Winter aconite

Happy Mother's Day! [Yeah, I'm *that* far behind in posting! Perpetually about 2 weeks, it seems.]
Today we went to Mass with Mom, then cooked dinner. In the afternoon we visited the cemetery where Dad and many other family members are buried and then walked at Spiegel Grove, home of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. There is almost always something botanical to photograph here.

In the case of Winter aconite, I was surprised to knock loose all the little fruits when I bumped a stem! I chose another stem and was more careful with this one!

From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=263882 » “Eranthus hyemalis, commonly called winter aconite, is native to Europe (France to Bulgaria). It is a late winter bloomer (before crocus) that features cup-shaped, upward-facing, bright yellow, butter-cup like flowers on stalks to 3-4” tall. Each flower is subtended by a collar of leaf-like bracts. A true harbinger of spring, these rugged plants often send their shoots up through snow. Lobed, basal, green leaves emerge after the flowers.

“Bloom Time: March to April
Bloom Description: Yellow
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Naturalize
Tolerate: Deer, Black Walnut”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Eranthis_hyemalis&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“Done in front!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-05-08
2 years ago (“A 1-frame day”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-05-08
3 years ago (“Whassup?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-08
4 years ago (“Interior design”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-08
5 years ago (“‘Single’ peony”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-08

[ IMG_0768S12x9tm :: f/5.6 :: 1/320" :: ISO-200 :: 60mm ]

[GaryW]

Very cool shot! Pretty plan.