I have tried to capture some of the recent beauty of some spring blooming native wildflowers. Wildflower images have been taken in the yard here in Waukesha or Marquette County. The spring started out with some rains but things have dried up some come May and now the start of June. I have noticed in the last couple of weeks that some wildflowers will have minimal blooms unless moisture shows up soon.
Large-flowered Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum Waukesha County
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis Waukesha County
Prairie Trillium, Trillium recurvatum Waukesha County
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum Waukesha County
Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis Waukesha County
Jacob’s Ladder, Polemonium reptans Waukesha County
Pussytoes, Antennaria neglecta Marquette County
Foamflower, Tiarella cordifolia Waukesha County
Fringed Puccoon, Lithospermum incisum Waukesha County
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum Waukesha County
Golden Ragwort, Packera aurea Waukesha County
Yellow Star Grass, Hypoxis hirsuta Waukesha County
Bradbury’s Bee Balm, Monarda bradburiana Waukesha County, native range eastern US
Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium campestre Marquette County
Blue-eyed Grass, White Wild, Sisyrinchium campestre alba Marquette County
Hoary Puccoon, Lithospermum canescens Marquette County
Cream Wild Indigo, Baptisia bracteata
Carolina Puccoon, Lithospermum caroliniense Marquette County
Yellow Pimpernel, Taenidia integerrima Waukesha County
Wild Blue Indigo, Baptisia austrlis Waukesha County, native range southern midwest, not Wisconsin
Wild Sweet William, Phlox maculata Waukesha County, native range states around Wisconsin and to the east coast but not Wisconsin
Spiderwort, Tradescantia ohiensis Waukesha County
Wild Iris, Blue Flag, Iris virginica Waukesha County
Prairie Phlox, Phlox pilosa Marquette County
Beautiful series Jim. I look to your photos when I am in doubt with an ID. As you progress with gathering info you should consider publishing a guide for birders who photo flowers.
Once again, you’ve given us a beautiful catalog of the native wildflowers here
Thanks so much for this collection. We can refer to it to identify our blooms.
as pretty as a picture!! ..Ha ha