(Photo) Swamp lousewort

I took this photograph in the spring but I was only just now able to identify it. Looking like a holdover from the Mesozoic Era, this fern-like plant is a swamp lousewort.

This relatively rare Illinois wildflower was photographed in Morton Grove's Miami Woods restored prairie.

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(Photo) Threatened plant in Illinois: Wild blue sage

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