Archive for March, 2011
Early Spring Wildflower – Nodding Trillium
Nodding trillium is a spring blooming woodland member of the lily family. The white flower hangs below the three leaves and this is the origin of both the common and botanical names. Sometimes the color of the flower is pink, but this is very rare.
March 31, 2011
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Early Spring Wildflower – Spring Beauty
The Spring Beauty is one of the first wildflowers to brighten the southern Indiana hillsides in the spring. It begins to emerge in early March, its pair of line, slender leaves wending their way up through a thick carpet of leaves. Sometimes a layer of snow slows them a bit, but by early April the show begins.
March 30, 2011
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Early Spring Wildflower – Cut Leaved Toothwort
The cut leaved toothwort is an early spring wildflower of the woodland. It blooms in early to mid April here in southern Indiana. The common name refers to projections which resemble teeth found on its underground stems.
March 29, 2011
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Twenty Early Spring Wildflowers
Twenty Early Spring Wildflowers includes twenty common woodland wildflowers with photographs. This book allows easier identification of wildflowers in the field because it is composed only of the earliest wildflowers of the season, the wildflowers which bloom in April. It is the first book in the “A Year of Wildflowers” series which will portray the wildflowers of Indiana as they progress throughout the year.
March 28, 2011
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Early Spring Wildflower – Shooting Star
Shooting Star plants can be found on the rocky bluffs above watercourses.
March 25, 2011
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Meadow Rue – Early
Meadow Rue good source for butterfly larvae. Genus name dioecum from the Greek word for “two houses” referring to the fact that male and female flowers appear on different plants.
March 24, 2011
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Dutchmans Breeches
This diminutive member of the bleeding heart family blooms in very early to mid April here in south-eastern Indiana. This is another of the woodland wildflowers, like so many others of the early spring here. The flowers resemble a pair of Dutchman’s pantaloons, thus the name. They grow from four to twelve inches tall.
March 23, 2011
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Star Chickweed
Stellaria, or Star Chickweed appears in April in the southeastern Indiana forests. It forms clumps of snow white flowers on the forest floor. You will find it occupying rocky slopes, mainly above streams, in the deep forest. Stellaria pubera does well in the shaded perennial garden. It may be propagated by seed, dividing the plants, or taking cuttings.
March 23, 2011
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Dwarf Larkspur – Native Indiana Early Spring Woodland Wildflower
The Dwarf Larkspur prefers the forested slopes of the woodland. This early spring wildflower blooms mid to late April here in southern Indiana. The blue flower spikes quite showy against the leaf mold of the forest floor.
March 17, 2011
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Cardinal Flower, Indian Pink – Early Spring Wildflower
The Cardinal Flower is a Native US Wildflower which was introduced into Europe in the 1620′s. The common name, Cardinal Flower, was in use by 1629 and seems to refer to the flower colors resemblance to the scarlet robes worn by Roman Catholic Cardinals.
March 17, 2011
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Tags: April Wildflowers, Butterflies, Hummingbird, Lobelia · Posted in: Perennial Flowers, Wildflower
