I have tried to capture some of the recent beauty of some spring to summer blooming native wildflowers. Wildflower images have been taken in the yard here in Waukesha or Marquette County. Most wildflowers here are native to Wisconsin. The spring started out with nice moisture and has continued well into the summer. I have never seen wildflowers so tall and with so many blooms as this year.
Large-flowered Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum
Shooting Star, Dodecatheon meadia
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
Spring Beauty, Clayonia virginica
Virginia Bluebells, Mertensia virginica
Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense
Prairie Phlox, Phlox pilosa
Fire Pink, Silene virginica
Foamflower, Tiarella cordifolia
Golden Alaxanders, Zizia aurea
Wild Hyacinth, Camassia scilloides
Yellow Star Grass, Hypoxis hirsuta
Wild Blue Phlox, Phlox divaricata
Pussy Toes, Antennaria neglecta
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum
Jacob’s Ladder, Polemonium reptans
Jack in the Pulpit, Arisaeme triphyllum
Spiderwort, Tradescantia ohiensis
Wild Lupine, Lupinus perennis
Wild Blue Indigo, Baptisia australis, IL and south
Bradbury’s Bee Balm, south central US, Monarda bradburiana
Smooth Phlox, Phlox glaberrima interior
Pale Purple Coneflower, Echinacea pallida
Purple Milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens
Tennessee Coneflower, Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee native
Prairie Milkweed, Asclepias sullivantii
Wild Petunia, Ruellia humilis
Cup Plant, Silphium perfoliatum
New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus
Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
Wild Iris, Blue Flag, Iris virginica
Rosen Weed, Silphium integrifolium
Royal Catchfly, Silene regia
Compass Plant, Silphium laciniatum
Obedient Plant, Physostegia virginiana
Michigan Lily, Lilium michiganense
Nodding Onion, Allium cernuum
Yellow Coneflower, Ratibida pinnata
Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta
Meadow Blazing Star, Liatris ligulistylis with a Monarch Butterfly
Wonderful collection !!
Once again, beautiful pictures. I like the sequence of blooming, too.
Thankyou for the beautiful pictures!
Great collection of flowers Jim.
These are lovely, whenever I need wildflower identification I visit your site. Thanks!