Author: Zachary Huang

Family Ranunculaceae Genus Helleborus Common name Christmas rose, Lenten rose ZBAS* 8（C. rose),  4（L. rose) Some flowers of the genus… read more Spring flower 4: Christmas rose

Family Ranunculaceae Genus Anemone Species A. blanda Common name Balkan anemone,Grecian windflower, winter windflower ZBAS* 6 The Greek anemone is… read more Spring flower 5: Anemone

Family  Asparagaceae Subfamily Scilloideae Genus Scilla Common name squill, scilla ZBAS*: 7 Scilla flowers is also an early spring flower,… read more Spring flower 3: Scilla

Family Iridaceae Genus Crocus Species C. chrysanthus, C. vernus Common names crocus ZBAS*: 9 Crocus flowers is common in the… read more Spring flower 2: Crocus

Zachary Huang, Michigan State University Citation: Huang, Z.Y. 2019. Michigan spring flowers: 1. winter aconite. BeetheBest Blog, http://bees.msu.edu/2014/winter-aconite/. Accessed on… read more Spring flower 1: Winter Aconite

These are the two handouts for my two talks at the ANR week: Handout (pdf format): Varroa Mite Reproductive Biology Link… read more Varroa Biology, Queen and Drone Biology

Family  Calycanthaceae Genus Chimonanthus Species C. praecox Common names Wintersweet ZBAS*: 4 (to A. cerana) I haven’t returned to China… read more Winter flower 2: Wintersweet

Family  Rosaceae Genus Eriobotrya Species E. japonica Common names loquat, pipa, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Chinese plum, nespola ZBAS*: 6… read more Winter flower 1: Loquat