Survivor
The Virginia Rockbreaker, a not quite accurate common name—it likes to grow on moss-covered rocks, but I've never seen this tough plant actually break stone—is one of our earliest spring wildflowers, and, no doubt, its pretty blossoms will be highlighted in this endeavor come April. But for now, in the chill of January, even a not-so-wintery January, Micranthes virginiensis doesn't have any thoughts of blooming from its central collection of flower buds. It's snoozing right now, its cold-tolerant evergreen leaves lording it over the mosses and playing, like most organisms these days, a waiting game.
Keywords:
Micranthes virginiensis,
Virginia Rockbreaker
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