: damp woods, swamp, pond, and stream margins. Partial to full shade.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA. (Illustration)

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
30 to 120cm. Bloom: July-august. Smooth, clearly veined narrow leaves on tall stems which branch near the top; light pink and deep rose flowers in terminal umbels. Habitat: damp meadows, drainage ditches, swamp and pond margins. The elegant leaves and strong rose of the flowers make this a fine edge plant for ponds.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, (Illustration)

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)
30 to 75cm. Bloom: July-August. Showy bright orange flowers clustered in umbels on slender stems; leaves narrow, clearly veined and somewhat hairy. Habitat: well drained fields and clearings; soil preferably somewhat sandy. Full to partial sun. Very attractive to butterflies. (Illustration)

Athryium filix-femina (Lady Fern)
Web info:Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, McGill, USDA

Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
30 to 60cm. Bloom: May-June. Heart-shaped leaves on hollow, branching stems appearing in clumps during spring run-off; the flowers, with five to nine bright yellow sepals, are grouped at the top of the stems. Habitat: swamps, marshes, wet meadows, stream and pond margins. If covered with water during the spring, the plant can be allowed to dry out and die back later in the season with no harm. In spring, a bright complement to the browns and greys of dried vegetation.
Web info:Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, McGill, USDA, (Illustration)

Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell)
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)
30 to 90cm. Bloom: May-June. Lobed leaves on tall stalks; inconspicuous greenish flowers followed by clusters of large, deep blue, berry-like seeds. Habitat: deciduous woods. This plant forms becoming clumps and the berries provide an attractive point of interest in the later summer woods.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, University of Wisconsin, McGill, USDA

Celastrus scandens (Climbing Bittersweet)
Web info:University of Wisconsin, USDA

Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
30 to 90cm. Bloom: July-September. Slender plant with lanceolate toothed leaves; white tubular flowers, said to resemble a turtle's head, clustered at the stem top. Habitat: wet meadows, stream, pond, and ditch edges. Does well in the company of other wetland plants.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
Web info:Indiana State University, Connecticut Botanical Society

Coptis groenlandica (Goldthread)
Web info:Boreal Forest, McGill, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, U.S. Government

Cornus canadensis (Bunch-berry)
Web info:Boreal Forest, <University of Vermont, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Corydalis sempervirens (Pale Corydalis)
Web info:McGill, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Dentaria (Cardamine) diphylla (Toothwort)
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, University of Wisconsin , USDA

Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick-trefoil)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society

Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
10-30cm. Bloom: May. Light green, feathery leaves appearing in clumps; the white, V-shaped flowers, the "breeches," are raised above the leaf clump on a leafless stem. The leaves die back soon after bloom. Habitat: rich deciduous woods. The pantaloon shaped flowers are an object of curiosity, and the delicate leafy clumps accentuate the more delineated forms of other spring ephemerals.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, McGill, Rideau Information, USDA

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Cone Flower)
90 to 120cm. Bloom: July-September. Tall, somewhat hairy stems with dark green toothed leaves; terminal flowers with pink to purple rays and orange to brown central cones. Habitat: dry clearings and fields. The flowers are long lasting and attractive to insects as well as humans. (Illustration)
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society

Erythronium americanum (Trout Lily)
Web info:Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Gentiana andrewsii (Closed or Bottle Gentian)
30 to 60cm. Bloom: August-September. Somewhat glossy, lanceolate leaves on rarely branched stems; the deep blue petals, sometimes edged with pinkish purple, form bottle-shaped flowers which appear in clusters in the upper leaf axils and never open. Habitat: wet thickets, swamp and pond margins. Prefers at least filtered light. Bumble bees force their way into the flower through vertical slits formed where the sides of the petals meet.
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, (Illustration)

Geum rivale (Water Avens)
Web info:Connecticut Botanical Society

Gualtheria procumbens (Wintergreen)
Web info:Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, University of Vermont, USDA

Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
Web info: Illinois State, USDA

Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)

