Virginia Bluebells [filler #12]

Or “Mertensia virginica.” From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l200 » “Virginia bluebells is … an erect, clump-forming perennial which grows 1-2' tall and features loose, terminal clusters of pendulous, trumpet-shaped, blue flowers (to 1" long) which bloom in early spring. Flower buds are pink and flowers emerge with a pinkish cast before turning blue. Smooth, oval, bluish green leaves (to 4" long). Foliage dies to the ground by mid-summer as the plant goes dormant.”

This image at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Boraginaceae_Mertensia_virginica_110875.html

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

Photo taken at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center and Spiegel Grove, http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/ in Fremont, Ohio.

1 year ago (“Jamie”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-06-03
2 years ago (“11th hour”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-06-03
3 years ago (“Variegated Fritillary”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-06-03
4 years ago (“A green visitor”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-03
5 years ago (“Life … will find a way.”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-03

[ IMG_0764S9x12Utm :: f/5.6 :: 1/400" :: ISO-200 :: 60mm ]