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Flowers of the Nepheline Syenite Glades

The beauty of a globally rare habitat.

Meadow garlic (Allium canadense) Photo: Eric Hunt
Texas Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia reticulata) Photo: Eric Hunt
Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Photo: Eric Hunt
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) Photo: Eric Hunt
Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) Photo: Eric Hunt
Littlehip Hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata) Photo: Eric Hunt
False Spotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum pseudomaculatum) Photo: Eric Hunt
Pale Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) Photo: Eric Hunt
Bigroot Prickly Pear (Opuntia macrorhiza) Photo: Eric Hunt
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Photo: Eric Hunt
Widow's Cross (Sedum pulchellum) Photo: Eric Hunt
Golden Selenia (Selenia aurea) Photo: Eric Hunt
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) Photo: Eric Hunt
Clasping Venus' Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata) Photo: Eric Hunt
Carolina Larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) Photo: Eric Hunt
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) Photo: Eric Hunt
Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis) Photo: Eric Hunt
Scaly Blazingstar (Liatris hirsuta) Photo: Eric Hunt
Pitcher's Stitchwort (Minuartia patula) Photo: Eric Hunt
Smooth Phacelia (Phacelia glabra) Photo: Eric Hunt
Tall Green Milkweed (Asclepias hirtella) Photo: Eric Hunt
Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) Photo: Eric Hunt

Flowers of the Nepheline Syenite Glades

The beauty of a globally rare habitat.

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