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Buttercup Family April 14, 2005 These flowers are unusual in that they are a very dark blue, not a common color for a springtime woodland flower. I took this picture on the Wildflower Greenways Trail in Oak Ridge in mid-April. All Larkspurs are poisonous to animals and humans, they contain the toxins alkaloids delphinine and ajacine. Perennial Where seen:Oak Ridge Greenways, Haw Ridge Greenway, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Warrior's Path SP, Ijams Nature Center
These are the pollen-producing flowers at the base of the spadix. The flower dies after producing the pollen (males are expendible in the floral world!), no berries for this guy. The insect on the left of the flower is a flower fly, not a bee.
