Multi-flora Rose

• Common names: Baby Rose, Japanese Rose, Many-flowered Rose, Seven-Sisters Rose 
• Native to eastern Asia, in China, Japan and Korea... considered an invasive in most circles in North America.

May 30th, 2012

Trout Lily

• The name derives from the fact that the brown-splotched leaves resemble the colouring of Brook trout.
• They form large colonies of plants of different ages. Young plants are flowerless and have only one leaf, while older plants produce two leaves and a single flower. A plant’s corm has to reach sufficient depths (10 to 20 centimetres below ground) before it will devote energy to making the additional parts.
• It takes a few years for a plant to be mature enough to produce a flower and seeds. Trout lilies have recruited the help of ants, who eat a nutritious appendage attached to each seed and leave the rest to germinate.
  Source: http://www.cwf-fcf.org
  
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Common Mullein

• Very soft, thick, velvet-like leaves, up to 30 cm long.
• Each plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds.
• The leaves were used in the past for diapers & toilet paper. 
• Indians of North America lined their moccasins with the leaves to keep out the cold, and colonists used them in their stockings for the same reason.
• The tall stalks (to 8 ft) that develop in the 2nd year were dipped in melted fat and used for torches by Roman soldiers.
• The stalk has alternate leaves that clasp the stem and direct rainwater down the stem to the roots. 
• Yellow flowers (1/4 to 1 inch across) bloom randomly in the stalk. 

Sources:  1. Ontario Wildflowers by Linda Kershaw
                           - Lone Pine Publishing - 2002
              2. http://www.herbcompanion.com

April 9th, 2012