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Plant Database
Stem with ball cluster of unopened flowers
Biddy-Biddy
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Light green cluster of winged seeds (samaras) of Norway Maple
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
White flowers with pinkish spots growing in a terminal cluster.
Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
a cluster of reddish brown samaras.
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Tall spire of smaller purple flowers with yellow and white stamen
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
close up leaf edges
False Brome
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Italian Thistle Carduus pycnocephalus Stalk with long spiky leaves and green spiky unopened flower pod
Italian Thistle
Carduus pycnocephalus
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
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