SOME SPRING 2023
BOTANICAL WONDERS

wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Rosaceae, the rose family
May 27, Adams County

low false bindweed (calystegia spithamaea)
Convolvulaceae, the bindweed family
May 27, Adams County

alternate-leaved (pagoda) dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Cornaceae, the dogwood family
May 23, Champaign County

putty-root orchid (Aplectrum hyemale)
Orchidaceae, the orchid family
May 23, Jackson County

lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium vacillans)
Ericaceae, the heath family
May 20, 2023, Hocking County

A hybrid oak! xQuercus leana
A cross between shingle aok (Quercus imbricaria) and black oak (Q velutina).
May 21, Delaware County

hoary pucoon (Lithospermum canescens)
Boraginaceae, the borage family
May 16, 2023, Adams County

white blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium albidum)
Iridaceae, the Iris family
May 14, Marion County

wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family)
Marion County, May 14, 2022

Spring avens (Geum vernum)
Rosaceae, the rose family
May 13, 2023, Hocking County

One-flowered broomrape (Orobanche uniflora)
Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family
May 13, 2023, Hocking County

blacklocust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Fabaceae, the legume family
May 11, 2023, Franklin County

Holy heterostyly, Batman! This Canadian summer bluet,
Houstonia canadensis) comes in two forms: sort-styled (left), and long-styled (right).
Rubiaceae, the madder family, May 11, Delaware County Ohio