This looks a lot like the Morrow Honeysuckle, but it’s pink, found on Fisher Street in Needham. It’s an exotic invasive bush honeysuckle. Evidently all native honeysuckle species are vines. This variety was introduced to North America as an ornamental in 1752. (I wonder what the story is there.)
Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
Something to keep an eye on at Centennial…
There are a lot of little yellow flowers out there! They’re all different! This is low-growing, kind of like a wild strawberry plant. It has 5 leaves — that’s what cinquefoil means– and 5 petals on the blossom. The Rose family.
Dwarf Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
These seem like domestic wanderers, but evidently they count as wild. I finally found a group of them whose blooms were open. Look how the petals curl back. Fragrant! Lily family.
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)
This is from the Ranunculacea family, which means “little frog.” (Meaning they like wetlands.) Introduced from Europe.
Common Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Bonus picture: I went to Volante Farms today, and after all this searching for tiny hidden flowers, the bounty of giant blossoms seemed almost fake…
Saw a drift of these at Elm Bank. Lovely. Wood anemone have four to nine sepals. These have five. Native. Buttercup family.
Wood Anemone, Nightcaps (Anemone quinquefolia)
Later these blossoms open up, but at this stage they really look like the toes of a little white cat. I cannot find any information on why it’s also called Woman’s Tobacco. More on this later. Native.
Plantain-leaf Pussytoes, Woman’s Tobacco (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
