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geopsych · 2 years

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4 years ago at the small pond.

#pennsylvania #landscape #small pond #august #cardinal flower #joe pye weed #native wildflowers

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vandaliatraveler · 8 months

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A selection of late summer wildflowers growing in the riparian zone along the Monongahela River at the Friendship Hill National Historic Site.

From top: Paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus), also known as pale-leaved sunflower, distinguished by long leaf petioles and a pale leaf underside; common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), a water-loving aster whose dried leaves were once used to make snuff; cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), whose scarlet, five-lobed flowers draw hummingbirds as pollinators; the closely-related great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), which early settlers once used as a treatment for syphilis (wishful thinking); and blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum), or wild ageratum, a native aster that has become popular as a garden plant.

As a note, about a dozen sunflowers call NC-WV - SW PA home and they readily hybridize, often complicating identification. Pale-leaved sunflower has a tall, branching structure up to 7 feet in height and dense clusters of large flowers. In addition to long petioles and a pale leaf underside, this sunflower has a smooth stem with a whitish bloom to it. It's a very beautiful mid-to-late summer aster and one of my favorite wildflowers of Central Appalachia.

#appalachia #vandalia #wildflowers #flora #summer #pennsylvania #monongahela river #friendship hill national historic site #pale-leaved sunflower #paleleaf woodland sunflower #paleleaf sunflower #common sneezeweed #cardinal flower #great blue lobelia #blue mistflower #mistflower #wild argeratum #riparian

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julesofnature · 2 years

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"What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!"

~Roland R Kemler

#by J Marion Brown #macrophotography #wisconsin #native plants #quoteoftheday #cardinal flower #hummingbird

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nncastle · 9 months

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Cardinal flower.

#lobelia #cardinal flower

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plantsifound · 8 months

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Cardinal flower

Location: Paper Mill Park, Hampden, Maine

Late August

Notes: This native plant grows in moist areas- these were right at the water's edge. Many indigenous medical uses in the form of smoking, topicals and infusions. Toxic when eaten in large quantities.

#plants #cardinal flower #wetlands #plant identification

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travelella · 24 days

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird next to a wild cardinal flower - Riverwood Farms Lake, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Archilochus colubris

Mass: 0.11 oz (Adult)

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

Life expectancy: 3 - 5 years

Clade: Strisores

Class: Aves

Domain: Eukaryota

The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed.

#Riverwood Farms Lake #Memphis #Tennessee #USA #US #United States #United States of America #North America #Birds #Bird #Wildlife #TNWildlife #Wild Cardinal #Cardinal Flower #Hummingbird #Archilochus colubris #Strisores #Aves #Eukaryota

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reddirttown · 4 months

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Language of Flowers: Cardinal Flower

There is a flower for every day of the year in the language of flowers. The flower for today, December 20, is Cardinal Flower, which signifies distinction. Image above from Wikipedia. Named for the vivid red color of a Roman Catholic cardinal’s robe, Lobelia cardinalis produces intense red blossoms. Cardinal Flower is an American wildflower native to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri,…

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#birthday #Cardinal Flower #December #gardening #herbalism #Language of flowers #Lobelia cardinalis #Penobscot #Roman Catholic #schumaakwe cakes #wildflower #Zuni

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speakingofnature · 2 years

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Cardinal Flower

The striking Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) grows in wet areas along the shoreline. It is a favorite source of nectar for hummingbirds which are attracted by the bright red color.

#Cardinal Flower #nature

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faguscarolinensis · 7 months

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Lobelia cardinalis / Cardinal Flower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

#Lobelia cardinalis #Lobelia #Cardinal flower #Campanulaceae #Native plants #Native flowers #Flowers #Nature photography #photographers on tumblr #Sarah P. Duke Gardens #Duke Gardens #Duke University #Durham #Durham NC

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wingedjewels · 8 months

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Conserving Energy and Sipping Nectar!!! by Debbie Meader Via Flickr: A female Rufous Hummingbird is balancing on a leaf and sipping nectar! She is using her wings to balance as she is enjoying the nectar from our Cardinal Flowers.

#Birds and Blooms #Flickr Nature #Flowers #Garden #Hummingbirds #Mother Nature #Mother Nature's Beauty #Nikkor #Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 Prime Lens #Nikon #Nikon 500mm f/5.6 Prime Lens #NikonZ9 #Red #Cardinal Flower #flickr

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thebotanicalarcade · 10 months

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n83_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Aristocratic seeds.. Pittsburgh, Pa. :Beckert Seed & Bulb Co.,[19uu]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43484549

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geopsych · 8 months

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It was good to see the cardinal flowers blooming out there. Along with the orange jewelweed, which often grows right with it, it provides hummingbirds with the burst of energy they need to start their long trip to the Yucatán.

#flowers #pennsylvania #wildflowers #cardinal flower #lobelia #lobelia cardinalis #september

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vandaliatraveler · 2 years

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Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), one of the finest hummingbird magnets going.

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #summer #flora #wildflowers #lobelia cardinalis #cardinal flower #west virginia botanic garden #tibbs run preserve

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inthecityofgoodabode · 2 years

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September 2022: Our 17th Wedding Anniversary

It was our 17th wedding anniversary. The day started great. I walked in the backyard garden with my coffee & the construction crew working on the roof of a house a block over had a Spanish love song playing. It ended & one of those jaunty, polka beat numbers with horns came on:

I believe this is one of the yellow field peas that I planted from our bird seed:

Ha! Apparently, some of the “yellow field peas” that I planted were actually soybeans:

This young butterfly bush is heavily shaded by our joe pye weed but it still managed to blossom:

My queen had harvested some Plot 420 sweet basil & put it in water to keep it fresh until we could use it. Well, it decided to make roots:

Seen while walking. Another alien abduction but it looks like the aliens plan on returning their captive because they let them put their sock in the shoe:

Found while walking - a complete role-playing game. Seriously, everything else you need to play is in your head:

Pumpkin on a stick. This came in a flower arrangement that I got for my queen. We had to look it up. It is actually an eggplant & it is edible. We are thinking about trying to save some of the seeds: