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During the wildflower season, we occasionally get dispatches from Kelly Povo and Phyllis Root, authors of "

Searching for Minnesota's Native Wildflowers

This year’s first bloom report comes to us from a stretch of prairie in Cannon Falls, Minn, where Povo and Root went hunting for tiny purple pasqueflowers, an early sign of spring.

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This year’s first bloom report comes to us from a stretch of prairie in Cannon Falls, Minn, where wildflower hunters Kelly Povo and Phyllis Root went looking for tiny purple pasqueflowers, an early sign of spring.

During the wildflower season, we occasionally get dispatches from Kelly Povo and Phyllis Root, authors of "Searching for Minnesota's Native Wildflowers." This year’s first bloom report comes to us from a stretch of prairie in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, where Povo and Root went hunting for tiny purple pasqueflowers, an early sign of spring.

Audio postcard: Searching for early spring wildflowers

A close-up photo of a light purple flower.

Audio postcard: Searching for early spring wildflowers

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