orange day lily

This is a delta flower, Hemerocallis fulva in the liliaceae family:

This is not a native plant, it invades, but it is quite beautiful.  I spied this on the side of the road between Indianola and Shaw, Mississippi on a very pleasant afternoon in June of 2008.  As an invasive plant, H. fulva falls under the category of weed.  Given the number of native flowering plants that are callously dismissed as weeds, I feel a certain satisfaction in labeling what many would insist is a flower what it truly is: a weed.  Next time you feel the urge to complain about common flowering plants remember that they may be native, thus unworthy of the term weed.  Instead, say, "the flowers I don't like" unless you are certain they're alien.

And the next time you see a day lily in someones garden, be sure to compliment them on their selection of weeds.

grape hyacinth

Here is the flower Muscari botryoides in the family liliaceae:

The flowers are in a raceme arrangement.  This plant was introduced from yonder and is classified as a weed, though it is a rather attractive.  I have seen examples of M. botryoides throughout Mississippi.  This example was taken in my front yard in Jackson, Mississippi on April 3 of 2010.  As a sample, it is less than prime, though I was unsatisfied with the other examples I have, I may replace this picture.

broadleaf wild leek

this is allium ampeloprasum of the family liliaceae:

whose flower is arranged as a simple umbel. this particular example was captured at Chapel Hill in south Hinds county on May 20th 2007. there was a faint smell of garlic/onion in the air, as i moved about the smell intensified and was most pleasing. the plant is suffuse with the aroma and the slightest bruise will bring the luscious odor forth.

pyrenees star of bethlehem

here is ornithogalum umbellatum of the family liliaceae:

this flower was found on the side of the road in Jackson. the picture was taken in March of '07. this flower looks a lot like false garlic, though only from a distance. this is another flower which presents as a raceme arrangement.

trillium

here is a plant of the genre trillium and the family liliaceae:


it seems that there are significant variations in the phenotypes among the species of trillium, and it seems unclear to which this particular plant belongs. however, the closest seems to be t. cuneatum. according to Timme t. cuneatum is indeed the dominate species in this area of Mississippi.

this particular specimen was found at Mule Jail. i have observed very similar plants at Chapel Hill, a parcel of land about 30 minutes south west of Jackson at the bottom of Hinds County, here in Mississippi.

false garlic (crow poison)

nothoscordum bivalve of the liliaceae family.


this was taken outside the JSU stadium across from UMMC in Jackson Mississippi. apparently, it is rare in Indiana and threatened in Ohio.

red spider lily

here be lycoris radiata, of the family liliaceae.



a bulb plant that flowers in late summer for a short time and can be seen all over the Jackson area right now. this was taken at mule jail. this is the same patch of lycoris radiata about a week or so later.