Weekly Wildflowers – Scarborough Marsh, Scarborough, ME

Carolina Sea Lavender, Limonium carolinianum, Plumbaginaceae White Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba, Rosaceae Broad Leaved Cattail, Typha latifolia, Typhaceae Bittersweet Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, Solanaceae Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Spartina patens, Poaceae Carolina Sea Lavender, Limonium carolinianum, Plumbaginaceae  Creeping bellflower, Campanula rapunculoides, Campanulaceae American Mountain Ash fruit, Sorbus americana, Rosaceae Chicory, Cichorium intybus, Asteraceae Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota, Apiaceae Red Clover,

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Weekly Wildflowers – Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Canada Thistle, Cirsium arvense, Asteraceae St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Apocynaceae Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota, Apiaceae Common Agrimony, Agrimonia gryposepala, Rosaceae Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Apocynaceae  White Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba, Rosaceae Cow Vetch, Vicia cracca, Fabaceae Sea Rocket, Cakile edentula, Brassicaceae Seaside Plaintain, Plantago maritima, Plantaginaceae Wild Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum,

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Weekly Wildflowers- Mackworth Island State Park, Falmouth, ME

Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron annus, Asteraceae Enchanter’s Nightshade, Circaea canadensis, Onagraceae White Clover, Trifolium repens, Fabaceae Common Self-Heal, Prunella vulgaris, Lamiaceae Thimbleberry, Rubus odoratus, Rosaceae White Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba, Rosaceae Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae Common Hawkweed, Hieracium lachenalii, Asteraceae St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, Fabaceae Thimbleberry, Rubus odoratus, Rosaceae  Wild Radish,

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Weekly Wildflowers – Two Lights State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME

St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae Whorled Yellow-Loosestrife, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Myrsinaceae Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, Asteraceae Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota, Apiaceae Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens, Asteraceae Bittersweet Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, Solanaceae Staghorn Sumac, Rhus hirta, Anacardiaceae White Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba, Rosaceae Butter and Eggs, Linaria vulgaris, Plantaginaceae Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens, Asteraceae  Bull Thistle, Cirsium

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Weekly Wildflowers- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME

Fragrant Water Lily, Nymphaea odorata, Nymphaeaceae Slender Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium mucronatum, Iridaceae Common Wood Sorrel, Oxalis stricta, Oxalidaceae Sheep Laurel, Kalmia angustifolia, Ericaceae Hop Clover, Trifolium campestre, Fabaceae Whorled Yellow-Loosestrife, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Myrsinaceae Purple Flowered Raspberry, Rubus odoratus, Rosaceae Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Apocynaceae Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera, Caprifoliaceae Goldenrod, Solidago sp., Asteraceae Mossy

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Beach Pea

Beach Pea Lathyrus japonicus Other names: Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, Sea Vetchling Family: Fabaceae Range: Native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Native: Native Native Habitat: Sand and gravel beaches Bloom Time: June to August Notes: The flowers are purple, and turn bluer as they age. The native range

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Weekly Wildflowers – Two Lights State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Ox-Eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Asteraceae Bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbous, Ranunculaceae and Common dock, Rumex acetosa, Polygonaceae Dock, Rumex sp., Polygonaceae Hop Clover, Trifolium campestre, Fabaceae Beach Rose, Rosa Rugosa, Rosaceae Blackberry, Rubus sp., Rosaceae Three-Toothed-Cinquefoil, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Rosaceae Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, Asteraceae Yellow King-Devil, Hieracium caespitosum, Asteraceae Common Wood Sorrel, Oxalis stricta, Oxalidaceae Wild Radish,

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Weekly Wildflowers- Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Common Vetch, Vicia sativa, Fabaceae Morrow Honeysuckle, Lonicera morrowii, Caprifoliaceae Bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbous, Ranunculaceae Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Apocynaceae Vetch Cow, Vicia cracca, Fabaceae Little yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor, Orobanchaceae Little yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor, Orobanchaceae Bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbous, Ranunculaceae Red clover, Trifolium pratense, Fabaceae Ox-Eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Asteraceae Lesser Stitchwort, Stellaria graminea,

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