I'm on my knees a lot these days. It's that time of year; when the ground is covered with sprinkles. White or pink or blue or purple sprinkles; get down to their level and they're flowers. Entire little flowers, some only a few millimetres across.
The loonie, included to show the size, measures 2.65 cm. across. The flowers are about 7 mm. wide. The leaves, sometimes green, sometimes pink, are thick and spoon-shaped.
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Early blue violet, Viola adunca. |
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Tiny and tinier; Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia parviflora, and miniature daisy-lookalikes, with 5 double petals. |
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Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. The clustered flowers aren't open yet. |
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I couldn't identify this. A sedge (sedges have edges, goes the mnemonic; look at the stem), but very small. |
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A giant among all those tinies. Wild strawberry, with ant. |
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Estoy de rodillas a cada rato en estos dias. Es la temporada; cuando el suelo está salpicado de "sprinkles" (chispas de confitería). Chispitas color de rosa, blancas, azules, hasta moradas; agáchate a su nivel y ves que son flores. Florecitas que pueden medir apenas unos milímetros.
- Montia parvifolia. La moneda, un dólar Canadiense, mide 2.65 cm. de diámetro, haciendo que las flores miden alrededor de 7 mm. Las hojas características son gruesas, y tienen la forma de una cuchara.
- Violetas azules, Viola adunca.
- Más pequeñas aun; las flores azules, Collinsia parviflora, las llamamos María de los ojos azules. Las otras se parecen a una margarita miniatura; tienen 5 pétalos dobles.
- Milenrama o perejil bravío, Achillea millefolium. Las múltiples flores blancas todavía no se abren.
- No pude identificar éste, aparte de que es una especie de Carex. Se distinguen porque los tallos tienen forma algo rectangular.
- Entre todas esas flores, esta es un gigante; una fresa salvaje. Con su hormiga.
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