Captured Richmond Prairie
May 26, 2021
One of my favorite plants. I did some work on this species for my Master's Thesis. The flowers in the Richmond population are white. In other populations, the flowers are pale blue. I love the arrangement of the flowers on the stem, shape of the buds, the papery texture to the petals, the small dots.
Captured at Richmond Prairie
May 26, 2021
The first poppy-mallows I knew were the vivid hot-pink of Bush's and Fringed Poppy Mallows of the Ozarks. Only in the past couple of years did I learn about the beautiful pale pink Callirhoe alcaeoides- aptly named the Pale Poppy-Mallow. The flowers range in color from light pink to almost white.
Caught on at Richmond Prairie on May 26, 2021.
I wasn't familiar with Wild Alfalfa until I started helping my good friend monitor Prairie Turnip Populations at Richmond Prairie. In the same genus as the Prairie Turnip, wild Alfalfa has a lot of similarities, especially the small, non-flowering plants.
