#illinois wildflowers

[revivify-inn]

wildflower silhoutte painting

[weird-dirt-creature]

Went for a walk by the creek to get out of the house!

Here we have Dutchman's Breeches, Spring Beauty, wood violet, wild blue phlox, bloodroot (not in bloom just yet, at least not this one) and a white trout lily, the first one I have personally ever found! It was beautiful and much needed.

[nohiketoosmall]

Photo 1: White prairie clover (foreground), butterflyweed aka milkweed (middle, orange), black eyed susans (middle, yellow), red clover (nonnative, middle, purple), and bergamot aka beebalm aka menarda (back, purple)

Photo 2: close up of swamp milkweed (purple flowers)

Photo 3: white bergamot… i think this is the same species as the typically purple wild bergamot but has a mutation turning it white. Apparently there is a species of white bergamot but ive never seen it around here. Also grey coneflower (yellow flower) and purple coneflower behind it.

Photo 4: close up of butterfly milkweed (orange), wild bergamot (purple) and mountain mint (white)

Photo 5: close up of tall cinquefoil (white flower with yellow center)

Photo 6: close up of Whorled milkweed (cream colored flowers), with mountain mint in the background to show the difference in the shades of white.

[chase-prairie]

Spring Woodland Flowers of Illinois poster by Robert F. Eschenfeldt (1930-2005)

I'm slowly collecting these gorgeous posters from the 70s/80s that the Department of Natural Resources put out. I've had luck with nature centers digging in their back closets

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

August on Lake Michigan

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

We're not your momma's backyard white clover. Psst, kid, come be wild with us.

Leafy Prairie Clover (Dalea foliosa)

Illinois, Tennessee, and Alabama, USA

Status: Endangered

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Admittedly I don't draw plants in equal proportion to animals, but I guess I should throw one in now and then. 🙃

Most people might suggest to be concerned if the plants start talking to you but, I dunno, I feel like I could go for the "everything has a soul" kind of belief.

[shutterandsentence]

Avoid comparing yourself to others. We all grow in our own season.

Photo: Manhattan, Illinois

[volumes-and-vines]

….A woodland floor full of phlox……

[oliviarosaline]

Wood Wakerobin

Trillium viride

Endemic to east-central Missouri and south-west Illinois, this trillium species can be found growing in woods with rich soils and on rocky slopes. It blooms in mid to late spring and there are lookalike trilliums; however, T. viride has a characteristic unique only to it - tiny, yet visible stomata that look like white dots all over the top of its leaves.

April 17th, 2024

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[wandering-jana]

A little yellow caterpillar on what I believe is some sort of Agrimony. I didn't even realize there was a caterpillar on the flowers until I looked at the photos when I got home.

2023

Some of the other photos from that day:

[memoryradio]

Today’s walk in the woods

[i-used-to-be-a-spy]

Photos from this morning

[rabbitmilk]

8.24.23

first watercolor in like 3 years lol

[aciddandy420]

[shoutsthedustflake]

God I love the prairie.

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Summer in Illinois