Plant ID #1

Question 1

Black eyed Susan

Answer 1

• Family: Asteraceae (Daisy)
• Genus: Rudbeckia
• Species: Sp
• Attracts insects
• Perennial
• Natives and Non-natives

Question 2

Cardinal lobelia

Answer 2

• Family: Campanulaceae
• Genus: Lobelia
• Species: Cardinalis
• Native to MT
• Attracts hummingbirds
• Red
• Alternate leaf pattern
• “Like a cardinal”

Question 3

Coleus

Answer 3

• Family: Lamiaceae
• Genus: Coleus
• Species: Sp
• Sun/shade
• Square stem
• Opposite leaf arrangement
• Annual
• Many colors, vibrant!

Question 4

Cosmos

Answer 4

• Family: Asteraceae
• Genus: Cosmos
• Species: Bipinnatus
• Feathery foliage
• Vary in color
• Full sun, drought
• Annual, reseed themselves
• Opposite leaf arrangement

Question 5

English lavender

Answer 5

• Family: Lamiaceae
• Genus: Lavandula
• Species: Angustifolia
• Opposite leaf arrangement
• Full sun
• Bilateral symmetry
• Native to the Mediterranean
• “Narrow leaf”

Question 6

Marigold

Answer 6

• Family: Asteraceae
• Genus: Tagetes
• Species: Sp
• Full sun, drought
• Smell deters animals

Question 7

Sage

Answer 7

Fam: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: officianalis (medical)
- non-native
- full sun
- opposite leaf arrangement
- perennial

Question 8

Zebra grass

Answer 8

Fam: Poaceae
Genus: Miscanthus
Species: Sinensis
Cultivar: ‘zebrinus’
- Ornamental grass
- full sun
- cut back in the spring

Question 9

Zinnia

Answer 9

Fam: Asteraceae
Genus: Zinnia
Species: sp./app.
- equitant leaves
- palmate leaf
- annuals
- rough leaves
- grow from seed

Question 10

Rattlesnake Master

Answer 10

Fam: Apiceae
Genus: Eryngium
Species: Yuccifolium
- native
- pollinators
- equitant leaves
- winter interest
- parallel veination
- perennial

Question 11

Snapdragon

Answer 11

Fam: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Antirrhinum
Species: Majus (big)
- Cut flowers
- annual
- re-seed themselves

Question 12

Statice

Answer 12

Fam: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Limonium
Species: sinuatum (to blow in the wind)
- cut flowers
- best-dried flower bc it keeps its color
- thin and bendy
- purple, yellow
- annual

Question 13

Bronze fennel

Answer 13

Fam: Apiaceae
Genus: Foeniculum
Species: vulgare
- compound leaves
- attracts caterpillars (swallowtail butterflies)
- full sun, will migrate

Question 14

Spotted Knapweed

Answer 14

Fam: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: stoebe
- invasive
- honeybees love it
- purple flowers
- biocontrol beetles are used

Question 15

Queen Annes lace

Answer 15

Fam: Apiaceae
Genus: Daucus
Species: carota
- cluster of small white flowers ( called an umble)
- pollinators
- smells like carrots