Tuesday, August 20, 2024

bluebell

 asparagus family

 Hyacinthoides  nonscripta        Hyacimthoides  hispanica






How to tell?

English, Irish bells smell

are elongated

opening from the bottom 

ensuring pollination

though clever bees drill holes

in closed blossom bottom to steal nectar



 harebells

Native Scottish  -  Campanula rotifundolia








Virginia bluebells (eastern bluebells, Virginia cowslip, and lungwort oysterleaf)

borage family

found in moist woodlands and river flood plains in eastern North America from New York to Minnesota up into Canada (Ontario and Quebec)

Mertensia virginica


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 






Royal bluebell

Flower of Australia capitol Territory

Wallenbergia gloriosa (Campanulaceae)


 

 

 

 

 

 

Wildflower, common

Wallenbergia stricta