Monday, April 4, 2022

A Round-Up of Spring Flowers

Butterweed (Packera glabella), Asteraceae (sunflower) family

(4/4/2022: Reposting because we should celebrate flowers every year!)

Text from 4/14/20: This past week, Zach and I had a little vacation— we were originally going to visit family in Nashville, but the stay-at-home order nixed that. Thankfully, the weather was gorgeous, so we were able to take a lot of walks and hikes.



This year I noticed more wildflowers than ever before! Thanks to the app PlantNet, we were able to identify most of them. I've also included their scientific names (since common names often apply to more than one plant), as well as the plant family they belong to— it's fascinating to discover what's related to what.

Here is a round-up of some of the beautiful flowers we saw this week!



Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Lauraceae (laurel) family

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), Papaveraceae (poppy) family. They only flower one day a year!

Yellow violet (Viola pubescens eriocarpa), Violaceae (violet) family. I'd never seen these before!

Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), Rosaeceae (rose) family

Common blue violets (Viola sororia sororia), Violaceae (violet) family

Dutchman's breeches (Dicentria cucullaria), Papaveraeceae (poppy) family

Johnny-jump-up/field pansy (Viola bicolor), Violaceae (violet) family

Virginia bluebell #1 (Mertensia virginica), Boraginaecea (borage) family

Virginia bluebell #2 

Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens), Boraginaceae (Borage) family

Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), Lamiaceae (mint) family

Wakerobin/Trillium (Trillium sessile), Trillium family

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), Araceae (calla lily/peace lily/philodendron) family. I was super excited to see this for the first time!


Dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne), Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family

Blue phlox (Phlox divaricarta), Phlox family

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), Annonaceae (custard apple) family

Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica), Portulacaceae (purslane) family

Goldenseal (Hydrasis canadensis), Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family

Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), Geraniaceae (geranium) family

White wakerobin (Trillium flexipas), Trillium family

White dogtooth violet/trout lily (Erythronium albidum), Lilaceae (lily) family

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