In Bloom - Wildflower Meadow in Nichols Park

Prairie Trillium - Trillium recurvatum - Lily family (Liliaceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/pr_trillium.htm In the center of the photo is a bird building a nest on the stalks of Purple Meadow Rue Meadow Anemone - Anemone canadensis - Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/mdw_anemone.html Foxglove Penstemon - Penstemon digitalis - Snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/fx_penstemonx.htm Prairie Alumroot - Heuchera richardsonii affinis - Saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae) http://w.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/pr_alumrootx.htm Greater Celandine - Chelidonium majus - Poppy family (Papaveraceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/celandine.htm Purple Meadow Rue - Thalictrum dasycarpum - Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/pp_mdrue.html Yarr...

Shooting Star - Dodecatheon meadia - Primulaceae (Primrose family) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/shootingstarx.htm Jacob's Ladder - Polemonium reptans  https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/jacob_ladder.htm Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum - Geranium family (Geraniaceae)  https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/wild_geranium.htm Wild Columbine - Aquilegia canadensis - Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)   https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/wild_columbine.htm Prairie Hyacinth - Camassia angusta - Lily family (Liliaceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/pr_hyacinth.htm Mayapple - Podophyllum peltatum - Barberry family (Berberidaceae) https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/mayapple.htm Spring Beauty - Claytonia virginica - Purslane family (Portulacaceae)  https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/spring_beauty.htm Photos Via Dan Brown