Pasque flower

Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) blooming before Easter, April 13, 2011.  This year Easter comes very late, April 24, just one day before the latest possible date.

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Bethlehem Sage

This is Bethlehem Sage (Pulmonaria saccharata). Picture taken April 13, 2011.

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Bellwort

The False Solomon's Seal sign is in the wrong place. This is a patch of bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora), a spring wildflower that can be found in our Indiana woodlands. This patch is under the hawthorn tree in Purdue Horticulture Gardens. Picture taken April 11, 2011.

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Mayapple

The Purdue Horticulture gardens has some mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) popping up out of the ground. Mayapple is a familiar native plant of our Indiana woodlands. Oddly enough, mayapple is in the barberry family. Picture taken April 8, 2011.

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Winter aconite

Winter aconite (Eranthis) is coming up at Hort Gardens. This picture taken March 12, 2011.

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Winter aconite is in Purdue's Hort Park too. Here is last year's post:

Crocus

These Croci are poking out of the ground. This is near the tulip tree at Hort Gardens. Picture taken March 12, 2011.

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Galanthus in February

The snowdrops (Galanthus sp.) are starting to come up, this picture was taken yesterday, February 23, 2011, at Purdue Horticulture Gardens.

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Galanthus and some other plants in the family Amaryllidaceae contain the poisonous alkaloid galanthamine, which has some theraputic uses.

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