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Showy and brilliant, fire pinks are hard to miss. Growing in groups or singly — depending on soil quality — these wildflowers bloom early in the season.
The photos on this page were taken high atop Bear Den Cave Mountain (in the Mincy-Drury Conservation Area) on a warm April day.
— JOSHUA HESTON, EDITOR
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Fire Pink (Selene virginica)
Size: 66 to 30 inches tall; flowers 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide.
What to look for: flowers bright red, with 5 notched petals; stems and leaves hairy, sticky.
Habitat: open woods, clearings, rocky slopes.
In bloom: April through June.
— page 358, Wernett, Susan J., et al. North American Wildlife. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1986.
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Selene virginica photo plates
All photo credits: J. Heston. Location: Mincy-Drury Conservation Area, Taney County, Missouri • SOTO © Archive 04/15/09
