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Common Names: W

wall pepper
Sedum acre
water avens
Geum rivale
water canna
Thalia dealbata
water lily, fragrant
Nymphaea odorata
water willow
Decodon verticillatus
whorled loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata
whorled loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia
wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
wild indigo
Baptisia australis
wild lily-of-the-valley
Pyrola elliptica
wild oats
Uvularia sessilifolia
wild petunia
Ruellia humilis
wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium
wild raisin
Viburnum lentago
wild rice
Zizania aquatica
wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
witch hazel, common
Hamamelis virginiana
wolfberry; silverberry
Elaeagnus commutata
woodbine
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
wool grass
Scirpus cyperinus
worm grass
Sedum album

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Catalog as of September 21, 2008

Geum

(Rosaceae - rose family)
About 50 species of perennial herbs native to temperate areas.

Geum rivale - Oct 31 Geum rivale - Oct 31 Geum rivale - Oct 31
rivale peren • ht 8"; fl stalks to 24" • zones 3-8

water avens; chocolate root


native, moist - wet, sun - shade
Eur, Asia, N Amer

Evergreen leaves form a basal rosette. The small, purple-orange flowers appear on a tall stalk in late spring. The rootstock of this plant, when boiled, is described in a number of references as producing a drink which resembles hot chocolate.

cat # 4H3R
$7.95 each