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By: Denny

Denny — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:17:37 +0000

thanks Marian – Kodak Easyshare C613

By: Marian

Marian — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:22:44 +0000

I love your pics of wildflowers….and your camera….what are you using?

By: Denny

Denny — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:46:02 +0000

I have a photo of the plant in its entirety. I’ll add it to this post shortly.

By: Matthew Burns

Matthew Burns — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:09:13 +0000

The bottom photo (suggested to be False Rue Anemone) has me a little worried. The petals and total flower structure would indicate that it is, but the leaves of the plant are a little different (or at least they appear different to me).

When I had my WV Wildflowers class in college, I had to learn over 200 wildflowers by sight, common name, genus & species, and family. In addition, each student had to do a specialized plant project and collect and catalog different specimens of a particular genus. As I recall my genus of specialization was Sonchus, so I learned more about the various hog thistles than any one person ever should !!! It was a 5-week summer course so you can imagine why my brain nearly exploded. Lots of memorization and utilizing the short-term memory. I’m sure I’ve forgot more of them than I’ll ever know again. That class nearly turned me against wildflowers!!

On top of this, the class ended on June 29th and our wedding was in July! Very hectic time, I’m surprised Shirley didn’t kill me for being inattentive to the final wedding plans (which were 2 years in the making).

Whew, I’m glad that whole time period is over!!

I’ll shut up now. I know, I’m rambling.
Matthew

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:17:46 +0000

A lot of my students are doing their wildflower collections right now. They agree with Matthew with the Fleabane and False Rue Anemone.

I have no clue, to be honest.

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flower » Blog Archive » In Full Bloom — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:57 +0000

[...] satyr wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBut at the moment the answer eludes me. I have no clue on the second flower. This is probably the extent of the closeup photos you will see from me. Unless of course I get a camera more suited for closeups. [...]

By: Denny

Denny — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:26:39 +0000

Thanks Matthew – “purty” will work for me.

Some of the most common wildflowers I know – but there are a multitude I don’t.

By: Matthew Burns

Matthew Burns — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:01:37 +0000

Denny,

Wildflowers aren’t my strong suit but my best guess for the first picture is Common Fleabane and for the bottom picture (this one is trickier because I can’t see it closer to examine it) I’m guessing it is either Wood Anemone or False Rue Anemone (or at least in the family Ranunculaceae). It may also be a young Early Saxifrage, I’d like to see it closer to be sure, but like I said, wildflowers aren’t my strong suit.

Matthew

P.S. Shirley just calls them “purty”!!!