Horsemint & Poppy Mallow Greeting Card | Thomson-Fulton, Illinois

Share a colorful glimpse of Illinois sand prairie with a fine art photo greeting card featuring horsemint and clustered poppy mallow at Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie Nature Preserve. Blank inside for your own words, it’s a thoughtful choice for a birthday, a thank-you, or a note to someone who loves unusual native wildflowers.

Card details

• Size: Portrait folding card, 5” wide × 7” high
• Print: Archival pigment inks on archival glossy cardstock, colorfast and fade-resistant for years to come
• Interior: Blank with matte finish for your own message
• Envelope: Archival white envelope included
• Frame it: The fine art photo fits a standard 5”×7” frame, so the recipient can enjoy it long after the occasion

The story behind the photograph

Horsemint (Monarda punctata) stands center frame in its striking white-bracted glory at Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie Nature Preserve in Fulton, Illinois. Vivid magenta clustered poppy mallow (Callirhoe triangulata) blooms are scattered throughout the surrounding prairie grass, the two species together creating one of the most colorful and distinctive wildflower combinations found in Illinois sand prairie. A rare and beautiful habitat photographed in its summer peak.

A meaningful gift for a sand prairie enthusiast, native wildflower lover, Illinois nature admirer, or anyone who appreciates the particular beauty of a habitat that most people have never seen.

About the location

Explore our natural-area profile of Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie Nature Preserve in Illinois.

Back of card: Blank, with the Midwest Wilderness Connections logo and the following description along the bottom edge: “Horsemint (Monarda punctata) and clustered poppy mallow (Callirhoe triangulata). Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie Preserve, Thomson, Illinois. — Midwest Wilderness Connections www.MidwestWildernessConnections.com”

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