Dame’s rocket (
Hesperis matronalis). This rather attractive flowering plant can be
found in several places at
Clegg
Garden, usually in more
disturbed habitats. It wasn’t planted
but rather entered the grounds as a weed.
You may notice dame’s rocket flowering as a roadside plant while driving
on
County Road
200E approaching Clegg from the west. It’s
a Brassicaceae family plant as many of our plants of weedy habitat are. The typical Brassicaceae plant has flowers
with 4 petals arranged in a raceme at the top of the flowering stalk and below
the flowers are seed pods arranged in the same fashion as the flowers.
The dame’s rocket pictured above is along the trail downhill
from the NICHES headquarters, May 22, 2015.
This dame’s rocket shown above is in a weedy patch surrounding the old
horse shelter, May 15, 2015.
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