Ragged Robin, Sleepy Catchfly, Tower Mustard, Goat's Beard

Ragged Robin can be found along I 91. The petals are deeply cut.

Sleepy Catchfly features small, solitary flowers. The stems are sticky.

Rising above fields is Tower Mustard which produces small, creamy-white or pale yellow flowers.

Goat's Beard or Yellow Salisfy is just beginning to open. It's found on roadsides and disturbed areas.

A whole bunch of May's showcase

Spiderwort

Common Speedwell

Hooked Crowfoot

Virginia Waterleaf

Black Swallow-wort

Feathery False Solomon's Seal

Solomon's Seal

Canada Mayflower

Pale Corydalis, Wild Lupine, Blue Flax, Bunchberry

Pale Corydalis or Rock Harlequin is distinctive for its pink tubular flowers with bright yellow tips.

Wild Lupine have spiky, pea-like flower clusters.

Blue Flax thrives in full sun and is well suited for dry areas and poor soil.

Bunchberry dogwood have what seem to be white petals which are actually bracts (modified leaves) that surround a central cluster of tiny, yellowish-green flowers.

Field Hawkweed, One-flowered Cancer-root, Grove Sandwort

Field Hawkweed is found in fields, meadows and disturbed areas. Like dandelions the flowers are made up of many small ray flowers.

One flowered Cancer-root is also called One-flowered Broomrape. It is a totally parasitic and relies on the roots of host plants like goldenrod.

Grove Sandwort is found in moist areas. It is short and small.

Blue-eyed Grass, Herb Robert, Pineapple Weed

Blue-eyed Grass is a member of the iris family rather than a true grass.

Herb-Robert is a native geranium. It's also called Red Robin or Stinking Bob.

Pineapple Weed has a flower head that is composed of tiny greenish-yellow disc flowers without surrounding petals. If you crush the leaves or flowers they emit a sweet pineapple odor.

Mayapple, Tall Buttercup, Hoary Alyssum, Fringed Polygala, White Campion

Mayapple is a member of the barberry family. A solitary flower is found in between leaves.

Tall Buttercup shines among all the flowers.

Hoary Alyssum has four white petals that are deeply cleft giving them the appearance of having eight petals.

Fringed Polygala is also called Gaywings. They are low-growing and spread through underground stems to form small colonies.

White Campion has a white flower on a purple, balloon-like structure which is the calyx.

Red Clover, Tartarian Honeysuckle, English Plantain, Euonymus, Striped Maple

Red Clover has large pink flower heads and leaves that often feature a white chevron.

Tartarian Honeysuckle is another highly invasive plant.

English Plantain has a dense, dark cone shaped head with small white stamens emerging.

Euonymus is a small shrib with small yellowish-green flowers. Another alien ivasive.

Striped Maple's flowers hang in clusters known as racemes. Its bark features white stripes on a greenish-brown background.

Autumn Olive, Black Medick, White Clover, Wild Azalea, Starry Solomon's Seal

Autumn Olive has a very distinctive small. Unfortunately it's an invasive.

Black Medick is found on roadsides and weedy places.

White Clover is found at roadsides and lawns.

Wild Azalea is beginning to bloom with its bright pink flowers.

Starry false Solomon's Seal has pleated leaves with stalkless flowers.

Chokeberry, Starflower, Baneberries

Black Chokeberry is in the rose family. It will produce black berries in the fall.

Starflower is a low growing perennial wildflower that grows in hardwood and conifer forests.

White Baneberry or Doll's-eyes will produce white berries in the late summer.

Red Baneberry or Chinaberry is found on a pyramidal raceme later elongating.

Sweet Woodruff is a mat-forming perennial found in moist woodlands.

Cleavers, Sticky Weed or Catchweed Bedstraw has tiny star shaped white flowers.

Wild Chervil or Cow Parsley can be found along roadsides.

Greater Celandine is a perennial in the poppy family.

Canada Violet is also called Tall White Violet.The flowers are white and their backs are purple.

Dame's Rocket have exactly four petals, a key identifier for the plant.

Some of this week's finds

Philadelphia Fleabane is related to asters.

Bugle is a dense spreading groundcover with dark green leaves with purple highlights.

Thyme-leaved speedwell is another tiny lawn flower.

Morrow's Honeysuckle is also called bush honeysuckle. It is consdiered an invasive species.

Wild Sarsaparilla is found on roadsides with partial to full shade.