Lexington Alive - Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady's Slipper) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/16/10 12pm (3), 8/21/2020 12pm) Native.

Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipe) (Willard's Woods, 9/4/06 1pm, 7/21/01 11am) Native.

Monotropa hypopitys (Yellow pine-sap) (Willard's Woods, 8/1/09 5pm) Native.

Orobranche uniflora (One-flowered cancer root, ghost pipe) (Willard's Woods, 5/14/00 5pm) Native.

Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower) (North St., 7/21/12 1pm) Asian.

Trichostema dichotomum (Blue Curls) (Whipple Hill, 8/20/16 11am) Native.

(Willard's Woods, 5/27/00 6pm)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed grass) or maybe atlanticum (Lower Vine Brook, 5/17/2020 3pm) Native.

Myosotis scorpiodes or sylvatica (Forget-me-not) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/29/2013 5pm) Eurasian.

Phlox subulata? (Moss phlox) (Willard's Woods, 4/30/00 3pm) Native.

Glechoma hederacea (Ground ivy) (Dunback Meadow, 5/29/00 11am) European, invasive.

Nuttallanthus canadensis (Old-field Toadflax) (Whipple Hill, 5/13/00 5pm)

Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) (Paint Mine, 7/5/12 12pm)

(Whipple Hill, 5/13/00 5pm)

Desmodium sp.? (Whipple Hill, 8/21/12 1pm)

Agalinis tenuifolia (Slender gerardia) (Lower Vine Brook, 8/23/12 2pm)

Capnoides sempervirens (Pink corydalis) (Whipple Hill, 5/13/00 4pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 9/28/13 1pm)

Agalinis paupercula? (Gerardia) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/25/16 4pm)

Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife) (Parker Meadow, 8/23/09 1pm)

Aster novae-angliae (New England aster) (Willard's Woods, 9/22/09 2pm)

(Parker Meadow, 8/25/2012 11am)

Lamium purpureum (Purple deadnettle) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/1/2022 4pm) European, Asian

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed) (Willard's Woods, 7/24/2021 1pm) Native.

Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed) (Willard's Woods, 6/14/2007 1pm, Lower Vine Brook, 6/24/2018 2pm) Native.

Agrimonia gryposepala? (Common agrimony, Tall hairy agrimony) (Paint Mine, 7/5/12 12pm)

Potentilla argentea (Silver-leafed Cinquefoil) (Burlington, 5/27/00 6pm)

Potentilla simplex (Old-field Cinquefoil) (Willard's Woods, 7/1/12 1pm)

Potentilla canadensis (Dwarf Cinquefoil) (Burlington, 5/6/00 2pm)

Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge sensitive-pea) (Willard's Woods, 8/13/16 1pm) Native.

Barbarea vulgaris (Yellow rocket) (Willard's Woods, 5/7/00 4pm)

Linaria vulgaris (Yellow toadflax, Butter-and-eggs) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/6/15 3pm) European

Bidens sp.? (tickseed) (Willard's Woods, 9/10/16 4pm)

Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/25/16 3pm)

Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed, Touch-me-not) (Willard's Woods, 9/4/2004 1pm)

a goldenrod species (Lower Vine Brook, 9/28/13 1pm)

Solidago sp. (Parker Meadow, 8/20/12 12pm) A goldenrod gall.

Verbascum thapsus (Common mullein) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/17/16 4pm) First-year growth.

Chimaphila umbellata (Noble prince's pine, Pipsissewa) (Paint Mine, 7/5/12 12pm)

(Willard's Woods, 5/6/00 12pm)

Mollugo verticillata (Carpetweed) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/25/16 3pm)

Galium boreale? (Northern Snow Bedstraw) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/17/12 11am) I had thought that the two Galium species were one, but on closer inspection of the photos, it looks like they are growing together. I will have to investigate further.

Galium aparine? (Cleavers, Goosegrass) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/17/12 11am)

Lychnis alba (Evening Lychnis, White Campion) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/17/12 11am) Non-native.

Achillea millefolium (Common yarrow) (Willard's Woods, 6/17/12 12pm)

Saponaria officinalis (Common soapwort) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/19/2020 11am) Eurasian.

Lactuca serriola (Prickly lettuce) (Willard's Woods, 6/17/12 12pm)

Erigeron strigosus (Daisy Fleabane) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/17/12 12pm)

Erigeron annuus (Annual Fleabane) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/17/12 12pm)

Lepidium virginicum (Virginia pepperweed) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/16/12 11am)

Houstonia caerulea (Little Bluet, Quaker-ladies) (Willard's Woods, 4/24/2004 12pm)

(Arlington Great Meadows, 4/25/10 10am)

Marsilea quadrifolia (European water clover) (North St., 7/21/12 1pm)

Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading Dogbane) (Whipple Hill, 6/23/13 11am)

Spiranthes sp. (Ladies'-tresses) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/14/13 2pm)

Chelone glabra (Turtlehead) (Parker Meadow, 9/9/17 5pm)

Lespedeza sp. (Bush clover) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/25/16 4pm)

Fragaria virginiana or Duchesnea indica (Willard's Woods, 8/22/15 1pm) The leaves look like Fragaria but the fruit looks like Duchesnea.

Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/14/13 2pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 9/14/13 2pm)

Polygonum pensylvanicum (Pennsylvania smartweed) () Could be Ladysthumb (Polygonum persicaria) because I didn't get a good look at the ocrea and I can see hints of dark patches on the leaves.

Polygonum persicaria (Ladysthumb) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/3/16 3pm)

Toxicodendron radicans (Poison Ivy) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/18/13 10am, 9/3/16 4pm) The berries have some hairs, which my weed book says they shouldn't have, so I am a bit confused as to whether some other plant snuck under the ivy. I wasn't going to poke around in the poison ivy.