[Leica] IMG: Small Wild Flowers

[Tina Manley]

The Tennessee Spring Beauty!  Perfect.

Tina

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> 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-P32870
>>> 58-2.JPG.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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