Tricky Plants from Marsh Walk

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  1. Botanical Blue

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    Specimen 1

    I think it's Lamiaceae, but who knows. Stems are squareish. Leaves opposite, sessile, serrate. Herb roughly 3 ft high. Purple flower with yellow and brown area on upper lip, above entrance to corolla tube. Five ridges on calyx, each leading to the tip of one of five sepals. Sepals and petals both fused into their own tubes, which are distinct from each other. Four stamens with anthers consisting of two flaps. Stigma with 2 flaps. Stamens attached to corolla tube. Ovary with 2 pairs of fused carpels (I think - hard to tell. May be just 2 carpels rather than 4. Skunky-smelling leaves and stems. Not at all mint-like in smell. See pics 1-5

    Specimen 2

    I have no idea. There were lots of lenticels on these small shrubs. The one fruit I broke open had two seeds. Arcuate veined alternate, entire leaves. See pics 6-10

    Specimen 3
    Potentilla sp.? I did not take detailed notes. It looks like P. norvegica, but the leaves are more deeply lobed. See pics 11-13
     

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  2. Sundrop

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    3 is Ranunculus sp.
     
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    1 Mimulus ringens?
     
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    I'll be darned. It is Ranunculus, R. pensylvanicus, I believe. And it looks like #1 is indeed Mimulus ringens. I wonder what #2 is. My first thought was Rosaceae.
     
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    When I saw the bark I thought Cherry, but...yeah, not with 2 seeds in fruit. Also leaves are not those of my original candidate, Pin Cherry.
    Fear not. I have no doubt that one of our learned members will give you the correct ID.
     
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    I'm pretty sure it's Rhamnaceae.
     
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    Maybe Frangula alnus.
     

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