Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_5141.JPG-05-29-2025
Flower name (scientific): Armoracia rusticana
Flower name (common): Horseradish
Family name (common): Mustard
Family name (scientific): Brassicaceae
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Flower description:
     Size: 0.3 to 0.5 inches (0.8 to 1.3 cm)
     Petal count: 4
     Color: white
     Other: flower arrangement, Raceme
Plant description:
     Size: 24 to 36 inches (61 to 91 cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple
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     Other: Shape: leaf, basal broadly oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or ovate, cauline oblong to linear-oblong, distal inear to linear-lanceolate (FNA)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): May to July
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
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Latitude: 44.799658
Longitude: -91.518663
Altitude: 214.80
Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Brown, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kewaunee, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Walworth, Waupaca, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map
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