Dame's Rocket

(Hesperis matronalis)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers pink, purple or white. Flowers large, in irregular apical clusters. Seed pods elongate. Stem hairy. Leaves hairy, blade-shaped with a dentate outer margin. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of North America except for the southern United States.

Habitat: Dame's Rocket is a cultivated plant readily escaping to disturbed areas such as roadsides and the margins of woods.

Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

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At first sight Dame's Rocket most resembles a species of phlox. However Dame's Rocket has four petals, and species of phlox have 5. Dame's Rocket has alternate leaves, but those of phlox are usually in opposite pairs.

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