Hepatica acutiloba (Sharp-lobed Hepatica)
10 to 15cm. Bloom: April-May. Three-lobed basal leaves which subsist through the winter; the flowers, with five to nine petal like sepals ranging in colour from white to purple, bloom in early spring on hairy stems. Habitat: humus-rich woods. This early bloomer requires sun in the spring followed by shade once the trees are in leaf.
Web info: University of Guelph, McGill, Connecticut Botanical Society (Illustration)

Houstonia caerulia (Bluets)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Nova Scotia, USDA

Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Hypericum pyramidatum (ascyron) (Great St. Johnswort)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Iris versicolor (Blue Flag)
20 to 80cm. Bloom: June-July. Fans of long, blade-like, light green leaves; the flowers, non-bearded and ranging in colour from light blue to purple, bloom in succession on sturdy, branched stalks. Habitat: wet meadows, swamp and pond margins, drainage ditches. The plant clumps well and survives the ravages of the iris borer if submerged in shallow water well into July.
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, University of Manitoba, USDA, (Illustration)

Lilium canadense (Canada Lily)
60 to 150cm. Bloom: July. Tall stalks, sometimes reaching an adult's eye level, with whorls of pointed leaves; up to fourteen yellow, orange, or orange-red nodding, bell-shaped flowers in a candelabra arrangement. Habitat: damp meadows, woodland borders. This extraordinary plant does well in gardens if it receives shade during the hottest part of the day and if the soil is humus-rich and not allowed to dry out.
Web info: Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, (Illustration)

Lilium philadelphicum (Wood Lily)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Linnaea borealis (Twinflower)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Boreal Forest, USDA

Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
60 to 120cm. Bloom: July-August. Toothed, sometimes red-tinged or bronzy leaves, on tall, rarely branched, stalks; brilliant red tubular flowers with three-lobed lips in a showy terminal spike. Habitat: wet meadows and stream borders. Can take full sun if the soil is kept moist. The Cardinal Flower is a perennial, but has a very shallow root system; it requires submersion or a mulch over its basal rosettes to survive harsh winters or wide oscillations of temperature.
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, (Illustration)

Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
30 to 120cm. Bloom: August-September. Erect leafy stems; clear blue flowers appear among leafy bracts to form a spike at the top of the stem. Habitat: damp woods, meadows, swamp margins. Does best with partial shade or full sun if soil is kept moist.
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, (Illustration)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada Mayflower)
5 to 15cm. Bloom: May-June. Glossy, deep green, heart-shaped leaves; white star-shaped flowers clustered at the top of the stem. Habitat: shady woods in humus-rich soil. An excellent ground cover.
Web info: Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, (Illustration)

Medeola virginiana (Indian Cucumber)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin Herbarium, USDA

Mimulus ringens (Blue Monkey-flower)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Mitchella repens (Partridge-berry)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, VIrginia Tech

Mitella diphylla (Mitrewort)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, Wisconsin Herbarium

Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
60 to 120cm. Bloom: August-September. Square stems with greyish lanceolate leaves ; tubular lavender flowers in rounded terminal clusters. Habitat: well drained fields and woodland borders. The aromatic leaves can be used to make tea; the flowers are attractive to insects. (Illustration)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, U.Wisconsin

Penstemon digitalis (Smooth White Penstemon)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin , USDA, North Carolina

Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
Web info: Wisconsin Herbarium, USDA

Poygonatum biflorum (Smooth Solomon's Seal)
20 to 90cm. Bloom: May-June. Arching stems with pale green leaves; greenish white, bell-shaped flowers hang in pairs from leaf axils. Habitat: humus-rich deciduous woods. A graceful, but longer lasting, companion of the spring ephemerals.
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Potentilla palustris (Comarum palustre) (Marsh Cinquefoil)
Web info:Flora of the Arctic Archipelago, Wisconsin, USDA

Pyrola minor (Lesser Pyrola)
Web info:

Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat Coneflower)
Web info: U. of Saskatchewan,USDA

Ratibida pinnata (Grey-headed Coneflower)
Web info: Wisconsin State Herbarium, Western Kentucky, USDA

Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed Coneflower)
Web info: Wisconsin State Herbarium, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
20 to 25cm. Bloom: May. Single, somewhat leathery blue-green absal leaves curl around the leafless bloom stalk before fully opening; single white flower with bright yellow centre. Habitat:rich woodlands and borders. The colloquial name comes from the bright red juice in the plant's roots. The flowers, of fragile beauty, last but a short while.
Web info: Rideau Canal Waterway, Connecticut Botanical Society, McGill, USDA

Sanguisorba canadensis (Canadian Burnet)
Web info: Boreal Forest, USDA

Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)
Web info: USDA

Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)
USDA, Illinois, Missouri Conservationist

Sisyrinchium montanum (Blue-eyed Grass)
10 to 15cm. May-June. Stiff narrow leaves in fans; small, star-shaped, blue flowers on stems usually taller than the leaves. Habitat: damp meadows. Does best in half-to-full sun in damp or well watered soil. It forms circular clumps that must be divided every three or four years to avoid die-back in the centre. (Illustration)
Web info: USGS, Boreal Forest, USDA,

Smilacina(Maianthemum)racemosa (False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume)
30 to 90cm. Bloom: May-June. Arching stem with alternate leaves; small white flowers in conspicuous, feathery terminal clusters. Habitat: rich woods. The plant's red berries are showy in the early fall.
Web info: Wisconsin State Herbarium, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA, UCSC

Smilacina stellata (Maianthemum stellatum) (Starry False Solomon's Seal, Starry Solomon's Plume)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Solidago caesia (Blue-stemmed Goldenrod)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Solidago flexicaulis (Zig-zag Goldenrod)
Web info: USDA, U. of Toronto, Wisconsin State Herbarium

Solidago nemoralis (Grey Goldenrod)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Streptopus roseus (lanceolatus) (Rosy Twisted-stalk)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Boreal Forest, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Stylophorum diphyllum (Wood Poppy)
Web info: Species At Risk, USDA

Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow-rue)
20 to 75cm. Bloom: May-June. Numerous compound, pale-green lobed leaves give the plant an airy, bush-like appearance; inconspicuous greenish white tassel-like flowers. Habitat: rich deciduous woods and borders. The bushy habit of this plant makes it a useful and attractive ornamental.

Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)
10 to 20cm. Bloom: May-June. Maple-shaped leaves form a dense ground cover under deciduous trees; clusters of airy, small white flowers held well above the leaves on slender stalks give the plant its common name. An excellent companion for trilliums, bellwort, and hepatica.(Illustration)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Trientalis borealis (Starflower)
Web info: Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Trillium erectum (Purple Trillium)
20 to 40cm. Bloom: May. A whorl of three broad, net-veined, deep green leaves located at the top of a broad stalk; a single burgundy flower rises on a narrower stalk from the leaf-whorl. Habitat: humus-rich deciduous and mixed woods. Due to the darkness of its flower, for gardening purposes this trillium is best located near a pathway or viewpoint. (Illustration)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Trillium grandiflorum (White, Great, or Snow Trillium)
20 to 45cm. Bloom: May. A whorl of three leaves, slightly narrower than those of the Purple Trillium, at the summit of an erect stalk; the snow-white flower turns pink with age. Habitat: humus-rich deciduous woods. This trillium, which requires sun until the trees are in leaf, combines the qualities of graceful charm and high visibility. (Illustration)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Uvularia perfoliata (Bellwort)
30 to 40cm. Bloom: May. The stalks seem to pierce the light green, oblong leaves: pale yellow, nodding, bell-shaped terminal flowers. Habitat: humus-rich woods and borders. This plant forms ornate, airy clumps that last through the summer.
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Widflowers of Alabama, USDA

Viola blanda (Sweet White Violet)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Viola canadensis (Canada Violet)
Web info: Boreal Forest, Connecticut Botanical Society, USDA

Viola conspersa (Dog Violet)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Chicago Botanic Garden, USDA

Viola pensylvanica (pubescens) (Yellow Violet)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Waldsteinia fragariodes (Barren Strawberry)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA

Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)
Web info: Connecticut Botanical Society, Wisconsin State Herbarium, USDA