Some Flowers of Middle Tennessee. 83 



YELLOW FLOWERS. 



Common Name Technical Name Kind of Soil 



Marsh Buttercup (Ranunculus septrion- 



ales) Meadows 



Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Woodland, fields 



Yellow Fumitory (Cordalis flavula) Open woodland 



Small-flowering Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) ..Lawns and meadows 



Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) Lawns and fields 



Nashville Yellow Mustard (Lesquerella lesquerii) ....Lawns. Abundant 



LouseVort (Pedicularis canadensis) ..Siliceous hilltops 



Smooth Oxalis (Oxalis stricta) Moist woodland 



Yellow Trefoil (Medicago lupuminus) ....Lawns and meadows 



RED FLOWERS. 



(Most pink flowers were grouped under white flowers) . 



Catchfly (Silene virginica) Siliceous soil 



Wild Columbine (Aquelegia canadensis) ..Bluffs and rocky ledges 



FLOWERS BLOOMING IN MAY. 



BLUE OR BLUISH FLOWERS. 



Wild Hyacinth (Camassia esculenta) Along streams 



Giant Waterleaf ( Hydrophyllum appen- 



diculatum ) Along streams 



Corn Cockle — (Agrostemma githago) ....Cultivated fields 



Blue-eyed Grass ( Sisyrinchium augustifo- 



lium) Damp spots in the lawn 



and pasture 



Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinum tricorne) Wooded hillsides 



Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis) Lawns and pastures 



Wild Comfrey (Cynoglossum virginia- 



num) Rich woodland 



Venus Looking Glass (Specularia perfoliata) ....Lawns. 



Larkspur .(Delphinum consolida) ....Waste places and rocky 



glades 



Ruellia (Ruellia ciliosa) Rocky glades 



Blue Bindweed (Solanum dulcemara) ....Waste ground 



Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia tomentosa) ..Rare. River bluffs 



Wild Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) ....Rich woodland 



WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS. 



White Evening Primrose.. (Oenothera speciosa) Waste places. Escaped 



Mouse-eared Chickweeds.. (Cerastium vulgatum, vis- 



cosum, nutans, and 

 longipedumculatum) ....Fields 



