Photo by Barry Wallace
My American friend and former King City resident ZZ, has identified what I had thought was a wildflower, growing on the edge of King's 7th Concession, as a...
Tulip Dasystemon Tarda
This turns out to be a delightful, early-flowering, miniature tulip that welcomes spring with white-tipped yellow petals and can remain in-ground all year. It is not really a wildflower but is more of a cultivated flowering bulb. It is only 6" high but is an instant charmer. How this pretty little tulip came to be growing on the shoulder of a gravel road is a bit of a mystery. Many thanks for the identification ZZ.
Please comment if you wish.
Barry Wallace
my pleasure, it was with the help of google.
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