traficking in wild plants

ok, so...i have wild larkspur blooming........6 luscious blue-blooming plants that i received in trade for some shooting star and solomon seal plants last year.....the plants i traded came from our woodlot, or from overgrown clumps where woodlot plants have been transferred to planting beds.....i am pretty sure that the larkspur were taken from a public area......i thought of these plants today as i drove to a morning meeting in frankfort...my shortcut route takes me down by the ky river...and there were thousands of larkspur in bloom...i regret that i did not have gloves or digging implements with me.....i could have added to my collection.....there are those who find such a notion unethical...wild things need to stay where they are.....on the other hand.....the wild plants i have moved inside my own property lines from un-seen to easily enjoyed appear to suffer no harm.......i see little difference in removing plants from a public right-of-way where the mowers will level them any day now.....i see such an act as a plant rescue rather than an act of ecoterrorism.....just my own thoughts on this rainy tuesday