Plants around campus

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Species name: Potentilla simplex

Common name: Common cinquefoil

Plant family: Rosaceae

Native

Field notes: This plant was found on September 17th on the Knowlton Rooftop Garden, this is a flat garden, with a lot of sunlight. The flower has 5 green sepals, 5 yellow petals, 20 stamen.

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Species name: Hesperis matronalis 

Common name: Dame’s violet

Plant family: Brassicaceae

Native

Field notes: This plant was found on September 17th behind Knowlton Hall, in a shady plot of soil by the back sidewalk

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Species name: Liriope muscari

 

Common name: Lily Turf

 

Plant family: Asparagaceae

Not Native – comes from East Asia

 

Field notes: This plant was found on September 17th behind Knowlton Hall, in a shady plot of soil by the back sidewalk. I picked this plant because it was very out of place, the only one of its kind in the patch, and I did not think it was actually planted there

 

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