Broadleaf Toothworts come out a little later than their cousins the Cut-Leaf Toothworts (Cardamine concatenata). The flowers are similar, but these are easily distinguished by their pair of broad three-parted leaves.
For a description of the species, see the Cardamine diphylla reference page.
A flavorful vegetable that came to our country because of its utility and found it liked its new home, Garlic Mustard can be a nuisance in the spring woods. It also grows in urban yards, as it did here in Beechview, where these pictures were taken April 16.
For a fuller description, see the Alliaria petiolata reference page.
Hairy Bittercress is one of our first spring flowers, often popping up in late winter. A little later in the spring, when daffodils are in bloom, it has developed taller stalks and is starting to grow its linear seedpods.
This lush patch was growing in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
For a fuller description, see the page on Cardamine hirsuta at the Flora Pittsburghensis reference site.
Blooming in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon. For a full description, see Cardamine concatenata in the Flora Pittsburghensis reference site.
Groundhog or no groundhog, we are having an early spring. Hairy Bittercress is one of the first wildflowers to bloom, and it is all over the place now. Here we see the basal rosette of leaves that is prominent early in the season; later the flowering stems will be longer and leafier.
For more pictures and a full description, see the Cardamine hirsuta page in our reference site.
