Dicentra eximia – Wild Bleeding Heart

Botanical Family Papaveraceae

Bloom Time May – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Dicentra cucullaria – Dutchman’s Breeches

Botanical Family Papaveraceae

Bloom Time March – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Clypeate

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Oval

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Delphinium tricorne–Dwarf Larkspur

 

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time March – July

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size

Shape Oval

Delphinium alabamicum–Alabama Larkspur

 

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time  April – June

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size

Shape Oval

Corydalis sempervirens – Rock Harlequin

 

Botanical Family Papaveraceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Collinsonia canadensis–Canada Horsebalm

 

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time March-June

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 6+

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Semitectate

Size 

Shape Oval

Cleome hassleriana – Spider Flower

Botanical Family Cleomaceae

Bloom Time May – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Oval 

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

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