[Leica] IMG: Small Wild Flowers

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Tina.  It sort of resembles the Spring Beauty, but the petals on 
mine are more pointed, and it does not have the typical two green 
grass-like leaves.  Mother Nature continues to create wonders!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/29/2017 9:48 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Very nice.  I think the first one might be Virginia Spring Beauty
> (Claytonia virginica) There are lots of similar looking photos if you
> Google it.  Some have pink stripes and some have purple.
>
> I'm going to have to get away from the computer and go out in the yard to
> look for spring flowers!
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>> With warmer temperatures and lots of rain, my yard is awash in small wild
>> flowers.  I was not able to identify this five-pointed bloom, but thought
>> it was nicely marked.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170328-P3287044.JPG.html
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>> Growing up in Mississippi, I was always told this was a Confederate
>> Violet.  This one is still struggling between a rock and a hard place.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170328-P3287058-2.JPG.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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