Wildflowers of the Schoolyard

Morning - Glory

Mostly vines with bell shaped blossoms, often showy. The 5 united petals flare out to form a bell-like corolla with very shallow lobes. The dodders are leafless vines with minute flowers.

Trumpet  -   Creeper

This Trumpet - Creeper is a climbing vine with swollen, 3 - inch, trumpet like flowers. These flowers are found in Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, and Connecticut. 

Purple - Headed Sneezeweed

This flower is similar to Sneezeweed, but button deep purplish, upper leaves smaller, less toothed. 1-3 foot damp thickets, rich meadows, roadsides. These flowers are found in Michigan, New York, and New England.

Lady's - Thumb, Redleg

Smartweeds are known by their tight, spikelike clusters of tiny pink( or whitish) flowers and knotted stems with a papery sheath at each joint. Lady' - thumb is erect or sprawling, has narrow leaves, often with a dark triangular blotch.

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Reference Peterson Field Guides   Wildflowers, 1968, By Rodger Tory Peterson/ Magaret  Mckenny