GREEN OR GREENISH FLOWERS 
Tubercled Orchis {Hahenaria flava). Orchis family. 
June. 
A foot or two high, with stout stem and narrow spike of 
flowers with three sepals and petals, the third petal (lip) 
longer, with a tubercle at its base; spur slender. Leaves egg- 
shaped to lance-shaped. 
Bracted Orchis {Hahenaria bracteata). Orchis family. 
May to August. 
A stout stem, six inches to two feet high. Spike open, with 
very long bracts. Upper leaves pointed, lower inversely lance- 
shaped. Wet woods. 
Ragged Fringed Orchis ( Hahenaria lacera). 
family. July, August. 
Orchis 
A slender orchis, a foot or two high, bearing an open spike 
of yellowish-green irregular flowers, with three-divided lip, each 
division with a ragged fringe. Leaves 
lance-shaped, five inches long or more, 
clasping the stem. 
Roadside Peppergrass (Lepidium rude- 
rale). Mustard family. 
All summer. 
A low weed with tiny flowers, with no 
petals, four sepals, and two stamens. 
The flowers are in raceme, followed by 
flat, rounded pods. Leaves narrow, lower 
somewhat lobed. L. virginicum has four 
tiny white petals and toothed leaves. 
(Greek for little scale.) 
ROADSIDE PEPPERGRASS 
(lepidium raderaJe ) 
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