BLUE AND PURPLE WILD FLOWERS 



shaped like the thick part of a miniature Indian club 

 and have the appearance of a large, healthy bud, 

 that is just about to unfold. The plant is perennial, 

 and consequently much more common and easier to 

 find each year than the Fringed Gentian. It flourishes 

 in moist, rich soil in meadows and thickets, or along 

 woodland borders, and may be found at its best from 

 August to October. The single, leafy stalk is erect, 

 or nearly so, and grows one or two feet in height. It 

 is smooth and stout. The rather large, toothless, 

 lance-shaped leaves have a long, tapering point, and 

 are narrow or sometimes rounded toward the base. 

 They are arranged in alternating opposite pairs at 

 regular intervals, and are often tinged with brown. 

 The flowers are of an intense blue in colour, becoming 

 lighter toward the base. Several of them are gathered 

 in a crowded terminal leafy cluster, or occasionally 

 one or two are set in the axils of the leaves. The 

 stamens are gathered in the form of a tube, and 

 the divisions of the green calyx are long and narrow. 

 This Gentian ranges from Georgia and Missouri, 

 well into Canada. 



FORGET-ME-NOT. MOUSE-EAR. SCORPION 

 GRASS. SNAKE-GRASS. LOVE-ME 



Myosbtis scorpioides. Borage Family. 



The exquisite little baby-blue flowers of the Forget- 

 me-not have a certain sentiment attached to them 

 through various legends of love and affection that 

 endears them to all. In the language of flowers they 



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