Danielle Dreams in Wildflowers

This is a running list of native wildflowers I’ve seen and identified so far this year.

Sunday 1 June
Needle-pointed Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium mucronatum, Red Lake County MN

Friday 30 May
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, Polk County, MN

Wild Calla, Calla palustris, Maplewood State Park, MN. Photo by Danielle, May 2025.

American Vetch, Vicia americana, Maplewood State Park. MN. Photo by Danielle, May 2025.

Monday 26 May
American Vetch, Vicia americana, Maplewood State Park, MN
Wild Calla, Calla palustris, Maplewood State Park, MN
Yellow Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium parviflorum,
Maplewood State Park, MN

Sunday 25 May
Aniseroot, Osmorhiza longistylis, Minneapolis MN
Small Sundrops, Oenothera perennis, Minneapolis MN

Saturday 24 May
Cream Pea, Lathyrus ochroleucus, Lake Maria State Park MN
Golden Alexanders, Zizia aurea, Lake Maria State Park MN
Showy Orchis, Galearis spectabilis, Lake Maria State Park MN
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum, Lake Maria State Park MN

Bumblebee on Cream Pea, Lathyrus ochroleucus, Lake Maria State Park, MN. Photo by Danielle, May 2025.

Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, Itasca State Park, MN. Photo by Danielle, May 2025.

Sunday 18 May
Bluntleaf Sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora, Fertile MN
Common Blue Violet, Viola sororia, Fertile MN
Hoary Puccoon, Lithospermum canescens, Fertile MN
Red Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis, Fertile MN

Saturday 10 May
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, Itasca State Park
Bluebead*, Clintonia borealis, Itasca State Park
Canada Anemone, Anemonastrum canadense, Itasca State Park
Cinnamon* Fiddlehead Ferns, Itasca State Park
Large-flowered Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum, Itasca State Park
Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris, Itasca State Park
Round-lobed and Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Hepatica americana and Hepatica acutiloba,  Itasca State Park
Smooth Yellow Violet or Downy Yellow Violet, Viola eriocarpa or Viola pubescens Itasca State Park

Monday 5 May
Common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, our backyard, Polk County MN
Western Canada White Violet, Viola rugulosa, our backyard, Polk County MN *Tentative identification