Spring 042615

Partly cloudy and 78°F. 

With spring here, I might become obsessed with flowers again. Ok, I will. I drove around east of Edmond to see what I could find = a lot.

Goatsbeard was abundant.

Dandelion

Popular with beetles and a little blue green wasp.

YellowBeetles

looking closer

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Gorgeous indian paintbrush

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Paintbrush2

Roxy looks good in red!

Roxy

Daisy Fleabane, so frilly

DaisyFleabane

The tiniest of tiny figure 8 flowers.

TinyWhite8

Wooly yarrow

WoolyYarrow

Blackberry

Blackberry

Spiderwort

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Toad Flax

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Butterweed

Butterweed

Cream Wild Indigo

Indigo

Cream Wild Indigo flowers

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Hop Clover

YellowCloverish

Turtle! This is the time of year to watch out for turtles crossing the roads. Stop and help them help themselves.

TurtleGall of some sort. I’ve been trying to figure out which insect makes this, but haven’t had any luck. If you know, shout it out!

Gall1

It’s crazy looking, this is the top of the leaf.

Gall2

This is the underside of the leaf. On the right is a side view of the leaf. So crazy! worthy of Dr. Seuss.

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Rayless Gaillardia. It smells like something hard to describe. Another common name for it is Perfumeball. When I smelled it and passed it around, I got “floral candy”, “cotton candy”, “sweet”, then “floral candy with a stinky foot undertone”. If you see on, smell it and let me know! They are in bloom in central Oklahoma currently.

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Tiny little parasol mushroom.

PinwheelMushroom

Inkcap of some sort.

Inkcap

Enjoy spring! It’s been gorgeous outside and with all this rain..

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