Native wildflowers collection pt 2
Wild white indigo. These grow seed pods and then break off and tumbleweed around to spread their seeds.
Blazing star. There are several species of this and I think this one is prairie blazing star
Daisy fleabane. This was burned and the ashes were used as a flea remedy.
Elderberry. You can chop up the branches of this, put them in the ground, and as long as there's enough water, they will grow into new bushes.
Wild petunia (left), wild geranium (right), and wild hyacinth (bottom). I like them more than the ornamental cultivars
Showy tick trefoil. These seeds are easy to collect. Walk through the prairie for a while and you'll have a few hundred stuck to your clothes.
New England aster or aromatic aster. I don't know how to tell them apart. Usually purple, but sometimes you find a bright pink one.
Rose mallow (left) and halberd-leafed rose mallow (left). The latter gets smaller flowers and different shaped leaves.
Tall boneflower, which is a name I'm totally using for an undead plant in D&D
Smartweed. These are absolutely tiny.
Spring beauty, a cute little spring ephemeral
Bloodroot. These are cool, they have giant rhizomes and bright red sap.
Wild violet. These are usually purple, but sometimes you find a yellow one
Trillium. You don't get as many of these around here as we'd like because the deer go absolutely wild for them
