The Mock Orange is the State Flower of Idaho. Also called Lewis’ Mock-Orange, is most
likely found in dry and open meadows; a member of the Hydrangeaceae Family, it grows by Bonhoeffer Gardens’ Kiosk 03. The Mock Orange is found everywhere in the Pacific NW. It is a flowering shrub, an erect deciduous plant that loses its leaves. It is a food source for mallows, for West Coast Lady butterflies, and many other insects and birds. Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, native to Cascadia and the Rocky Mountain Floristic Region.
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Philadelphus+lewisii
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-03.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphus_lewisii
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PHLE4
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Philadelphus&Species=lewisii&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
Most native plants have white blossoms, not all …. but most. What color and size are the Mock Orange’s fruit?
large & orange
small & brown
medium size & white
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