Native American Ferns and Wild Flowers 
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HARDY NATIVE WILD FLOWERS and GROUND-COVER PLANTS, continued 
Baptisia leucantha. White Wild-indigo. 1 to 1^ ft. Full sun, in 
June. 
tinctoria. Yellow Wild-indigo. 2 to 3 ft. Yellow flowers in 
late summer. 
CALLIRHOE triangulata. Poppy-Mallow. \y 2 to 23^ ft. 
Deep purple. Dry soil. August, September. 
CAMPANULA rotundifolia. Bluebells of Scotland. 6 to 12 in. 
A pretty little plant especially suited for crevices in the 
rock-garden. Deep violet-blue flowers throughout the 
summer. 
CASSIA marilandica. Wild Senna. 3 to 4 ft. Large, yellow, 
bell-shaped flowers in late summer. 
CAULOPHYLLUM thalictroides. Blue Cohosh. 2 ft. New 
shoots are royal purple. Flowers greenish yellow, followed 
by blue berries that last all fall. Shade. 
CHELONE glabra. White Turtlehead. 2 to 3 ft. White, snap¬ 
dragon-like flowers in August in either sun or shade in 
moist bogs or along brooksides. 
lyoni. Pink Turtlehead. 2 to 3 ft. A rose-pink form of the 
Turtlehead that does well in the perennial border. Fine 
for cutting. August and September. 
CHIMAPHILA maculata. Spotted Pipsissewa. 6 in. Waxy 
green leaves spotted with white. Flowers white. July . .. 
umbellata. Common Pipsissewa. 6 in. Waxy green leaves. 
White flowers. Fine for shade. July. 
CHIOGENES hispidula. Creeping Snowberry. A beautiful 
creeping evergreen vine with waxy white berries. Requires 
acid soil and thrives in moist shade on rotten logs or 
stumps. Potted plants. 
CIMICIFUGA americana. American Bugbane. 2 to 3 ft. 
In moist shade. 
racemosa. Cohosh Bugbane. 3 to 5 ft. Tall white spikes 
in August in moist, partial shade. 
CLAYTONIA virginica. Spring Beauty. 4 to 6 in. The deli¬ 
cate white flowers, striped with pink, come in earliest 
spring. Partial shade. 
CLINTONIA borealis. Bluebead. 8 in. Glossy green, prostrate 
leaves and yellow, lily-like flowers followed by bright blue 
berries in late summer. Moist shade. 
COPTIS trifolia. Goldthread. 2 to 3 in. A good ground-cover 
in shade. Almost evergreen leaves with white blossoms 
in May. 
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