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Flora Of Indiana
This list includes plants native and introduced to the state of Indiana, designated (N) and (I), respectively. Varieties and subspecies link to their parent species. A * ''Abies balsamea'' var. ''balsamea'' (I) *''Abutilon theophrasti'' (I) *'' Acalypha deamii'' (N) *'' Acalypha gracilens'' (N) *'' Acalypha ostryifolia'' (N) *'' Acalypha rhomboidea'' (N) *'' Acalypha virginica'' (N) *''Acer campestre'' (I) -- field maple *'' Acer × freemanii'' (N) -- Freeman maple *'' Acer ginnala'' (I) -- Amur maple * ''Acer negundo'' var. ''negundo'' (N) -- boxelder maple * ''Acer negundo'' var. ''violaceum'' (N) -- *'' Acer nigrum'' (N) -- black maple *''Acer palmatum'' (I) -- *''Acer pensylvanicum'' (N) -- striped maple, moosewood *''Acer platanoides'' (I) -- * ''Acer rubrum'' var. ''rubrum'' (N) -- red maple * ''Acer rubrum'' var. ''trilobum'' (N) -- *''Acer saccharinum'' (N) -- silver mapl * ''Acer saccharum'' var. ''saccharum'' (N) -- sugar maple *'' Acer ...
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Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Nicknamed "the Hoosier State", Indiana is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 38th-largest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 17th-most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous resistance to American settlement was broken with defeat of the Tecumseh's confederacy in 1813. The new settlers were primarily Americans of British people, British ancestry from the East Coast of the United States, eastern seaboard and the Upland South ...
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Acer Saccharinum
''Acer saccharinum'', commonly known as silver maple, creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, large maple, water maple, swamp maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada. It is one of the most common trees in the United States. Although the silver maple's Latin name is similar, it should not be confused with ''Acer saccharum'', the sugar maple. Some of the common names are also applied to other maples, especially ''Acer rubrum''. Description The silver maple tree is a relatively fast-growing deciduous tree, commonly reaching a height of , exceptionally . Its spread will generally be wide. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about tall. It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". It is a highly adaptable tree, although it has higher sunlight requirements than other maple trees. The leaf, leaves are leaf shape, simple and palmately veined, long and ...
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Actaea Pachypoda
''Actaea pachypoda'', the white baneberry or doll's-eyes, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Actaea'', of the family Ranunculaceae. The plant is native to eastern North America, in eastern Canada, and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. It prefers clay to coarse loamy upland soils, and is found in hardwood and mixed forest stands. Description This herbaceous perennial plant grows to or more tall. It has toothed, bipinnate compound leaves up to long and broad. The white flowers are produced in spring in a dense raceme about long. The plant's most striking feature is its fruit, a diameter white berry, whose size, shape, and black stigma scar give the species its other common name, "doll's eyes". The pedicels thicken and become bright red as the berries develop. The berries ripen over the summer, turning into fruits that persists on the plant until frost. There are pink- and red-berried plants that have been called ''A. pachypoda'' forma ''rubrocarpa'' ...
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Acroptilon Repens
''Rhaponticum repens'', synonyms including ''Acroptilon repens'' and ''Leuzea repens'', with the common name Russian knapweed, is a species of bushy rhizomatous perennial, up to 80 cm tall. Stems and leaves are finely arachnoid-tomentose becoming glabrous and green with age. The rosette leaves are oblanceolate, pinnately lobed to entire, 2–3 cm wide by 3–8 cm long. The lower cauline leaves are smaller, pinnately lobed; the upper leaves become much reduced, sessile, serrate to entire. The heads are numerous terminating the branches. Flowers are pink to purplish, the marginal ones not enlarged. The outer and middle involucral bracts are broad, striate, smooth with broadly rounded tips; the inner bracts are narrower with hairy tips. Pappus present with bristles 6–11 mm long. Fruit is a whitish, slightly ridged achene. Russian knapweed is a deep-rooted long-lived perennial. Some stands have been in existence for 75 years. It forms dense colonies in cultivated fie ...
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Acorus Calamus
''Acorus calamus'' (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus ''Acorus.'' Although used in traditional medicine over centuries to treat digestive disorders and pain, it has no clinical evidence of safety or efficacy and may be toxic if ingested, and so has been commercially banned in the United States. Description Sweet flag is a herbaceous perennial, tall. Its leaves resemble those of the iris family. Sweet flag consists of tufts of basal leaves that rise from a spreading rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from .... The leaves are erect yellowish-brown, radical, with pink sheathing at their base ...
