Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed

Botanical Family Apocynaceae

Bloom Time June-August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 0-1

Aperture Type Inaperturate

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Resources

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time April to May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Actaea racemosa – Black Cohosh

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time June – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 0-1

Aperture Type Inaperturate

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Resources

Flower photos were contributed by Mount Cuba

Actaea pachypoda – White Baneberry

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Resources

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Aconitum uncinatum–Southern Blue Monkshood

 

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time July–November

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size

Shape Triangular