by CONPS SD | Jul 13, 2022 | Wildflower Wednesdays
It’s a native wildflower! It’s a magazine! It’s a logo! It’s Aquilegia coerulea! This glamorous native plant is in bloom right now, perfect timing for our announcement that back issues our Society’s magazine of the same name can be can...
by CONPS SD | May 25, 2022 | Wildflower Wednesdays
Of all the common names for Clematis hirsutissima, Sugar Bowls is surely the best. The other common names include Hairy Clematis (ugh), Vase Flower, Leatherflower, and Lion’s Beard. No contest in my mind! Although they are defined as being ‘common’...
by CONPS SD | May 11, 2022 | Wildflower Wednesdays
The urn-shaped blossoms of Bearberry. Worth getting down on your knees for! Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, commonly known as Bearberry is blooming now. You have to be on the lookout for these little treasures, because they’re not only tiny but often partially hidden...
by CONPS SD | Apr 27, 2022 | Wildflower Wednesdays
Nothocalais cuspidata, native to Colorado and appearing at the right time for our native pollinators. That’s right! This is a native dandelion, not a European import. Nothocalais cuspidata has many common names associated with it: Wavyeaf dandelion, Sharp...
by CONPS SD | Mar 16, 2022 | Wildflower Wednesdays
There are records of Hooker’s Easter Daisy in bloom as early as January! But mostly you will see them bloom between March and May, often close to Easter, which is of course how one of their common names came about. There are eleven species of Townsendia listed...
by CONPS SD | Mar 11, 2022 | Wildflower Wednesdays
#WildflowerWednesdayExecutive Director Maggie Gladdis says: Early Purple Milkvetch (Astragalus shortianus) are some of the first flowers to emerge. Although I am eager to see some flowers, I am loving this spring snow! We need it! So stay sleeping Astragalus and we...
