Walked along a 5 mile trail through a wildlife management area this morning. These are some of the wildflowers I saw.

Rattle Box - Sesbania drummondii


Saltmarsh morning-glory - Ipomoea sagittata


I think this may be a white variety of I. sagittata


Tievine - Ipomoea cordatotriloba


Swamp Smartweed - Polygonum hydropiperoides



Anglestem primrose-willow - Ludwigia leptocarpa


Pokeweed - Phytolacca americana


Purple passionflower - Passiflora incarnata


American lotus - Nelumbo lutea


Spatterdock - Nuphar avena


Fragrant water lily - Nymphaea odorata

Looks like you had a very good day. Thanks for sharing. Wish I could take that same walk in person.

Did you walk the entire 5 miles?
Nice flowers... I grow a couple of rattleboxes in my garden...

Are you legally permitted to collect seeds? Most national forests and arboretums... don't permit...

Looks like a very nice walk indeed!

Yes, I walked the entire 5 miles. Collecting in this area would be illegal.

Yes... but, are you a collector?
I've perused yer site... but can't tell if ne of your pics were taken in a garden setting.

I just had a look as well to see Horntoad/Jay's collection of plants and can see photos of flowers near a wall, porch, pool and pond and think all are lovely garden settings.
Hope you were not suggesting that anyone would collect plants from a protected location along the 5 mile hike.

Almost all of the plant photos on my website were taken in the wild. I do collect, but not from from private property are protected areas.

Almost all of the plant photos on my website were taken in the wild. I try go out every couple of weeks are so to take pictures. I do collect, but not from from private property are protected areas.

Native Fringe Lily growing in my garden. Thysanotus tuberosus. About 1"across.

Gleni, that is really gorgeous, are they common in your part of the world?

Josephine, yes they are common here in the sandy wallum islands. It is one of my favourite native flowers.They are quite an aesthetically coloured and structured flower that draw the eye despite size. The native plant people say it is a good container plant and I was surprised to find I had several growing in an old wheel barrow.

frostweed said:Gleni, that is really gorgeous, are they common in your part of the world?

I agree with Josephine. It is beautiful and interesting.

Also from today. This must be the last bloom for the season for this terrestrial ground orchid. I was surprised to see this flower on an uncleared allotment. Dragon Orchid Cryptostylis subulata. Alias Large-tongued Orchid, Cow Orchid, Moose Orchid.

Very cool flower. I googled some more pictures of it and I can see where it gets its name.

Glen, those are such beautiful flowers and both of them live up to their names.

And Glen, please send more pictures when you can. It's winter here so not much growing right now.

I agree. Can't get enough of those wildflower photos. Here the only color out there now are a few blooms on the 'Alabama Crimson' honeysuckle.

That Dragon Orchid is very neat as well, it looks like orchids are plentiful in you area.
I wish that was the case here, but we have very few and they are not common, however we are blessed with many beautiful wildflowers.

Thanks Josephine. I will try. I tend to be a bit of a dummy in finding them though.


Slender Rice Flower (Pimelea linifolia subs linifolia)