Sessile Bellwort (Wild Oats)

Thanks to Alert Flowerophile Donna for noticing a flock of these little lilies at Wilson Mountain.  Sessile means sitting or resting on the surface —  these have sessile leaves, which means the leaf comes directly out of the main stem, but the leaf itself has no stem of its own. From the Lily family. Native to this region.

Sessile Bellwort, Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

Common Winter Cress (Yellow Rocket)


Newly blooming in the upper field at Centennial and Wilson Mountain. Native to Eurasia, member of the Mustard family. Blooms all summer. “Historically” used to make a medicinal tea. Several moth and butterfly varieties lay eggs on them.

Common Winter Cress, Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)