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~ Uncommon Flowering Plants ~
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(See also the Seeps & Rock Outcrops page for some other uncommon KMNBP plants...)

~ Standing Cypress   (Ipomopsis rubra) ~
This uncommon plant has populations in only nine or ten Georgia counties.
It has brilliant red flowers in early summer.


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I first located this plant in February on Big Kennesaw.


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Shown here in May, two of four stalks had been chewed off.
By July, all four stalks were chewed off this plant.



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In July, we discovered another (single) plant that was in full bloom.


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Standing Cypress flower - close up




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Yellow Fumewort   (Corydalis flavula)
This plant is very rare in Georgia, and the tiny flowers are a challenge to photograph.


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