Spring Prairie Flora 2: Page 1
Hydrophyllaceae
Ellisia nyctelea Aunt Lucy
Scrophulariaceae
Pedicularis canadensis Wood Betony
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis stricta Yellow Wood Sorrel (Shamrock)
Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrophyllum virginianum Virginia Waterleaf
Primulaceae (Primrose)
Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star: reflexed petals, 5 yellow stamens surround 1 pistil in a cone pollinated by Bombus vibrating flight muscles up to 300 cycles per second.
Ranunculaceae
Aquilegia canadensis Columbine: aquila=eagle: talon, columba: doves around fountain 5 tubes, spurs point up, nectar at tip: hawk moths & hummingbirds, leaf miner resistent. self-sows, mature hard to transplant: rhizomes. European A. vulgaris can naturalize.