A single bright pink bloom by the trail.
Wild Pink (Silene caroliniana)
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Category Archives: Wildflowers
Wood Hyacinth
These are lovely in the dappled shade. Not sure if this variety is strictly wild… Lily family. Native to Europe and Africa.
Wood Hyacinth (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
Bonus picture for A.F. Marilyn, who likes when I include other photos from the general environment. I saw this ripped missing leaflet as I walked from the arboretum back to the school, walking from Eden back to the city.
Ox-Eye Daisy
“Heads solitary.”
Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Common Vetch
Common vetch makes high quality hay! But “bloat is a risk.” I think there are about three kinds of vetch at Centennial. We’ll see. Common vetch has been part of the human diet — as evidenced by carbonized remains at early Neolithic sites in Syria, Turkey, and several other countries. Pea family.
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Yellow King-Devil
6 to 40 inches tall. Like dandelions but satanic.
Yellow King-Devil (Hieracium caespitosum)
Long-leaved Stitchwort
Just a graceful little flower out in the field at Centennial. Related to Chickweed — the same deeply divided petals.
Stitchwort (Stellaria)
Swamp Dewberry
A creeping vine. Will have blackberry-like fruit.
Swamp Dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
English Plantain
The flowers are wind-pollinated, so they attract few insects. A.F. Donna remarked that the flower form is like a little sombrero. Native to Eurasia. Plantain Family.
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Red Clover
Used for a long list of medicinal purposes… Native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa. Bean family.
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (pratense is Latin for “found in meadows.”)
