A walk in the backyard:
Creeping phlox, showing united petals forming a tube and green sepals below the tube
Wild sarsparilla with flowering stalks beneath the leaves
Closeup of wild sarsparilla showing tiny flowers with five petals curled backward
Lady’s smock
Bluebead lily with flies as pollinators
Ground ivy
Chickweed
Jacob’s ladder
Blue violet
Lungwort
Buttercup
Golden Alexanders
Lily-of-the-valley
Canada mayflower, although hard to see, this monocot has very small flowers with two sepals, two petals, and four stamens unlike most monocots that have parts in threes
Scientific names and families:
Creeping phlox/Phlox subulata – Phlox Family: Polemoniaceae
Wild sarsparilla/Aralia nudicaulis L. – Ginseng Family: Araliaceae
Lady’s smock/Cardamine pratensis L. – Mustard Family: Brassicaceae
Bluebead lily/Clintonia borealis – Lily Family: Liliaceae
Ground ivy/Glechoma haderacea – Mint Family: Lamiaceae
Chickweed/Stellaria media – Pink Family: Caryophyllaceae
Jacob’s ladder/Polemonium reptans L. – Phlox Family: Polemoniaceae
Blue violet/Viola sororia – Violet Family: Violaceae
Lungwort/Pulmonaria officinalis – Borage Family: Boraginaceae
Buttercup/Ranunculus repens – Buttercup Family: Ranunculaceae
Golden Alexanders/Zizia aurea – Parsley Family: Apiaceae
Lily-of-the-valley/Convalaria majalis – Asparagus Family: Asparagaceae
Canada mayflower/Maianthemum canadense – Asparagus Family: Asparagaceae
