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:FLORAL GALLERY : PREVIOUS PAGE : "DAME'S ROCKET" - Virginia Wildflowers Series II Notecards "There be sundry kinds of Rocket; some tame, or of the garden; some wilde, or of the field; some of the water; and of the sea."- The Herbal or General History of Plants by John Gerard 1597 |
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| Native to the Mediterranean and central Asia, it was introduced to this country in the 17th century. Considered invasive by some, it has naturalized along roadsides, stream banks and woodland edges throughout much of North America from Newfoundland and Ontario south to Georgia and west to the Pacific coast. Booming from May to mid-June, it releases a sweet and spicey clove-like scent at nightfall. |
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