Disclaimer: This is mostly for my own reference, since every spring I seem to forget all my flowers and have to relearn them. That being said, here's a far-from-exhaustive roundup of late spring wildflowers in the Bluegrass (pictures are from McConnell Springs Park and Raven Run Nature Sanctuary in Lexington, KY).
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| Appendaged Waterleaf |
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| Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense). In spite of the name, this awesome little plant is actually a member of the nightshade family so don't eat it because it will screw you up. |
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| Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohioensis) |
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| Golden Ragwort (Packerea aurea) keeping its feet wet |
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| Coreopsis hiding out in a stand of switchgrass. |
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| A rainy woodland clearing full of Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
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| Everyone's favorite, Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica). This native of eastern Asia seems to have taken over most of Kentucky. |
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| Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) |
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| Good old Rosa multiflora. I'm used to Ohio, where this species overwhelms everything it touches with its spiny little vines of pure evilness, but down here Multiflora Rose doesn't seem to have attained the same status as a major invasive. |
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| A shady patch of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) |
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| This fantastically awesome creature is our native Kentucky cactus, the Eastern Prickly Pear or Indian Fig (Opuntia humifusa). |
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| Let's take another look at that cactus, because it's just way too awesome not to. |
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Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis) and skipper butterfly
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There's lots more blooming but we're starting to see more summer flowers now, so expect Part II, "Asters I Can't Identify," sometime in the future.
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