May 29, 2010
Here's a close-up (not awfully sharp) of the tiny flowers:
Mayapple
alt Hogapple, Indian apple, Mayflower, Umbrella plant, Wild lemon, Wild mandrake, American mandrake
Podophyllum peltatumMay 19, 2010
Most flowers are shameless about strutting their stuff, but this one hides out beneath a dense mat of foot-high foliage. It's pollinated by bumblebees and other bees, perhaps by mistake as it has no nectar. There seems to be a minor academic sub-industry studying the pollination of this thing.
Altho the flowers bloom in May, the fruit appears and ripens later in the summer. It's edible in small quantities when ripe, but toxic in large amounts. Sort of like mercury, I guess (if you ask the coal industry). I think I'll pass.
Here's a look at the foliage:
Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum
May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010
Species not certain. I want to say Virginia waterleaf (H. virginianum); it's that or one of several very similar waterleaf species. Some of my photos suggest these were intermixed with a more broadleaved (less deeply lobed) species. If so, the bossoms were identical to my eye and I confused them at the time.
Here's another look:
Dame's Rocket
alt Damask Violet, Dame’s Violet, Dames-wort, Dame’s Gilliflower, Night Scented Gilliflower, Queen’s Gilliflower, Rogue’s Gilliflower, Summer Lilac, Sweet Rocket, Mother-of-the-evening, Winter Gilliflower
Hesperis matronalisMay 19, 2010
Dianthus
Dianthus, species unknown, similar to Dianthus barbatus
May 19, 2010
This amazing creature had me stumped (thistle with a petunia on top?) until a suggestion from my friend Galina pointed me to dianthus.
May 19, 2010
This amazing creature had me stumped (thistle with a petunia on top?) until a suggestion from my friend Galina pointed me to dianthus.
False Solomon's Seal
alt Treacleberry, Solomon's plume, False Spikenard
Maianthemum racemosum or Smilacina racemosa
May 19, 2010
Note the differences from Starry False Solomon's Seal: smaller flowers, more densely packed; wavy leaf edges.
Maianthemum racemosum or Smilacina racemosa
May 19, 2010
Note the differences from Starry False Solomon's Seal: smaller flowers, more densely packed; wavy leaf edges.
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