Capnoides sempervirens Provenance:eco59: original collection site: Cohasset MA and hummingbirds

and hummingbirds

pea-like flowers

Considered an important pollinator plant

and muskrats are drawn to it as a food source

Everything about this exquisite wildflower is delicately beautiful

Capnoides sempervirens Provenance:eco59: original collection site: Cohasset MA and hummingbirdsEverything about this exquisite wildflower is delicately beautiful, from its feathery leaves to its tubular, pink, yellow tipped drooping blooms. It thrives on rocky ledges and poor soil, especially in disturbed areas. Flowers attract bumblebees and butterflies. After flowering, seed pods form and burst when ripe; ants often distribute the seeds to new areas