Tuesday, June 16, 2009

River Beauty


River Beauty
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Also known as: Broad-leaved Willowherb/ Dwarf Fireweed
Related to: Fireweed, Evening Primrose/ Onagraceae
Habitat: Streams or rivers on slops of mountains all over Alaska
Blooming Time: July and August
Description: The River Beauty can get up to anywhere to 20”. Their leaves are grayish green color, they have four sepals that are pointed and are a purplish color. They also have four bright pink petals that are ovate which give it a symmetrical shape, because they have all equal sizes. They say that is flower is very rarely white are light pink

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Alaskan Wildflowers by: Verna E.Pratt

1 comment:

  1. go through the list & see what you are missing. also check the Pojar book

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