Spring brings white colic-roots and the bog fly-poison festival on the savannah

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Title:
Spring brings white colic-roots and the bog fly-poison festival on the savannah
Description:
Spring brings white colic-roots and the bog fly-poison festival on the savannah. From Natural Gardens (pages 293-294): "Perennial, similar to preceding except the carpels have erect tips instead of spreading ones and the flowers turn red in age. Grassy bogs, eastern. Spring."
Topics:
Botany
Subjects:
Crow poison (Stenanthium densum)
Flowers
White colic-root (Aletris farinosa)
Original Format:
Hand colored lantern slide
Extent:
3.25 x 4 in.
Item identifier:
0021020
Photographer:
Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 more info on Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 
Created Date:
circa
Location:
Big Savannah (N.C.)
Digital Project:
B. W. Wells