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Roundleaf Bluets are early bloomers in the lowcountry. On this shady maritime forest road, we find a tiny wildflower nestled in the grass or sandy soil at the edges. These are roundleaf bluets, also known as fairy footprints, sand stars, or innocence. Each tiny flower has four petals and is on its own individual stalk. The leaves are oval and opposite one another. The latin name procumbens comes from their habit of creeping low along the ground. This is one of our earliest wildflowers to bloom, and they’ll be blooming through March and April, and sometimes again from late fall to frost. As an early bloomer, it is valuable as a nectar plant when not much else is blooming. Too small to pick to take home, we will enjoy their little starry blossoms as we pass them.