Ridgefield Conservation Commission Town Hall Annex, 66 Prospect Street Ridgefield, CT 06877 (203) 431-2713 ● [email protected]

RIDGEFIELD CHECKLIST OF WILDFLOWERS

Spring and summer wildflowers seen since 2010 as well as the historical record of spring done by Jack Sanders during the 1970’s. Fall wildflowers were not recorded.

If seen only by Sanders, flowers are marked with an asterisk (*). Scientific names are kept as they are useful for botanical observations due to the frequent use of different common names for the same species.

 Anemone, Rue Annemonella thalictroides  Anemone, Wood Anemone cinquefolia  Arrowhead, Broadleaf Sagittaria latifolia  Avens, Yellow Geum aleppicum/strictum  Baneberry, White Actea pachypoda  Bartonia Bartonia virginica  Batchelor’s Buttons Centaurea cyanus  Bellwort, Perfoliate Uvularia perfoliata  Bittercress, Pennsylvania* Cardamine pensylvanica  Black-eyed Susan  Bloodroot Sanguinaria Canadensis  Bluets Houstonia caerula  Butter and Eggs Linaria vulgaris  Buttercup Ranunculus acris  Buttercup, Hispid* Ranunculus hispidus  Buttercup, Kidney Ranunculus aborvitus  Buttercup, Swamp* Ranunculus septentrionalis  Calla, Wild* Calla palustris  Campion, Bladder Silene cucubalis  Cattails Typha latifolia  Celandine Chelidonium majus  Cinquefoil, Common Pontentilla simplex  Cinquefoil, Rough-fruited Potentilla simplex  Clover, Least Hop Trifolium dubium  Clover, Red  Clover, White Sweet Melilotus alba  Cohosh, Blue Caulophyllum thalictriodes  Coltsfoot Tussilago fargara  Columbine, American* Aquilegia Canadensis  Cress, Smooth Rock Arabis laevigata  Cress, Spring* Cardamine bulbosa  Cress, Winter* Barbarea vulgaris  Cuckoo * Cardamine pratensis  Daisy, Ox-eye Chrysanthemum leucanthemum  Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis  Dogbane, Intermediate Apocynum medium

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 Dutchman’s Breeches Dicentra cucullaria  False Solomon’s Seal* Smilacina racemosa  Fleabane, Common Eregeron philadelphicus  Fleabane, Daisy Eregeron annuus  Fleabane, Philadelphia Eregeron philadelphicus  Garlic, Field Allium vineale  Geranium, Wild Geranium maculatum  Gill-over-the-ground Glechoma hederacea  Ginger, Wild* Asarum Canadense  Ginseng, Dwarf Panax trifolius  Golden Alexanders* Zizia aurea  Hellibore, False Veratrum viride  Hepatica, Round-lobed Hepatica Americana  Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum  Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema atrorubens  Lady’s Slipper, Pink acaule  Lady’s Slipper, Yellow* Cypripedium calceolus  Leek, Wild Allium tricoccum  Lily, Bullhead* Nuphar variegatum  Lily, Day Hemerocallis fulva  Lily, Trout Erythronium Americana  Madder, Wild Galium mollugo  Marigold, Marsh Caltha palustris  May Apple (Mandrake) Podophyllum peltatum  Mayflower, Maianthemum canadense  Mertensia (Virginia Cowslip) Mertensia virginica  Milkweed syriaca  Milkweed, Purple Asclepias purpuascens  Miterwort Mitella diphylla  Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca  Mountain-Mint, Virginia Pycnanthemum virginianum  MT.-Mint, Narrow-leaved Pycnanthemum tenuifolium  Mullen, Common Verbascum thapsus  Mustard, Garlic Alliaria officininalis  Nettle, Horse Solanum carolinense  Orchis, Showy* Orchis spectabilis  Parsnip, Meadow* Thaspium trifoliatum  Partridgeberry Mitchella repens  Pink, Deptford Dianthus armeria  Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake Goodyera pubescens  Pussytoes Antennaria neglecta  Ragged-Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi  Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia  Ragwort, Golden Senecio aurens  Raspberry, Black Rubus occidentalis  Raspberry, Purple-flowering Rubus odoratus  Robin-Plantain Erigeron pulchellus  Rue, Early Meadow* Thalictrum dioicum  Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulus  Saxifrage, Early Saxifraga virginiensis  Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus  Solomon’s Seal, False Smilacina racemosa  Solomon’s Seal, Great Polygonatum canaliculatum  Solomon’s Seal, Smooth Polygonatum biflorum  Sorrel, Yellow Wood Oxalis stricta  Speedwell, Corn* Veronica arvensis Page 2

 Speedwell, Slender* Veronica filiformis  Spurge, Cypress Euphorbia cyparissias  St. Johnswort, Common Hypericum perforatum  St. Johnswort, Shrubby Hypericum spathulatum  Star Flower Trientalis borealis  Stargrass* Hypoxis hirsuta  Stonecrop, Wild* Sedum ternatum  Strawberry, Common (wild)* Fragaria virginiana  Thistle, Canada Cirsium discolor  Toothwort Dentaria diphylla  Toothwort, Cutleaf* Dentaria lacinata  Trefoil, Birdfoot Lotus corniculatus  Trillium, Dwarf* Trillium narvale  Trillium, Red Trillium erectum  Trillium, White*  Vetch, Crown Coronilla varia  Vetch, Purple Vicia americana  Violet, Common Blue papilionacea  Violet, Dog* Viola conspersa  Violet, Early Blue* Viola palmata  Violet, Lance-leaved* Viola lanceolata  Violet, Long-spurred Viola rostrata  Violet, Marsh Blue* Viola cucullata  Violet, Northern White Viola pallens  Violet, Smooth Yellow Viola pensylvanica  Violet, Sweet White* Viola blanda  Violet, Triangle-* Viola emarginata  Water-Lilly, Fragrant Nymphae odorata  Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius  Wintergreen, Spotted Chimiphila maculata  Wood Betony, Lousewort* Pedicularis Canadensis  Yarrow Achillea millefolium

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