Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time June – November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed

Botanical Family: Asteraceae

Bloom Time May – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colporate

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 20

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red-Yellow

Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed

Botanical Family: Asteraceae

Bloom Time June – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colporate

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 20

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red, Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Callicarpa dichotoma – Purple Beautyberry

 

Botanical Family: Lamiaceae

Bloom Time June – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Psilate/granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 37

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source • • • •

Iris hexagona–Louisiana Iris

Botanical Family: Iridaceae

Bloom Time May – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number Inaperaturate

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Psilate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 41 um

Shape Oval

Itea virginica – Virginia Sweetspire

Botanical Family: Iteaceae

Bloom Time May – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number Inaperaturate

Aperture Type N/A

Ornamentation Psilate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 21

Shape Irregularly shaped

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

 

Penstemon digitalis – Beard Tongue

Botanical Family:  Plantaginaceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Psilate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 27 um

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Koelreuteria paniculata – Goldenrain Tree

Botanical Family Sapindaceae

Bloom Time June – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 25

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

 

Trifolium repens – White Clover

Botanical Family Fabaceae

Bloom Time May – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 29

Shape Round

Color Green

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • • •

Tilia spp.–Linden Tree

Botanical Family Malvaceae

Bloom Time June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 31 um

Shape Round