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 flowers 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 Rudbeckia hirta 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 Trifolium pratense 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 Flower* Cardamine pratensis Daisy, Ox-eye Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis Dogbane, Intermediate Apocynum medium Page 1 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 Cypripedium 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, Canada Maianthemum canadense Mertensia (Virginia Cowslip) Mertensia virginica Milkweed Asclepias 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* Trillium grandiflorum Vetch, Crown Coronilla varia Vetch, Purple Vicia americana Violet, Common Blue Viola 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-leaf* Viola emarginata Water-Lilly, Fragrant Nymphae odorata Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius Wintergreen, Spotted Chimiphila maculata Wood Betony, Lousewort* Pedicularis Canadensis Yarrow Achillea millefolium Page 3 .