Family: Snapdragon
Season: summer

Last Update: 13Jun99

(29-Jun-96; Arnot Forest)

(Jul-96; Fisher Settlement Rd.)

(Jun-97; Deputron Hollow Rd.)

(June-99; Troy Park; shot of the two black-tipped stamens)

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Foxglove Beardtongue

Blooms along roadsides and fields in mid-June. White, necked flowers with two black stamens in throat. Stamens coil around in throat. Tall field-plant growth, typically symetric. Thick, dark-green, paired leaves - typically with a little waviness.

Many varieties - field and woods - as well as ornamentally grown types. For Beardstongues, i typically look for the trident-like fork in the terminal spike, where two axial flower spikes, and the terminal spike, form a flat 3-pronged fork.