SPRING WILDFLOWERS Early March - Early May (46 species)
Lily Family (Liliaceae) Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae) ____ Wild Garlic (Allium canadense) ____ Early Spurge (Euphorbia commutata) ____ Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) ____ Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum)* Staff-tree Family (Celastraceae) ____ Grape Hyacinth (Musari botryoides)* ____ Climbing Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) ____ False Garlic (Nothoscordum bivalve) ____ Star-of-Bethleham Violet Family (Violaceae) (Ornithogalum umbellatum)* ____ Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata) ____ Toad Trillium (Trillium sessile) ____ Common Blue Violet (V. papilionacea)
Amaryllis Family (Amaryllidaceae) Parsley Family (Apiaceae) ____ Daffodil (Narcissus pseudo-narcissus)* ____ Harbinger-of-Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)
Iris Family (Iridaceae) Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae) ____ Stout Blue-Eyed Grass ____ Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) (Sissyrinchium angustifolium) Borage Family (Boraginaceae) Knotweed Family (Polygonaceae) ____ Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) ____ Pennsylvania Smartweed ____ Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica) (Polygonum pensylvanicum) Mint Family (Lamiaceae) Purslane Family (Portulacaceae) ____ Ground Ivy (Glechoma hedercea)* ____ Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) ____ Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule)* ____ Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae) ____ Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) ____ Rue Anenome (Anemonella thalictroides) ____ Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium tricone) Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae) ____ False Rue Anemone (Isopyrum biternatum) ____ Wood Betony Pedicularis canadensis ____ Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)* ____ Hairy Buttercup (R. hispidus) Madder Family (Rubiaceae) ____ Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum) ____ Bedstraw (Galium aparine)
Barberry Family (Berberidaceae) Composite Family (Asteraceae) ____ May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum) ____ Common Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) ____ Butterweed (Senecio glabellus) Poppy Family (Papaveraceae) ____ Balsam Ragwort (S. pauperculus) ____ Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) ____ Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)* ____ Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) * Non-native, invasive species. Fumitory Family (Fumariceae) ____ Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis flavula) Compiled with Permission from the ____ Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) Kentucky State Nature preserves Commission. ____ Dutchman’s-Breeches (D. cucullaria)
Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) ____ Cut-leaved Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)
Orpine Family (Crassulaceae) ____ Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
Rose Family (Rosaceae) ____ Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) ____ Dwarf Cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis)
Wood-sorrel Family (Oxalidaceae) ____ Large Wood-sorrel (Oxalis grandis)