Thursday, April 24, 2008

Flowers and leaves

My Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) is blooming. It is one of my favorite spring flowers.
Sharp-lobed hepatica is a wildflower that is not found in the Redwood River valley, but grows not far to the south and east of here.
The flowers are only about 3/4 of an inch across.
The Elm trees are now blooming
Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) has some of my favorite leaves of any wildflower. When they first emerge the leaves are bluish purple, then they develop silvery markings and finally they turn solid green.

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