Wild plum blossoms (shown above) signal the beginning of the wildflower season. First to show is the anemone, pale to purplish; followed by crow poison, with small, creamy petals on an onion-like stalk. Don’t confuse it with actual wild onion/garlic which blooms purple. Low, yellow masses of bladderpods ( in the mustard family) become noticeable along roadsides. By the end of the month, yellow daisies on leafless stems dot the pastures. The reliable prairie verbena (V. pinnatifida) starts its long blooming period in March as well. Charleen Murray. Wildflower Field Notes, 1969-1981, Stephenville, Texas.