June 11, 2006

On our walks, Skippy runs through the flowers and I stop and photograph them all. Here is what is blooming in Massachusetts now. From upper left: annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus), meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris), sweet purple clover (Trifolium pratense), wild rose (Rosa multiflora), shepard's-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), wild geranium or cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), common chickweed, (Stellaria media), rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta), Skippy with yellow hawkweed (Hieracium pratense), bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), and raspberry bramble (Rubus idaeus). Some larger photos are at http://carletonwildflowers.blogspot.com/ Most IDs I have found at http://www.kywildflowers.info/index.html

Only three of these wildflowers are native to Massachusetts. Do you know which they are? Answer: plants 1, 7 and 12.

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