Saturday, August 13, 2011

yellow and purple things

God sure loves the little yellow flowers! Today’s inventory, which will be followed by some purple stuff:
Primrose. Note the cross-shaped stigma.
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Another new-to-me species: fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnalis).  
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Common St. Johnswort, with bonus buggie.
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Note: many stamens, and they’re tall. Plus, the petals have wee black dots on their margins.

Celandine – a new species to me. (Chelidonium majus).
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It produces these great little seed pod thingies, like so:
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Crap, that’s blurry. Grrr! You get the point, though.
Onwards to cinquefoil.
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And, yet another new-to-me species: tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
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As promised, God is also fond of purple.
This is globe thistle (Echinops ritro)
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And, one last new-to-me species: Comfrey! (Symphytum officinale)
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