Hesperis matronalis - photos and description

Saskatchewan's Wildflowers

     

Erect, tall perennial plant with showy, fragrant, purple flowers. Alternate, lanceolate leaves.

Introduced from Europe, found occasionally in shrubs and treelines on the prairies and Parklands.

Took the above photos in a shrubby coulee bottom in early June in the Big Muddy Badlands, 170 km south of Regina.

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