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Matt Bertone, PhD, is an entomologist and director of the NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. Eric Benson , PhD, is professor emeritus and extension entomologist with Clemson University.
Pontederia cordata, common name pickerelweed or pickerel weed (), is a monocotyledonous aquatic plant native to the Americas. It grows in a variety of wetlands, including pond and lake margins across an extremely large range from eastern Canada south to Argentina.
Tulbaghia violacea, commonly known as society garlic, pink agapanthus, [2] wild garlic, sweet garlic, spring bulbs, or spring flowers, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. [1] [4] It is indigenous to southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Province), and reportedly naturalized in Tanzania and Mexico. [5]
Sympyotrichum patens is a perennial and herbaceous flowering plant usually between 10 and 100 centimeters (1 ⁄ 4 and 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 feet) tall. [5] It has a spreading growth form, and the leaves are ovate to oblong and clasp the pubescent stem.
An updated plant hardiness zone map released by the USDA last month shows nearly half of the country is now classified in a "warmer" zone than it used to be. That includes parts of Southeastern N.C.
We talked to ABC11’s Big Weather, NC State academics and a National Weather Service meteorologist -- all to make sure you don’t plant your tomatoes too early.
The plant is native to Central America in Guatemala and Belize, and adjacent parts of Mexico, but has become an invasive weed in other areas. It was also naturalized in large parts of the tropics and in the southern United States. Its habitat is pastures, moist forest clearings and bushes up to altitudes of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).
Ipomoea alba is a perennial, herbaceous liana growing to a height of 5–30 m (20–100 ft) tall with twining stems. The leaves are entire or three-lobed, 5–15 cm (2–6 in) long, with a stem 5–20 cm (2–8 in) long.