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Fourpetal St.John's-wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum, Clusiaceae)
Native
Found only a few plants.
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Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Iridaceae)
Native
Abundant; alongside most roads.
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Butterweed (Packera glabella, Asteraceae)
Native
Fairly common; alongside most roads. The butterfly is a phaon crescent.
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Dixie iris; prairie iris (Iris hexagona, Iridaceae)
Native
It appeared that the peak blooming period was over. Most iris had already bloomed and turned to seed pods.
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Coastalplain honeycombhead; yellow buttons (Balduina angustifolia, Asteraceae )
Native
Native
This was initially misidentified as southeastern sneezeweed (Helenium pinnatifidum). It is now (9/19/13) correctly identified as yellow buttons. This particular specimen had a single flower on a leafless, unbranched, softly hairy stem. Petals deeply notched, forming three lobes. There was only this one specimen, located on the west side of St. Nicholas Rd.
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Purple thistle (Cirsium horridulum, Asteraceae)
Native
Lots of thistles alongside most roads. Really vicious thorns!
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