Wildflower Resources
Publications & Resources
Ohio Spring Wildflower Field Guide
Ohio Spring Wildflower Checklist (8.5x14") (8.5x11")
Now Blooming in Ohio
Bloodroot
(Sanguinaria Canadensis)
Large showy flower with numerous white petals; ephemeral, petals often falling within a day. Single leaf enwraps stem at flowering time, eventually expands into a large rounded leaf with lobed margins and deep basal sinus.
Virginia Bluebells
(Mertensia Virginica)
Perennial to 2 1/2 feet, often forming sizeable colonies. After blooming, plants quickly wither away. Large entire ovate leaves reduced in size upwards, showy cymes of bright blue flowers, these pink when young.
