ARIW has teamed up with
Don Lubin to produce
Rhode Island Ferns
an article about the ferns found in RI.

If you need help with an id,
e-mail a photo to us at
news@among-ri-wildflowers.org
along with any supporting information
and we'll try to identify it.

What flower is that?

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What flower is this?

This is a common plant
 of roadsides, fields, and rock crevices. It grows in almost any sandy soil low in nutrients. 

The plant is an annual with alternate leaves. The flowers
are light blue, five parted, and have two lips with a long spur
at the base. The fruit is a
capsule which contains many seeds. It blooms from
May to September. 

It can grow in very large colonies along the sides of our highways and makes a rather conspicuous and attractive display.

The plant shown here
was growing among the
rocks above Black Point in Narragansett, RI.  This plant
has recently been assigned
to a new family and genus.

Stop back next month to find out
what this mystery plant is.

Click here to find out about
last month's mystery plant.

E-mail your guess to us and,
if you're right, we'll list
your name below.

Anne Wagner