White Lettuce
Here is another new (to me) type of plant. As far as wildflowers go, this one struck me as unusually awkward-looking and droopy, but the bees adored it. To each his own.
This is the only specimen I found of this type of plant. It was skinny, with small flowers, and my camera didn’t want to focus on it. This is the best photograph I managed to get. I’m convinced this flower is a member of the Agalinis genus (a.k.a. false foxglove). If I had to guess, I’d say it was common gerardia, because that’s the best match appearance-wise.
Clearweed is a humble plant that creates ground cover without drawing any special attention to itself. As a member of the nettle family, it’s sometimes mistaken for stinging nettle, but it doesn’t have any stinging hairs. Having once been stung by nettle myself (youch!), I am thankful that clearweed is a kinder member of that family, because it grows in abundance around here. It’s called “clearweed” because it has clear stems. According to this website, it can be used in science classes to demonstrate the uptake of liquids by plants.
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