A walk in the backyard:
False goat’s beard
Closeup of false goat’s beard reveals each flower has five delicate, paddle-shaped petals, five pink sepals, ten stamens, and a pistil with two pink-tipped styles
Meadow goat’s beard
Timothy grass in bloom
Bedstraw
Common vetch
Common cinquefoil
Zucchini, get up early to see the flowers opened!
Yellow squash
Clematis
Rhododendron
White creeping thyme closeup, you can see the slightly irregularly-shaped flowers, characteristic of the mint family
Hostas
Wild geranium
Evening primrose
Lady’s mantle
Lady’s mantle closeup. Although in the rose family, these tiny flowers have four identical petals and sepals, called tepals.
Scientific names and families:
False goat’s beard/Astilbe sp. – Saxifrage Family: Saxifragaceae
Meadow goat’s beard/Tragopogon pratensis L. – Aster Family: Asteraceae
Timothy grass/Phleum pratense – Grass Family: Poaceae
Bedstraw/Galium aparene – Madder Family: Rubiaceae
Common vetch/Vicia sativa – Pea Family: Fabaceae
Common cinquefoil/Pontentilla simplex – Rose Family: Rosaceae
Zuccnini/Cucurbita pepo subsp. – Gourd Family: Cucurbitaceae
Yellow squash/Cucurbita pepo subsp. – Gourd Family: Cucurbitaceae
Clematis/Clematis jackmanii – Buttercup Family: Ranunculaceae
Rhododendron/Rhodendron sp. – Heath Family: Ericaceae
White creeping thyme/Thymus praecox ‘Albiflorus’ – Mint Family: Lamiaceae
Hostas/Hosta sp. – Aspargus Family: Asparagaceae
Wild geranium/Geranium maculatum – Geranium Family: Geraniaceae
Evening primrose/Oenothera biennis – Evening Primrose Family: Onagraceae
Lady’s mantle/Alchemilla mollis – Rose Family: Rosaceae
