[Leica] IMG: Small Wild Flowers

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Tina,

After getting your input, and the same from Naturalist Dean Hansen on 
the OM list, I went out this morning and took a closer look at the 
cluster of flowers.  And, if I look really close, I can see very thin 
grass-like leaves on the stems.  So, it does indeed appear to be some 
variety of the Spring Beauty, after all. There are Virginia and Carolina 
versions, so perhaps this is the Tennessee version. :-)

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
>>
>> 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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