Napaea dioica (glade mallow) [Malvaceae, Mallow Family]
Illinois is the center of the geographic range for glade mallow. The natural habitat for this species is not know for sure, perhaps savannas that occured floodplains.
The palmately lobed leave can be quite large, over a foot in diameter.
There are separate male and female flowers, and these occur on different plants (the flowers are imperfect and the plants dioecious).
- habitat; a large population west of town of Leaf River, Ogle County, Illinois
- habitat;, same locality, between railroad tracks and Route 72
- habitat; along Rock River, Byron Forest Preserve, Ogle County, Illinois
- habit of plant in flower; along Sugar River, Winnebago County, Illinois
- habit showing leaves, same locality
- large, palmately lobed leaves; east of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
- leaf stripped by insects; Silver Springs State Park, Kendall County, Illinois
- male flowers, west of Leaf RIver
- female flowers; Long Run Seep Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois
- macro of whole flowers; cultivated in my yard, Champaign, Illinois
- flowers in longitudinal section
- habit of plant in fruit; south of Morris, west of Route 74 along Pine Bluff Road, Grundy County, Illinois
- macro of fruits; same locality
- developing fruit in cross section, the white structures are the developing seeds
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Nothoscordum bivalve (false garlic, false garlic, crow poison) [Lilaceae, Lily Family]
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