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“This work is my ministry,” she says, “and I've been placed on our Earth for this reason. Helping the poor is one of the areas that gives my life great meaning.”
Photographer Jill Booth Macdonell '57
Broadleaf Meadowsweet Spirea latifolia
Rose Rosaceae family
Leaves Leaves are elliptic and coarsely toothed, commonly 2'-3' in length.
Flowers: Branching clusters of small white or pale-pink flowers, 1/4" wide.
Winter ID: Inflorecense is evident all winter. It is brownish in color, and usually triangular in shape. Short hairless buds with reddish twigs.
Form/Habitat: Meadowsweet is a generalist common in this area, of ten found in fields.
NWI Status: FACW+
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