Eating Guide
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Glory LilyGlory Lily is a herbaceous perennial plant that climb over other plants with tendrils and have flowers ranging in colors from yellow shades to orange, red, and deep pink.... Click to read more.
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Green-and-goldThe Green-and-gold plant is native to the eastern United States and is part of the sunflower family. It is a low-growing plant with hairy oval leaves and yellow flowers with 5 petals that grow atop the foliage. This is a plant typically used for grou... Click to read more.
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Hairy VetchHairy Vetch is a legume that is grown for stabilization in soil and as a winter cover crop. They have fern-like leaves and purple and white flowers that grow upward in a cluster.... Click to read more.
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HelleboresHellebore flowers are small plants that resemble wild roses. Usually found with five large petals, short straight stems, and black roots, and blooms is winter. Colors can vary from white to pink, red, and purple.... Click to read more.
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HenbaneAlso known as Black Henbane or Sticking Nightshade, Henbane is a plant with flowers that are pale yellow with small dark veins and a dark center and lacerated leaves. This plant is reported to be used as a hallucinogen in humans and is toxic to fish,... Click to read more.
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HibiscusPart of the Malvaceae family, known for their showy flowers which are large and trumpet-shaped with five or more petals. The fruit of the flower is the five-lobed capsule containing multiple seeds located in each lobe.... Click to read more.
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HoneysuckleHoneysuckles are twining vines or arching shrubs in the Caprifoliaceae family which is native to the Northern Hemisphere. Its name comes from the fact that a sweet nectar can be sucked from the flowers.... Click to read more.
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HyacinthHyacinths are fragrant flowering plants that bloom in spring. They grow from bulbs, producing a couple of long, skinny leaves, and many flowers on a stalk above the leaves. Colors can vary from blue to purple, pink, red, white, and so on.... Click to read more.
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HydrangeaHydrangea is a genus of flowering plants native to the Americas and Asia. Most found hydrangeas are shrubs that get up to 10ft tall, ranging in colors from bright pink to white, blue, purple, and more. The flowers bloom in clusters all around the pla... Click to read more.
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IndigoIndigo is a flowering plant in the pea family. Most have small even pinnate leaves and pink, purple, or indigo flowers growing upward away from the leaves. You can find these plants native in tropical areas of Asia and Africa, or cultivated around th... Click to read more.
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IrisIrises are flowering plants with showy flowers. This popular garden flower has bulbous roots, sword shaped leaves, and flowers on tall, erect stems. Colors may vary from purple to blue, red, yellow, orange, black, and white, however purple and blue a... Click to read more.
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Jack-in-the-PulpitThis plant is a trifoliate, meaning the leaves are grouped together of three. The Jack-in-the-pulpit, or Indian Turnip, is known by many different names and looks similar to poison ivy before its flower appears. The flower has a greenish-yellow and o... Click to read more.
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JasmineJasmine plants are shrubs and vines in the olive family. They come in several different varieties but typically have the same small white flowers. Jasmine is widely cultivated around the world for their fragrance.... Click to read more.
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JessamineJessamine is a twining vine generally with smooth, green leaves and bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers.... Click to read more.
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Jimson WeedJimsonweed is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family. This plant stands out with is foul-smelling, trumpet-shaped, pale purple or white flowers, white roots and stem, and toothed leaves. Jimsonweed also has seed capsules with many thor... Click to read more.
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JonquilJonquil, also known as rush daffodil, is a bulbous flowering plant native to eastern Europe. Although this plant is in the same family as common daffodils, an outstanding characteristic is that the smaller yellow or white flowers sprout and bloom in... Click to read more.
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Lady Slipper OrchidAlso known as slipper orchids, lady slipper orchids are a subfamily of orchids with a slipper shaped pouch and two petals on the side. The pouch on the bottom of the flower traps insects in order to make them climb through the flower while collecting... Click to read more.
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LarkspurThese flowers are often brightly colored blooming on tall stems that tower over their leaves. The flowers cover them stem when fully bloomed. Colors can vary from red to white, purple, pink, and so on.... Click to read more.
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Lily of the ValleyLily of the Valley is a flowering plant that blooms in spring. They have large, thick green leaves and shoots that have sweetly scented, bell-shaped, white flowers hanging from them.... Click to read more.
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LobeliaLobelia is a genus of flowering plants containing large and small perennial, annual, and shrub species. Many differ in shape and size but all have similar simple leaves and tubular flowers with five lobes. The plant is usually covered with flowers wi... Click to read more.
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LocoweedLocoweed is a name in any plants that contain swainsonine. Swainsonine is a phytotoxin harmful mostly to livestock although other animals can become ill after ingesting. Oxytropis and Astragalus are found in North America and Swainsona in Australia,... Click to read more.
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LupineLupine, or Lupin, is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family found in North and South America, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. These plants have pale green leaves with little white hairs and flowers called bluebonnets that grow erect, co... Click to read more.
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MallowThis plant has circular, slightly lobed leaves with pink, purple, or white flowers coming from a slim stem. Mallow is native to subtropical and tropical areas, and is used frequently as a garden plant.... Click to read more.
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Marsh MarigoldAlso known as king cup, marsh marigold is a perennial herbaceous plant in the buttercup family. These plants have a variety of different shaped green leaves but have a signature yellow-orange 5-petalled flower.... Click to read more.
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Mauna Loa Peace LilyThis plant has large, oval shaped, glossy leaves and one or a few erect, white flowers. The flowers have one single petal that wraps around the center of the flower. This flower resembles a calla lily, however is not a true lily.... Click to read more.
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Meadow SaffronAlso known as autumn crocus or naked ladies, meadow saffron is a toxic flowering plant found in temperate areas and native to Great Britain and Ireland. The flower blooms with several pink or purple petals, long before the leaves actually grow. This... Click to read more.
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MoonflowerMoonflower is a perennial flowering plant native to tropical areas. The white or pink flowers are star shaped, or more likely pinwheel shaped with 5 grooves, bloom at night and retract in the morning. The leaves are round or heart shaped.... Click to read more.
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Morning GloryOver 1,000 species of flowering plants are known as Morning Glory. Unlike moonflowers, most morning glories bloom in the early morning and retract during the evening. Many colors of morning glories range from deep purple to pink, white, green, red, b... Click to read more.
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Mountain LaurelAlso known as spoonwood or calico-bush, mountain laurel is an evergreen shrub native to the eastern US. This plant contains clusters of hexagonal pink and white flowers, broad leaves, and fibrous roots. All parts of this plant, beautiful as it may be... Click to read more.
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NarcissusNarcissus (daffodil) is a yellow or white flowers that grows shoots, which die back to expose bulbs where the flower then grows with around 7 petals surrounding a funnel shaped petal in the middle.... Click to read more.