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This wildflower has been used to treat dyspepsia, skin eruptions, and hemorrhage, and also a yellow dye and an insect repellent. |
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Algonquin Indians used it as a source of dye and applied it to their bodies and faces as ceremonial paint. |
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3.
The ancient Indians of Mexico and Texas called these soft cacti 'mezcal'. |
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This flower got its name because it was a dietary staple of the forty-niners in California's gold rush days. |
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The roots of this plant were the original source of the gummy confection now made from sugar, gelatin, and other ingredients. |
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Growing almost everywhere in the world where fresh water runs, its leaves and stems are prized for salads and fresh greens. |
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7.
To which group do Fivefingers belong? |
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8.
To which group does the Texas Bluebonnet belong? |
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9.
Which type of clover is the state flower of Vermont? |
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10.
Both the Chinese and Native American word for this plant mean 'manlike'. |
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11.
The world's only species of this wildflower appears to be a tennis ball half-buried in the sand, covered in tiny purple flowers. |
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The scaly stems of these members of the cancerroot family look somewhat like clusters of pine cones standing on end. |
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The dry fruits of this plant are often called devil's claws. |
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14.
This flower's name is from the Greek word for star. |
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15.
Which group does the Black-eyed Susan belong to? |
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16.
This wildflower contains a chemical that speeds the formation of blood clots. |
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These are sometimes called wild opium because the milky sap of the older leaves resembles that of the Opium Poppy?. |
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In fall and winter, the starchy rhizomes of this plant can be peeled and cooked like potatoes or dried and pounded into flour. |
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19.
So intense is the heat generated within the developing floral sheath of this plant in late winter that it thaws the frozen earth and melts a circle in the snow. |
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20.
These plants attach themselves to trees for support but take no direct nourishment form their hosts. |
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21.
Several of this species were once used to ease chills, fevers, and the pains of colic. |
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Before the Mormon pioneers succeeded in making the desert around the Great Salt Lake productive, they lived in part on the bulbs of these lilies. |
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The fragrant flowers of this wildflower nestle at ground level, amid a rosette of grasslike leaves. |
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24.
Except for a yellow spot on the lip of each flower, this group's one species is ghostly white. |
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25.
In the center of each blosson is a structure that looks like a salt shaker. |
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