A carpet of blue
May 13, 2020 09:18:25 #
The ground along a stretch of a local country road is carpeted with low growing blue flowers for about a quarter of a mile. I have no idea what the flowers are but they are lovely.
May 13, 2020 09:37:52 #
May 13, 2020 09:41:47 #
May 13, 2020 10:01:56 #
SueScott wrote:
The ground along a stretch of a local country road is carpeted with low growing blue flowers for about a quarter of a mile. I have no idea what the flowers are but they are lovely.
May 13, 2020 10:04:02 #
Lee Roman
Loc: Lavalette, West Virginia
When nature speaks in tones of blue! Blue skies, blue lakes and flowers along the way! These are eye catchers!
May 13, 2020 10:07:17 #
h0grider
Loc: Western MD
SueScott wrote:
The ground along a stretch of a local country road is carpeted with low growing blue flowers for about a quarter of a mile. I have no idea what the flowers are but they are lovely.
Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia verna). They're a member of the snapdragon family.
May 13, 2020 10:19:14 #
I think this is your wildflower:
Collinsia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae known by the common names maiden blue eyed Mary and small-flowered collinsia. This tiny wildflower is a common plant throughout much of western and northern North America, where it grows in moist, shady mountain forests. This is an annual plant with a spindly reddish stem and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under. The minuscule flowers grow singly or in loose clusters of several. Each flower has five lobes, the lower deep blue to purple and the upper white. The whole corolla is only a few millimeters across.
Collinsia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae known by the common names maiden blue eyed Mary and small-flowered collinsia. This tiny wildflower is a common plant throughout much of western and northern North America, where it grows in moist, shady mountain forests. This is an annual plant with a spindly reddish stem and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under. The minuscule flowers grow singly or in loose clusters of several. Each flower has five lobes, the lower deep blue to purple and the upper white. The whole corolla is only a few millimeters across.
May 13, 2020 11:21:50 #
May 13, 2020 14:24:34 #
SueScott wrote:
The ground along a stretch of a local country road is carpeted with low growing blue flowers for about a quarter of a mile. I have no idea what the flowers are but they are lovely.
Beautiful. That is Blue-eyed Mary - Collinsia verna - an annual spring ephemeral that is native to the eastern US.
Mike
May 13, 2020 14:28:03 #
hassighedgehog wrote:
I think this is your wildflower: br Collinsia parv... (show quote)
Collinsia parviflora has much smaller blossoms than the flowers in the photos here, which are probably [/i]Collinsis verna[/i]. Also, Collinsia parviflora doesn't occur in Ohio.
Mike
May 13, 2020 15:10:46 #
Silverrails wrote:
Beautiful Wildflowers,Where are the located?
It was on a back road here in Ohio across the river from Weirton, WV.
May 13, 2020 15:13:21 #
Thanks to those of you who ID'ed this flower - I'll relay the info to my daughter who lives just up the road from where they are. BTW - my granddaughter picked a handful of them and they've been surviving for several days in water, much to my surprise.
May 13, 2020 18:07:23 #
SueScott wrote:
Thanks to those of you who ID'ed this flower - I'll relay the info to my daughter who lives just up the road from where they are. BTW - my granddaughter picked a handful of them and they've been surviving for several days in water, much to my surprise.
Let your granddaughter know that they are annuals that reseed and germinate easily. Watch for them to go to seed. That might be fun and is better than picking since the stands of wild populations of these rare native plants are not as common as they once were. Blue-eyed Mary is protected in many places.
Mike
May 13, 2020 22:55:34 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Let your granddaughter know that they are annuals that reseed and germinate easily. Watch for them to go to seed. That might be fun and is better than picking since the stands of wild populations of these rare native plants are not as common as they once were. Blue-eyed Mary is protected in many places.
Mike
Mike
Good idea - I'll let the kids know about the reseeding as they live on a farm and have plenty of space for these plants to grow and prosper. About the picking - this is a HUGE area of plants - many acres of them to be exact and they are anything but rare but it still holds true to be careful when dealing with wild flowers.
May 13, 2020 23:32:54 #
SueScott wrote:
Good idea - I'll let the kids know about the reseeding as they live on a farm and have plenty of space for these plants to grow and prosper. About the picking - this is a HUGE area of plants - many acres of them to be exact and they are anything but rare but it still holds true to be careful when dealing with wild flowers.
That is great to hear that there are so many there. They are woodland plants - shade lovers.
Mike
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