Family: Bellwort
Season: spring
(18-May-97; Hammond Hill FLT; a "patch")
(Jul-98; wild oats seed)
(25-Apr-98; Shindagin Hollow; click to enlarge)
(25-Apr-98; Shindagin Hollow;)
Wild Oats
Sessile Bellwort
A common spring wildflower found in forests. Small creamy-yellow, nodding, blooms that look like oats (well, from a distance). Leaves are not "pierced" by the stem as common with other bellworts. Seed pods are triangluar. Like other bellworts, tend to grow in dense patches.