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What plant is that?
Those exploring Rhode Island’s salt marshes and beaches in late summer and fall will find this herbaceous annual growing 1-3 feet tall along the edge of the high marsh and dunes. Each fleshy deep green leaf is narrow, flat on the upper surface and rounded on the lower surface and alternates along crowded ascending stems. Small greenish flowers with indistinguishable parts are found in the leaf axils.
Congratulations to the following for correctly identifying the March Mystery Plant – Veratrum viride, American false hellebore.
Scott Ruhren
Margaret Bell
Steven Abreu
Michael Narcisi
Erin Foley
Melissa Hughes
Tony Riccitelli
Michele Paquet
Garth Taylor
Alan Newton
Mary Johndrew
Krista Noe
AJ D’Ercole
Ann Amaral
Jeanne Sovet
Dawn Botello
Alesia Sadosky