Packera glabella

Packera glabella, here an unintended plant at Hort Gardens.  Some people call this butterweed and some call it cressleaf groundsel.  It's very common in cornfields.  This picture was taken May 3, 2011.

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Camassia leichtlinii caerulea

Now flowering at Purdue Horticulture Gardens is this Camassia.  It's a Camassia leichtlinii 'Caerulea', also called Leichtlin Quamash.  Our native Camassia is Camassia scilloides.  It will be flowering very soon.  Look for Camassia scilloides in some of our local natural areas.  This picture was taken May 2, 2011.

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Twinleaf

Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla).  This is a wildflower native to Indiana but not too common.  You can see it here at Purdue Horticulture Gardens, it's planted under the hawthorn tree.  Picture taken April 17, 2011.

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Dead nettle

Spotted dead nettle (Lamium maculatum 'Pink Chablis').  Under the hawthorn tree.

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Dead nettle (Lamium purpureum).  An unintended plant at Hort Gardens, this is the common dead nettle of fields and waste places.  Along Marstellar Street. 

Pictures taken April 17, 2011.

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Armenian grape hyacinth

Armenian grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum).  Picture taken April 15, 2011.


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The juneberry tree is flowering

The juneberry tree (Amelanchier sp.) at Hort Gardens is now in flower.  Each flower turns into a delicious berry by June. Juneberry trees are planted all over town.   Look for these trees now while they stand out and remember where they are and come back to them in June.

The tree in the foreground is the downy hawthorn tree (Crataegus mollis), it flowers a liitle later in the spring.

This picture was taken April 15, 2011.


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Basket of Gold

Basket-of-gold (Aurinia saxatilis), just beginning to flower.  Picture taken April 15, 2011.

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