Group I. 2 Stamens, I Pistil. Diandria
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This section is from the book "Wild Flowers And How To Identify Them", by Hilderic Friend. Also available from Amazon: Wild Flowers And How To Identify Them.
Group I. 2 Stamens, I Pistil. Diandria
No. | Botanical Name. | Common Name. | Season. | Situation. | Structure and Habit. |
I | Ligustrum | Privet . | June-July | Hedges. . | Shrub, evergreen, white flowers, bitter black berries. |
2 | Circaea | ||||
(Fig. 28) | Nightshade . | June-Aug. | Woods . | Flowers small, pink, leaves smooth, fruit hairy. | |
3 | Veronica (34) | Speedwell | April-Sept. | Fields . . | Blossoms usually blue, petals joined. 20 species. |
i. officinalis | Common S. . | May-Aug. | Heaths. . | Blue, stem hairy, fruit heart-shaped, notched. | |
ii. Becca-bunga | |||||
Brooklime | May-Aug. | Water . . | Smooth, glossy, fruit roundish, tumid. | ||
iii. hederifolia | |||||
Ivy-leaved S. | Mar.-Sept. | Banks . | Pale lilac, leaves heart-shaped, five to seven lobed. | ||
4 | Pinguecula | Butterwort | May-July. | Bogs | Violet, irregular with a spur, leaves unctuous. |
5 | Utricularia . | Bladderwort . | June-July | Pools . . | Yellow, leaves with bladders in the water (Fig. 8). |
6 | Lycopus . | Gipsywort | June-Sept. | Ditches | White flowers in whorls. N.O. Labiatae, Group iv. |
7 | Salvia . . | Clary . | June-Aug. | Fields . | Purple or blue flowers, large. Ditto, ditto. |
Wild Sage . | May-Aug. | Downs . | Flowers smaller, about as long as the calyx. | ||
8 | Orchis. | May-Aug. | Various | See p. 35 and Fig. II. | |
9 | Salix . | Willow . . | Mar.-May | Marshes | There are many species of Willow (Fig. 13). |
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