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Common Lamb's-Quarters Chenopodium albumObserver
johnsankeyDescription
Chenopodium are very variable, especially album. This one has clear red/purple lengthwise stripes on its stems, many don't. Most have basal leaves with stems, V-shaped bases, basal bulges and indentations or teeth: this one has none of these. Most have at least some leaves with powdery-greyish undersurfaces: this one doesn't...
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Goldenrods Genus SolidagoObserver
johnsankeyDescription
Over the years 7 local species of Solidago have turned up in my gardens, but six have converged to mostly-canadensis flowers, smooth stems, and sharply-toothed leaves 50% larger at the base than at the top. My neighbourhood hybrid! (S.caesia has stayed pure.)
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Balsam Ragwort Packera pauperculaObserver
johnsankeyDescription
This turned up in my gardens by itself - I moved one to my plant pot section
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Golden Columbine Aquilegia chrysanthaObserver
johnsankeyDescription
This is perennial further south, but has to self-seed here to survive
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Grass Spiders Genus AgelenopsisObserver
johnsankeyDescription
in the upper left corner of its web
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Rudbeckia nitidaObserver
johnsankeyDescription
A quintessential prairie plant - deep root, tall size, hardy to zone 3. It's seeds show so little fertility that it may be a natural hydrid, but it does hybridize with R.hirta in my garden.
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Gerbera Daisies Genus GerberaObserver
johnsankeyDescription
This plant and another one survive Ottawa winters
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Genus ColeusObserver
johnsankeyDescription
Not only this plant survives winters here, it does so in several other locations in our gardens too.
