Mid-spring flowers are at their peak in the woods, but some of the earlier spring flowers are still blooming.
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A Walk in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum). 
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum), photographed May 16. Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis). Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum). Long-Styled Sweet Cecily (Osmorhiza longistylis). Long-Styled Sweet Cecily (Osmorhiza longistylis). Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata). Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens). -
Bicolor Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Photographed May 12. Variegated flowers like these are not rare in Dame’s Rocket. These plants were blooming in the Kane Woods Nature Area in Scott Township.
For a description of the species, see the Hesperis matronalis reference page.
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Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Photographed May 11. The picture above looks weirdly over-sharpened, but it is the effect of sunlight through petals that are turned up at the edges. Dame’s Rocket is lighting up roadsides and fields right now; these plants in shades from white through pink to purple were all blooming in Beechview.
For a description of the species, see the Hesperis matronalis reference page.
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Broadleaf Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
Photographed April 27. Also known as Crinkleroot. A close relative of the Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata), but easily distinguished by its pair of broad leaves with three leaflets. These plants were blooming along the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.
For a description, see the Cardamine diphylla reference page.
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Broadleaf Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
Photographed April 29 with a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6. 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.
