These, I think, are called séneçon commun (groundsel), according to an online wildflower identification site I looked at. They look a little like multi-headed dandelions and grow wild all around us. The flowers are much smaller than the common dandelion.
Yesterday's mystery flower was no mystery after all. Reader Tim identified it, but I had forgotten that he had already identified it as red dead-nettle (lamium purpureum) back in mid-March when I posted a photo of it growing in our yard. The difference that threw me was that the flowers in our yard are a pale purple, while yesterday's flowers are a vibrant purple and white. I thought it was a different plant. Our friend B. in Washington DC wrote to identify it as well, but he was unable to leave a comment on the blog. So I thank him for the info.
Isn't nature amazing, really?
ReplyDeleteI learn a lot by reading your blog. If only I could remember it all!
ReplyDeleteYou know what I am going to say....
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this. AND your photo is wondrous!
ReplyDeletejudy, it is.
ReplyDeletebettyann, I feel the same way.
michael, triffids.
mitch, :)
I can't remember ever seeing those clumps of the seedhead before their blooming! Fascinating! Jacques Pepin on FB yesterday was demonstrating dandelion salad...I didn't open it! So that's all she wrote!
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