#illinois wildflowers

[revivify-inn]

wildflower silhoutte painting

[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-solidago]

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

[memoryradio]

Today’s walk in the woods

[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:

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

Photos from this morning

[nogendermoretrees]

Last week, I took a friend of mine on their first backpacking trip. We drove to the Panther Den Wilderness Area in southern Illinois, hiked a short portion of the River to River Trail, and found a campsite so perfect that we scrapped our plans and made base camp there. The weather was unseasonably warm, and the forecasted rain didn't fall until the last mile of our hike back to the car, so we got the satisfaction of having proven ourselves by hiking in the rain, without having to be in it for very long or deal with wet gear.

When we hiked in on Wednesday, there was some green on the ground, but the only thing blooming was spring beauties, the earliest woodland wildflower. By the time we hiked out on Saturday, the forest floor was covered with blossoms!

The whole trip went spectacularly well, and I'm so happy that my friend had a good experience backpacking. I really enjoyed taking on a mentor role and answering all their questions, especially the "why"s.

Image descriptions and details in the alts.

[rabbitmilk]

8.24.23

first watercolor in like 3 years lol

[aciddandy420]

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Summer in Illinois

[shoutsthedustflake]

God I love the prairie.