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Explorer's gentian (Gentiana calycosa), in the gentian family (Gentianaceae), is one of the more conspicuous moist alpine meadow flowers, with deep blue 1 inch (2.5 cm) bell-shaped flowers, and found as high as 13,000 feet (4,000 m), in meadows and on stream banks.
Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet [1] or mead wort, [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows.It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia (Near East and Middle East).
Rosa blanda, commonly known as the smooth rose, [1] [2] meadow/wild rose, or prairie rose, is a species of rose native to North America. Among roses, it is closest to come to a "thornless" rose, with just a few thorns at the base. The meadow rose occurs as a colony-forming shrub growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) high, naturally in prairies and meadows.
A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, rather than being intentionally seeded or planted. The term implies that the plant is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is any different from the native plant , even if it is growing where it would not naturally be found.
Lilium canadense, commonly called the Canada lily, [3] [4] wild yellow-lily, or meadow lily, is a native of eastern North America. [5] Its native range extends from Ontario to Nova Scotia south to Georgia and Alabama. It is most common in New England, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Canadian Maritimes. [6]
Spiraea / s p aɪ ˈ r iː ə /, [1] sometimes spelled spirea in common names, and commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes, is a genus of about 80 to 100 species [2] of shrubs in the family Rosaceae.
Pilosella caespitosa is a creeping perennial, [7] with shallow, fibrous roots [8] and long rhizomes. [9]The leaves, hairy on both sides (unlike Pilosella floribunda, which looks similar but has hair only on the underside), [5] are up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) long, spathulate, and almost exclusively basal [8] with the exception of 1 or 2 very small cauline leaves. [9]
Salvia pratensis, the meadow clary [2] or meadow sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The Latin specific epithet pratensis means "of meadows", referring to its preferred habitat.