2012 Wildflowers of No. America - #

I have decided to keep a separate gallery of wildflowers for each current year. During that year the gallery will be sorted in reverse order of date taken so that the most recent pictures appear at the beginning of this gallery. At the end of each year I'll collect the pictures into the main wildflower gallery, which is sorted in ascending order of date taken. See that gallery here: http://arctangent.smugmug.com/Nature/Vegetation/Wildflowers-Past-Years/5424475_QmrpZJ. I'll also re-sort the year's gallery in ascending order.

Included here are any flowers seen growing in wild or natural environments, as well as species known to occur in the wild but seen planted in various garden settings. Flowers might be native to North America, or alien imports, mainly from Europe.

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D110-2012 Sessile bellwort (wild oats) 01
Uvularia sessilifolia Family Liliaceae
The blooms are well hidden from someone standing over this rather dainty plant, or mere passers by. One must bend down, way down, in order to appreciate its delicate charms.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Sessile bellwort (wild oats) 02
Uvularia sessilifolia Family Liliaceae
You can barely see the lower end of the bloom peeping out.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Unidentified wildflower inconspicuous 11
The flowers emerged from axils of the long narrow leaves, and formed a larger cluster at the top of each stalk.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Unidentified wildflower inconspicuous 12
As each drooping bell-like bloom matures, its style grows to nearly twice the length of the petals, while the filaments that bear the anthers extend only as far as the tips of the petals.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Jack-in-the-pulpit 02
Arisaema triphyllum Family Araceae
There is a framed version of this picture in the Frameworks gallery, here: http://smu.gs/ICmjpR

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Unidentified wildflower inconspicuous 14
This shows a large patch of the flower. Mostly I saw it growing as isolated plants, or in small clusters. Look carefully and see how extremely long the styles become as the flowers age.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Unidentified wildflower inconspicuous 14b - cropped
This shows a large patch of the flower. Mostly I saw it growing as isolated plants, or in small clusters. Look carefully and see how extremely long the styles become as the flowers age.
This is a crop of the full frame, with Poster Edges filter applied to give more definition to the fine details.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) or Meadow parsnip (Thaspium trifoliatum)
Family: Umbelliferae, the parsley family
I'm afraid I didn't take careful enough note, or relevant pictures, to show enough of the leaf pattern and habit of growth to distinguish between the species. I'm inclined to favor the ID as Golden Alexanders.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Wild ginger 02
Asarum canadense Family Aristolochiaceae
Distribution woodlands of the eastern United States

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)

D110-2012 Sessile bellwort (wild oats) 01
Uvularia sessilifolia Family Liliaceae
The blooms are well hidden from someone standing over this rather dainty plant, or mere passers by. One must bend down, way down, in order to appreciate its delicate charms.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)