A handful of weeds

I'm still plugging away at my hundreds of Vancouver Island photos. These are a few of the wildflowers in the Campbell River to Comox area:

Gumweed. The name fits: this stuff is sticky!

Gumweed on the beach. It likes dunes and dry, disturbed land.

Dying tansy, with a happy bunch of freeloaders.

Queen Anne's Lace. The flower head, opening up, forms a deep bowl at first.

The whole flower head is an umbel; the individual clusters of flowers in the umbel are umbellets. They turn white as they open.

Silverweed. A cinquefoil. It likes wet creek banks and beaches.

Rockweed. At Oyster Bay.

A different rockweed. Oyster Bay.

Hardhack. One of my favourite dried flowers. Dries to a quiet brownish mauve colour. Grows in wet ground.

Canada Thistle. Grows everywhere, but likes good garden soil.

And for good measure, a cross spider enjoying the morning sunshine.

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The countdown begins: two more days before Rock Flipping Day. These, underwater at Crescent Beach, would be interesting.

Rocks and fractured light.

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