1/4/2024 0 Comments Joyspring garlicLarge-Flowered Bellwort: Some beauties of the forest appear to be shy or maybe just thirsty, like this large-flowered bellwort! Actually, this perfectly healthy plant is just showing us its normal, droopy pose. It is presumed that the raggedy appearance of the ragwort flowers that have gone to seed is how this plant got its name. Golden Ragwort: What’s in a name? Common names of plants are often very descriptive of their appearance or of a use people in the past had for them. Plants with colorful and/or scented flowers are advertising the availability of nectar to animals, mainly insects, that they need to pollinate their flowers. Wild Geranium: Notice the small, native, solitary bee (different from the European honeybee) gathering nectar from this wild geranium. Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds relish its nectar. We hope you will find joy viewing some of our common wildflowers at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, but be sure to leave them for others to enjoy!īlue Phlox: As nature awakens from its winter slumber, we welcome signs of spring like the sudden but fleeting explosion of blue phlox, also known as wild sweet William, and countless other native wildflowers blooming throughout Hobbs State Park. ![]() But there’s more to wildflowers than just “a pretty face.”Īrkansas State Parks help preserve wildflowers which are not only beautiful for visitors to view and photograph but are essential to a healthy ecosystem and you can help protect them. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “the Earth laughs in flowers,” and we could all use a good laugh, now more than ever.
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