Found in sandy soils, sand dunes
Seen blooming in July in Arroyo Toro, Santa Fe NF, Medanales

A strongly aromatic shrub growing over 3 feet tall with leaves divided into narrow, rolled leaflets. It has an overall broom-like appearance. Flowers grow in a long cluster lacking petals but with long, showy yellow stamens. Seed pods are small and yellowish with dark polka dots. It was used medicinally by the Hopi, Tewa and the Ramah Navajo as a toothache remedy. It was also used for basketry and kachina masks. Roots were made into hooks and used to secure packs on burros during salt expeditions. Source.
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Found in sandy, gravelly soils, disturbed areas
Seen blooming in July at Okhay Owingeh Airport

Bracted Vervain has creeping, hairy stems growing to 18 inches long and hairy, lobed leaves. Tiny light blue to purplish flowers grow in whorls at the end of the stems and have stiff, hairy bracts. The five petals are fused at the base forming a slender tube. As the flowers mature the stem elongates up to 6 inches with flowers blooming at the tip and fruits forming below. Traditionally, the Navajo applied a poultice of the plant to centipede bites, and the plant was used in ceremonial chant lotion. Source. The Lakota used an infusion of the root to treat tuberculosis, particularly when it had spread to the lymph nodes.
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Found in sandy, disturbed areas, roadsides
Seen blooming in late June in a pot of pansies in Abiquiu
Photo credit: Carol Bondy

Wild Poinsettia grows to two feet high with inconspicuous whitish flowers and lance-shaped, toothed leaves, The leaves are often red-splotched and whitish at the base. Its structure resembles the red holiday poinsettia to which it is closely related. The plant produces a poisonous milky sap when broken that can cause contact dermatitis and is harmful to eyes. Nonetheless, the plant was eaten by Keres mothers to produce more milk. Source.

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Found in moist areas, seeps, stream banks
Seen blooming in June near the Rio Chama in Abiquiu

You need a sharp eye to spot this delicate, star-shaped flower blooming in the grass. Blue-eyed Grass is not really a grass at all, but a type of Iris. It grows up to 20 inches tall with flat grass-like leaves and branched flower stems. Flowers are barely ½ inch across. They are bluish-violet with a yellow eye at the center and a bristle at the tip of the petals. Sisyrinchium species have a long history of medicinal use. They were used by Native Americans to ease hay fever, encourage regular bowel movements, quell diarrhea and to treat intestinal worms and stomach ache. Source.
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Found in disturbed soil, waste areas, fields
Seen blooming in June in Abiquiu

Curly Dock is a common sight (weed) growing from 2 to 5 feet tall with a stout reddish stem from a basal rosette of leaves. The leaves are up to 12 inches long and dull green with ruffled (curly) edges. Flowers are tiny and yellowish or reddish green and grow in dense long clusters. Each flower produces a single seed which matures to rusty brown. It is in the same family as rhubarb. The leaves, stem, seed, and root are all edible or medicinal. Dock leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, seeds ground into a flour. The common name Yellow Dock comes from its yellow root which is used as a constipation remedy, digestive aid and diuretic. It is also used to treat several kinds of inflammatory skin conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis, and nettle rash. It is also useful against internal inflammation, such as arthritis and rheumatism. Pima, Cheyenne, and Choctaw made yellow dye from the roots. Source.
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