Thursday, July 2, 2009

Mystery wildflower from today's hike in Avalon Preserve



Less than one foot high, no leaf, dark stem, white flower as a clump of little bells, looks almost like clover but isn't.
Possibilities: Bristly sarsaparilla, White clintonia (speckled wood lily), Wild leek, Whorled milkweed.
Hmmmmm.

3 comments:

Biddie said...

Good Morning! I vote for the Wild Leek - it seems to be the best match to the pictures in my wildflower field guide.

Biddie said...

P.S. All the descriptions of its appearance, location and apparent soil type seem to match also.

Priscilla said...

I'm guessing wild leek, too. The 3 specimens we saw were in undisturbed woods in a clump of garlic mustard.