The pineweed is in bloom!
Pineweed, Hypericum gentianoides, has tiny yellow star-like flowers and they are so small that they can be easily overlooked.
Against the grey rock of our local monadnocks, like Stone Mountain, Panola Mountain and Arabia Mountain, they are like small jewels.
You might think that since these leaves look like pines, they would be hard like pine needles, but they are soft to the touch and bend easily in the hot breeze of a July day in Georgia. What little breeze we have anyway! (My car said 106 degrees today.)
See the photos above? This is a sign of the flowers that can be found at Stone Mountain in the Quarry Exhibit. (Why isn't this in the Nature Garden there? Who knows?) I think Richard took a better photo of the pineweed than the one they have displayed on the photo! AND dear reader of this blog, if you have been reading this blog for very long, YOU will know all the names on this sign!
(P.S. We call spiderwort "tradescantia" because that is the botanical name and Richard likes that name better! I must admit, it does sound nice with his accent.)
See the coreopsis and the Yellow Daisy? People will confuse the two, but hey, just look at them! Can't tell the difference? Come and find me, I will set you straight! HA!
I agree. Richard's picture is much better.
ReplyDeleteI know! And you can even see the little red fruits beginning to form on the plant in Richard's photo also!
DeleteThere is so much variety, and all of these are beautiful in their own way.
ReplyDeleteLove the sunflower in your header photo... does that mean the Sunflower Festvial is near? :-)
Alas, they no longer have the Sunflower Festival! Oh well, you know I enjoyed it while they did! That sunflower was in my Dad's garden, and I love to take a photo of one, face to face! :-)
DeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mike! And the post that you did about Eyam is one of the best things I have read all year, no kidding.
DeleteWhat a fantastic plant! xx
ReplyDeleteIt is and can you believe it, hardly anyone notices it!
DeleteKay, You have so many nice wildflowers there. I do like your husband's photo better. :):) Blessings, xoxo,Susie
ReplyDeleteWe do have nice wildflowers! Glad you like Richard's photo too! Thank you, sweet Susie! xx
DeleteWe've been cool the last few days (down in the eighties) but we're going back up to 106 by Thursday. But we are all desert here, it's to be expected.
ReplyDeleteWe are told that the humidity here makes it seem even hotter. Sometimes, it will rain, and you think it will cool off, but it just makes it steamy, like a sauna! Oh well, waiting for October!
DeleteHaving that guide on a small pamphlet to carry would be handy for someone like me, but you've given me the idea, next time i'm somewhere that has such a guide, to photograph it for future reference!
ReplyDeleteYes! We like to photograph things for future reference. If only we remember that we have done so! LOL!
DeleteSuch pretty delicate little flowers they are! :)
ReplyDeleteI love how tiny they are compared to a giant sunflower! Lovely flowers, no matter the size!
DeleteThis post is right up my alley! What a beautiful little flower, and yes, Richard's photo is much better. :)
ReplyDelete"Tradescantia" certainly sounds more pleasant than "Spiderwort". Here's a question for you: is your tradescantia T. occidentalis or T. ohiensis? Or some other T.? (I have been doing a bit of wildflower research lately and am puffed up with my tiny bit of knowledge....) :D
I am thinking that the one we have here is Tradescantia virginiana...I think that is the one, I wrote about it in May of 2013. It looks like that is the most common one in the Eastern part of the US.
DeleteBut hey, I could be wrong, I am an amateur naturalist!
What a pretty flower, one quite new to me. And what a lovely blog you have - I look forward to reading through your great variety of posts. I see we like many of the same things - including the Beatles! So glad you found my blog; thank you for you kind comments. P.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Patricia! And you have a great blog too! Happy to find you too!
DeleteI do love your red cardinal. As I am typing this, I can see a baby cardinal being fed by the adult male cardinal on my deck. What a sight!
Lovely flowers! I think wildflowers add so much joy to life. Your love of all that is part of the beautiful natural world is a big reason (but not the only one) I enjoy reading your blog so much.
ReplyDeleteKristi, you sure know how to make my day. Thank you!!
DeleteI do love the natural world, just wish I could write about it better.
Thanks again, you are so sweet.
Looks a nice flower. 106 is way too warm for hiking though. Midsummer here and 3 degrees C at night with hail storms over the mountains. 12 degrees C at noon :o (
ReplyDeleteBonnie Scotland in Late July!
Sounds great to me, I wish I could be on the next plane to Scotland!
DeleteThis past weekend, we had to get up before dawn and go out on a hike as soon as the sun came up...any later and we can't take the heat! :-)
I love the delicate Pinewood flower. I really do love to photograph wild flowers. I've never seen most of those. They're so pretty.
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