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Acorus Americanus
''Acorus americanus'', the American sweet flag, is an emergent wetland plant native to the northern United States and Canada. This perennial plant has bright green blade-shaped leaves that arise directly from the rhizomes and sheath into each other at the base. Additionally the blades have 2-6 raised veins, and a swollen center when viewed in cross section. The foliage has a citrus-like spicy aromatic quality, and can be used to flavor beer. It is a flowering plant with inconspicuous flowers that are arranged on a lateral spadix (a thickened, fleshy axis) and the fertilized flowers produce berries with a jelly inside. This plant is protected as a state endangered species in Pennsylvania. Etymology The name "''Acorus''" is derived from the Greek word 'acoron', a name used by Dioscorides, which in turn was derived from 'coreon', meaning 'pupil', because it was used in herbal medicine as a treatment for inflammation of the eye. The species name, "''americanus''" simply indicate ...
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Aconitum Uncinatum
''Aconitum uncinatum'', commonly known as wild monkshood or southern blue monkshood, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It grows in moist to wet habitats along streams and in woods and clearings. It grows in the eastern United States in the Appalachian Mountains, on the Piedmont, and on the upper Atlantic Coastal Plain The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the .... Toxicity and uses The roots and seeds contain alkaloids, which are most poisonous before flowering. The plant has been used to make medicine to treat neuralgia and sciatica. References uncinatum Flora of the Southeastern United States Plants described in 1762 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Ranunculaceae-stub ...
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Aconitum Noveboracense
''Aconitum noveboracense'', also known as northern blue monkshood or northern wild monkshood, is a flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Members of its genus (''Aconitum'') are also known as wolfsbane. ''A. noveboracense'' is listed as a threatened species by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The species can only be found in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, and New York, and populations have been in decline since the 1980s.Ring, Richard M. (2024Aconitum noveboracense Species Status Assessment.New York Natural Heritage Program. A narrow set of environmental conditions for growth limit the plant to these areas, so a species recovery plan has been set in place to preserve the populations in these habitats. Blue, helmet-shaped flowers about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length are characteristic of northern monkshood. Stems may have many flowers, and range from about in length. The leaves of ''A. noveboracense'' are broad with lobes that are coarse and to ...
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Clinopodium Acinos
''Clinopodium acinos'', many synonyms including ''Acinos arvensis'', known commonly as basil thyme and spring savory, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a perennial that usually grows about high and spreads . It prefers to grow in strong sunlight. The scent is faintly reminiscent of thyme, giving it one of its common names. ''Clinopodium acinos'' is recorded as a food plant for the larva of the moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ... '' Coleophora tricolor''. References Lamiaceae Flora of Europe Flora of temperate Asia Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1753 {{Lamiaceae-stub ...
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Achyranthes Japonica
''Achyranthes japonica'', commonly known as Oriental chaff flower or Japanese chaff flower, is a perennial member of the genus ''Achyranthes'' in the family Amaranthaceae. It can be discovered on the roadside and its main distribution is in Korea and Japan. Ecology ''A. japonica'' is a perennial plant growing to in height with thickened roots. Stems are quadrangular, branched, and glabrous or slightly pubescent. Stem nodes are dilated. The petiolate leaves are opposite, elliptic or oblong, and slightly pubescent, long and wide. Leaf veins show an arced pattern similar to that of dogwoods. Tiny green flowers bloom from August to September, with "bottle-brush" inflorescence spikes in axils and at terminals of the stem. Each flower has five fused stamens and a single pistil. Fruits are elliptic utricules, , held tightly against the stem, with tiny branch-shaped bracts that easily stick to clothing. Members of the genus ''Achyranthes'' in cultivation call for partial shade a ...
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Achillea Ptarmica
''Achillea ptarmica'' is a Eurasian species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea''. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-France, goose tongue, sneezewort yarrow, wild pellitory, and white tansy. Description ''Achillea ptarmica'' has loose clusters of showy white composite flower heads that bloom from June to August. Its dark green leaves have finely toothed margins. Like many other plants, the sneezewort's pattern of development displays the Fibonacci sequence. Etymology The name ''ptarmica'' comes from the Greek word ''ptairo'' (=sneeze) and means 'causes sneezing'. Distribution and habitat It is native to Europe and western Asia. It is widespread across most of Europe and naturalized in scattered places in North America. Uses The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are used as an insect repellent. The plant yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. When che ...
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Achillea Millefolium
''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Growing to tall, it is characterized by small whitish flowers, a tall stem of fernlike leaves, and a pungent odor. The plant is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and North America. It has been introduced as a feed for livestock in New Zealand and Australia. Used by some animals, the plant may have somewhat toxic properties, although historically it has been employed for medicinal purposes. Description ''Achillea millefolium'' is an erect, herbaceous, perennial plant that produces one to several stems in height, and has a spreading rhizomatous growth form. Cauline and more or less clasping, the leaves appear spirally and evenly along the stem, with the largest and most petiolate towards the base; they are long and fernlike, divided bipinnately or tripinnately. The inflorescence has 4 to 9 phyllaries and contains ra ...
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