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It still amazes me
how beautiful the flowers of common weeds can be. This is a single
flower of fireweed. |
| Bees just go wild for
fireweed - in fact, you have to be careful when you get close.
Some of the plants had almost one bee per flower. |
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This is an entire
fireweed plant. |
| This is a flower head
of St. John's Wort. |
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Harebells are one of
my favorite wildflowers. Of course, I love all blue things, but
they are so delicate and graceful. |
| Even common yellow
clover has an interesting flower. |
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A single bilberry. |
| This is what you see
along the roadside when the bilberries are ripe. They are quite
tart, and not everybody likes them, but they tasted delicious in my
pancakes. |
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Yarrow. Another
interesting weed flower. |
| Flowers of hemp
nettle. Every part of the plant is hairy. I'm not sure if it
stings like stinging nettle does - I wasn't about to find out. |
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Flowers of wild
basil. This is an aromatic herb, but it is not nearly so powerful
as the cultivated kinds. |