Wednesday, July 21, 2010

More Wildflowers--for Valerie

These are the wildflowers we've seen and recognized so far (I looked some up):





Heath, fragrant orchid, broad-leafed everlasting, pea, dog rose, field scabious, thistle, thrift, ivy-leafed toadflax, pellitory-of-the-wall, poppies, chamomile,

herb Robert (Robert geranium,related to cranesbill), buttercup, campion, cat’s ear, centaury, clover, daisy, feverfew, heather,
fleabane, fuschia, giant rhubarb, purple loosestrife, meadowsweet ( spyria, from which salisylic acid comes, for aspirin), mullein, common fragrant orchid, foxglove, agrimony, angelica, sea aster and other asters, Himalayan balsam, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory),
brambles (blackberries), lesser burdock (a thistle), thistle, burnett rose, honeysuckle, yarrow, queen anne's lace.


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