weed

  • Tragopogon spp. / salsify

    Tragopogon spp. / salsify

    • large yellow inflorescence with pointy sepals extending past the "flower"
    • grass-like leaves
    • non-native, weed
    • widespread
  • Trifolium repens / white clover

    Trifolium repens / white clover

    • the quintessential 3-leaf clover
    • white flower heads, tinged with pink (perhaps)
    • found in full sun with little other specific requirements
    • four leaflet leaves bring good luck
  • Tripleurospermum inodorum / scentless chamomile

    Tripleurospermum inodorum / scentless chamomile

    • daisy-like blossoms with finely divided leaves
    • central disk shape changes from button- to dome- to hemisphere- with age
    • ray petals droop as disk expands
    • leaves don't smell when crushed
  • Urtica dioica / stinging nettle

    Urtica dioica / stinging nettle

    • near streams and moist bogs, in woodland understories, disturbed places, wastelands
    • leaves - strongly serrated margin, a heart-shaped base, a pointed tip
    • flower - greenish or brownish in dense dangling clusters
    • nasty hairs that sting you
  • Verbascum thapsus / mullein

    Verbascum thapsus / mullein

    • rosette of large, soft, hairy leaves
    • small yellow flowers densely packed on a very tall spike
    • persistent ugly brown spike after flowering is done
    • often on otherwise bare ground