Larkspur Plant Resources

  Sambucus canadensis or Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis Common elderberry growing on the edge of a cattail marsh. The largest inflorescenc...

This plant of semi shade smells like its name. Illinois carrion flower in bloom in late May. The flowers smell, faintly, of rotting meat.  I...

Anemone quinquefolia  L. Wood anemone flowering in mid-May 2018.  Wood anemone is a low-growing spring ephemeral also called nightcaps, a na...

In early spring, the understory of this deciduous woodland is bright with the flowers of false rue anemone ( Enemion biternatum ) and other ...

There's something deeply satisfying about growing plants from seeds. More than cuttings or divisions, seeds hold the promise, or at leas...

Winged burning bush in a wooded understory. Its bright red fall color makes it easy to identify.  Winged burning bush, Euonymus alatus , is...

The whitish, stalked, bud-like structures at the base of this common blue violet ( Viola sororia ) are flowers, and at about half an inch lo...