#germander

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Germander is a family favorite. We have them over for Christmas, they have us over for Easter. We both visit the lake for July 4th and for St. George's day we all stay home and take a shower.

[kristo-flowers]

wall germander

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Forest by the lake, with a massive oak and wildflowers near the water

[bethanythebogwitch]

Native wildflower collection 3

Continued from part 2

Columbine, which the rabbits won't let me grow

Mayapple. Every part of this plant is extremely toxic to humans, but some people still eat the fruit

Golden Alexander

Prairie rose. Looks nicer than cultivated roses tbh

Spiderwort, spiderwort, does whatever a spider... worts

Arrowwood. These grow long, straight branches, which made them very useful for making arrows.

Woodland pinkroot

Lizard tail

Michigan lily. Looks way cooler than the lilies you buy in plant stores

False sunflower

St. John's wort. Don't ask me what kind, there are so many

Germander

Thimbleweed

Prairie cinquefoil

Poppy mallow

Button bush. These develop seed balls that will fall apart in your hand

This one's called blue vervain even though it's clearly purple

Pickerel weed. People will call the coolest plants weeds

Wingstem. This stuff is taking over places where we removed invasive honeysuckle and I love it

Gaura

Yellow flowering hyssop (even though it's definitely white)

That's a wrap. I have a few more pictures, but they were all really badly focused, so I skipped them

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Xylocopa virginica on Teucrium fruticans / Eastern Carpenter Bee on Shrubby Germander at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

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31 August 2019

Germander Speedwell - Veronica chamaedrys with galls

I was puzzled by this plant - what was it? I broke open one of the ‘flowerheads’ and inside were two tiny, bright orange maggots. Which made me realise it was some type of gall. I looked it up, and it is caused by a small gall midge called Jaapiella veronicae, which lays it’s eggs in the terminal buds of Speedwell plants, usually Germander Speedwell, resulting in these fuzzy galls.