#wildflowers
A shoal of trout lilies. It’s about to get wild here. #troutlily #woodlandplants #illinoisplants #wildflowers #springephemerals #nativewildflowers
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“Life is a windfall from a dying star. The sun’s energy comes to us through the metabolism of green plants. Ecologically, plant and animal species are a part of a larger whole, a system which in itself is the ultimate unit of survival, for it maintains the continuous flow of energy and nutrients necessary for life… Even casual study of an ecosystem reveals an abiding truth–that the relationships between things are as important as the things themselves. Living things have meaning in terms of what they do. Life does not know the dancer from the dance.” - Dr. Robert O. Petty in “Eastern Deciduous Forest,” 1974.
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Small-flowered buttercup (mystery plant of last week), with a big rosette of great mullein lurking in the background.
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False rue anemone, fairly carpeting the ground in some spots but also so teeny and delicate!
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Hepatica, a luminous, elfin beauty of early spring. The blooms stand on furry, purple stalks and the petioles of the tri-lobed leaves stretch far out in front of the plant. If you see the flowers but not the leaves, sweep back the leaf litter around it, they’re probably hiding.
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Pretty sure this is baby wild geranium? Totes loving this fluorescent hot pink edging they get when they first emerge.
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Bloodroot is surely one of the most delicate of the totally metal-sounding spring ephemerals.
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Happy Memories
Watercolor on Birch Panel
2022, 11"x 14"
Yellow Daisies and Forget Me Nots
I decided to write a TERF-free Harry Potter knockoff using only the names of Scottish wildflowers and I think it’s the best YA wizard school book of our age.
I crammed as much as I could into this post but you can read the whole thing on my Twitter!
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