Enemion biternatum – False Rue Anemone

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time March – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Helleborus niger – Black Hellebore

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time February – March

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellowish Tan

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source • • 

Nectar Source • • 

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

Caltha palustris–Marsh Marigold

 

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 Round 

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

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

Clematis texensis – Scarlet Clematis

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time March – July

Pollen Characteristics 

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba