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Flower Spirit (June 6, 2019)
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Virginia Springbeauties
Claytonia virginica
This beautiful little spring ephemeral is found throughout eastern North America and is sometimes also known as fairy spud.
St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
March 13th, 2024
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
False Rue Anemone
Enemion biternatum
St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
March 13th, 2024
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Greek Anemone
Anemonoides blanda
Remnants of a long abandoned Victorian era garden, these beautiful deep purple flowers are now growing as a naturalized small population in hillside woods overlooking the Mississippi River. Although they're not native to this region, they're thankfully not one of the several invasive species taking over the local ecosystem.
Feb. 27th, 2024
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Ozark Witch-Hazel
Hamamelis vernalis
This fragrant species of witch-hazel requires a winter freeze to bloom and is endemic to the Ozarks in Missouri, Arkansas, and parts of eastern Oklahoma.
Feb. 14th, 2024
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Few-flowered Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum pauciflorum
This species is somewhat uncommon in Missouri and is scattered throughout areas of the southeastern United States. It prefers bottomland or mesic forests with moist, alkaline soils.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
This native, white bleeding heart plant blooms throughout the eastern United States during early spring.
March 31st, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Native to much of eastern North America, pale jewelweed prefers wet soils in bottomland forests, along streams, etc... Jewelweed is also an old remedy for poison ivy rashes. Hummingbirds love the flowers as well. The pictured plants were growing en masse in a bottomland forest next to the Big River.
Sept. 1st, 2021
Washington County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Missouri Coneflower
Rudbeckia missouriensis
This species is endemic to the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas, where it usually grows in limestone and dolomite glades. There's also a few scattered populations in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Louisiana. It thrives in full sun and dry, well-drained soil.
Sept. 27th, 2023
De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Tall Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana
This anemone is native to the United States and southern Canada, where its range extends primarily east of the Great Plains. Its common name originates from the cluster of pistils forming a thimble shape, and it can tolerate and grow in a variety of conditions. This particular plant was thriving in a partly sunny, moist area of the woods near a small creek.
June 22nd, 2023
St. Francois County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
I found this lonely blooming Mexican hat plant gleaming like a beacon light amongst a sea of non-native, invasive teasel growing in a dry, disturbed, almost waste-like land near Interstate 55 in Missouri.
This sombrero-resembling prairie coneflower is native to North America, where its historic native range primarily spanned the Great Plains and surrounding areas to the west, to Missouri on the very eastern edge of its adventive range. However, there are now naturalized populations east of Missouri. It's commonly grown in gardens and can escape from them. This species prefers dry, sunny habitats such as prairies, savannas and some disturbed areas with well-drained, neutral to alkaline soils. Its flowers provide food for an array of insect species, including bees, beetles, moths, wasps, and many more.
June 20th, 2023
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Bird's Foot Violet
Viola pedata
Named after its leaves which resemble a bird's foot... This gorgeous violet is native to a large portion of eastern North America and thrives in sandy areas, rocky slopes, and other sunny, very well-drained habitats that are undisturbed. Three different color varieties can be found in the wild; bicolor (pictured above), lilac, and white. I have found both the bicolor and solid lilac varieties in abundance within glades and some prairies here in Missouri. Additionally, this species hosts fritillary butterfly larvae and provides nectar to many other butterflies and bees.
April 18th, 2024
St. Francois County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Eastern Shooting Star
Primula meadia syn. Dodecatheon meadia
This native perennial has a range that spans throughout the central and eastern United States, where it can be found growing in a variety of habitats with acidic to neutral soils. Its nodding flowers resemble a shooting star and are usually white or lilac in color.
This particular plant was growing in a dolomite glade, but I've also found this species growing in moist, open forests over sandstone before.
April 18th, 2024
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
American Water Willow
Justicia americana
This native perennial loves water and can be found in very moist habitats. Its native range spans from Texas, throughout much of the eastern United States, to southeastern Canada. I found this blooming plant with purple and white bicolored flowers among a small colony growing in the middle of a shallow creek.
June 6, 2023
Shannon County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA by Adonyvan
Let us live like flowers, wild and beautiful and drenched in sun.
-- Ellen Everett