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I recently posted the following plant quiz...   ---------- Anyone able to ID this plant from what is shown in this photograph?  ...

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I recently posted the following plant quiz...   ---------- Been a while... how about a cropped photo plant quiz?   Good luck! ...

The text and picture below were posted earlier as a plant quiz. The plant was correctly named by Scott as Veronica officinalis , Common Spe...

I recently posted the following as a plant quiz...   -------------------- I've taken a lot of photos this year, and I hope at som...

I recently posted the following plant quiz...   -------------------- It's been a busy year.  I'm behind on publishing blog po...

Three cheers for DenPro! On March 22 I posted this photo of a vegetative plant I didn't recognize, hoping someone would be able to name ...

I recently posted the following plant quiz... ---------- The photograph below was taken in St. Joseph County, Indiana.  This should be an...

Good Call, A.L. and M.Y.O.Q. It is Valeriana pauciflora . It is interesting to note that “ pauciflora ” means few-flowered, but the common n...

Good call Scott! It is Thlaspi perfoliatum , Small Pennycress, with auriculate-clasping (not perfoliate) leaves on the stem. Some are now ca...

Good call Johnny Hank, it is Scleranthus annuus , German Knotgrass or "Knawel." This small and easily overlooked plant grows all o...

Does anyone recognize this plant? I don't know what it is, but hopefully some of you can provide a name. It's not aromatic at all, b...

Good call Nate! It is Blephilia hirsuta , Wood Mint. This plant is often associated with alluvial soils and slopes in mesic woodland. The le...

Good call, A.L.! It is Robinia pseudo-acacia , Black Locust. This is an impressive looking tree when it matures, but it is said to have nitr...

Good call A.L. and Tom! It is Gleditsia triacanthos , Honey Locust. This is the native tree that normally has large, stout, branched spines ...

Good call Kim! It is Arctostaphylos uva-ursi , Bearberry. In Indiana, this plant is frequent near Lake Michigan in the dune country. Photog...

Good call, Scott! It is Phlox divaricata, Woodland Phlox, a common native plant in Midwestern forests. Posted earlier: This plant shows ...

Congratulations to Andrew "The Commander" Blackburn for correctly identifying the winter leaves of Monarda punctata , Horse Mint. ...

Yesterday I posted this as a plant quiz: "Photographed in a beech-maple forest in St. Joe County, Indiana on January 7, 2012. Can you i...

I recently posted the following plant quiz... ******************** Name that plant... Photo taken in September in northcentra...