Skullcaps (Scutellaria) are members of the mint family that generally prefer open woods. This is one of the most decorative of the genus; these plants were blooming in Bird Park in Mount Lebanon.
Occasionally some of the flowers are pale; these were blooming on a plant that also bore darker flowers on another branch.
The big thistle with vase-shaped heads that is the symbol of Scotland and all things Scottish. These were blooming in the median of a parking lot in Brushton.
For a description of the species, see the Cirsium vulgare reference page.
The unmistakable cheery blue flowers that decorate our roadsides in the summer. These were blooming in the median of a parking lot in Brushton.
For a description of the species, see the Cichorium intybus reference page.
A charming little weed listed as “noxious” in many states, but a cheerful and welcome visitor here in the median of a parking lot in Brushton.
A bumblebee comes in for a landing at a Wood Sage flower blooming in front of the abandoned St. Wenceslaus Church in Schweitzerloch.
For a description of the species, see the Teucrium canadense reference page.
