Frick & Schenley Park Wildflowers

These are wildflowers I have seen in Frick Park, Schenley Park, and the East End of Pittsburgh. (Some escapes and many invasives are included.)
Click on thumbnails for larger views. "BZ" means photo source is Bob Zuberbuhler's wildflower site.
More photos and complex searches are available at USDA Plants.
PA wildflower photos by month (and other PA nature pages) are at The Rice Pages.
See also Vanderbilt S.E. wildflower photos.

PicFlower First/Last seen 2005 First/Last seen 2006 Comment
periwinkle ? March 30 /  
dandelion Before April 30 / April 5 /  
garlic mustard Before April 30 / Early June April 17 / widespread; fruit slender, square, upright 
forget me not ? April 17 / inconspicuous
gill-over-the-ground Before April 30 / April 18 / smooth lvs; upr lvs not sessile; perennial
violets Before April 30 / April 18 /  
mouse ear chickweed Before May 6 / April 19 / inconspicuous
shepherd's purse Before May 6 / April 19 / fruit is small, heart shaped
small flowered buttercup Before May 6 / Late May April 19 / vestigial petals
winter cress Before May 6 / Mid June April 20 /  
purple dead nettle ? April 22 /  
stonecrop Before April 30 / Mid June April 23 /  
bluet Before April 30 / Late June April 23 / likes to grow in moss
veronica Before May 6 / April 23 / aka speedwell; inconspicuous
grape hyacinth ? April 24 /  
various grasses May 10 / April 25/  
buttercup Before April 30 / Late June May 1 /  
May apple May 14 / Late June May 4/ flowers under leaves
wild geranium May 15 / May 5/  
squawroot Before May 6 / May 6/ parasite; looks like a pine cone
lily of the valley May 17 / