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Tiny unit 🌸
(See below for size comparison! The flower above is at the very bottom of the photo below. ☺️)
A tiny flower I saw in the forest!
(nail for scale)
Lanceleaf Frogfruit
Phyla lanceolata
This perennial species in the verbena family is native to much of the United States and Mexico. It's usually found growing in disturbed wetlands, ditches, or yards and provides nectar for many beneficial insects when it blooms during summer.
The plant pictured was in disturbed bottomland woods near Butler Lake and the Meramec River in southern St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
June 20th, 2023
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
With a tiny green sweat bee feeding on its flowers.
This plant was growing in a wetland along the Meramec River and is native to a large portion of North America.
July 26th, 2023
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline