Plant of the Week
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Plant of the Week: Dwarf Clover
Dwarf clover is at home on mountain tops in the Rocky Mountains from Montana to northern New Mexico.
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Plant of the Week: Ouachita Blazing Star
This plant is abundant in the Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas but is globally rare.
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Plant of the Week: Annual Phlox
Originally endemic to Texas, it has been collected and distributed as far away as Europe.
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Plant of the Week: White Lady Slipper Orchid
These orchids have a labellum resembling a slipper.
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Plant of the Week: Hairy Balsamroot
A member of the sunflower family, Asteraceae, the largest plant family in the world with 23,000 species.
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Plant of the Week: Lance-leaved Trillium
The aboveground plant is technically a flowering scape, and the leaf-like structures are actually bracts subtending the flower.
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Plant of the Week: Western Blue Flag Iris
A handsome beardless iris that grows between 1 and 2 feet tall.
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Plant of the Week: Flowering Raspberry
Flowering raspberry has fruit that's edible but tends to fall apart and drop to the ground as it ripens.
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Plant of the Week: Rough Blazing Star
This composite has only disk flowers that are star-like, hence the name “blazing star.”
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Plant of the Week: Wood Anemone
“Anemone” refers to the god of the winds, Anemoi and means “windflower,” referring to the fluffy seeds that are dispersed by the wind.
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Enjoy Your Wildflowers
Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. A field of wildflowers or colorful plants upon a lush forest floor is a beautiful sight, but so is a single flower or scattered plants growing upon what at first glance may appear to be a dry and desolate landscape.
Celebrating Wildflowers periodically features a different wildflower plant found on our national forests and grasslands.
The Plant of the Week descriptions are organized alphabetically by genus and species.