False Mermaid

            One flower that I look for every spring is called "False Mermaid". I found the plant in flower last Friday but did not get a wonderful photo. Nevertheless, here is the photo:

            OK, it is two photos. I did a close up of the flower as it is so small and then added it to the photo of the plant. Because of the lighting, I did not get good colours of the tiny white petals. In the close up the yellowish petal pointing down and left is one of the "white" petals and the others just look green like the sepals. Walter Muma has some better photos on his wild flower site:

http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=44

            While looking for more information on the plant I found an excellent drawing of it on the Flora of North America site:

            The one bit of information that I was really looking for, on the internet and in the books on my shelves, I never did find. 

            Why did the flower get this name? If anyone has any information on this, please pass it along.

            I found, in my searching for information on this plant, that I had written about it one time before on this blog. . . . back on December 16, 2006:

https://ontariowanderer.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html

A New Flower or Two

            I have several new flowers to add to this blog. Here is the first one:

Found in the Dundas Valley

at this time of year.

Purple Cress - Newcomb Guide Name

Limestone Bittercress - Vascan name

Cardamine de Douglass - Vancan French

(Cardamine douglassii)

Close-up from different angle

Large-flowered Bellwort

Uvulaire à Grandes Fleurs

(Uvularia grandiflora)

Woodland Strawberry
Fraisier des Bois
(Fragaria versa)

Wild Strawberry
aka Common Strawberry
Frasier des Champs
(Fragaria virginiana)

Yesterday's Flower - Today's Walk

We had rain, wind, and cool weather

yesterday but our Red Trillium

started blooming!

Red Trillium

Trille Rouge

(Trillium erectum)

Our walk with the Beckett Walkers today

was at the Sudden Tract.

Wet condition but not raining.

First Marsh Marigolds blooming.

Lots of Round-leaved Hepatica seen.

One Spicebush in bloom near the end of the walk.

We walked on the red trail, white trail

to the road, up the road to the intersection,

back to the yellow trail,

along the yellow trail to the blue,

and finished back on the white again.

More Leaves Showing

Rainy day today but some new leaves were showing.

Black Raspberry
Framboisier Noir
(Rubus occidetalis)

Sweet Viburnum

Viorne Flexible

(Viburnum lentago)

White Trillium

Trille Blanc

(Trillium grandiflorum)