Monday, May 25, 2015

Dame's rocket


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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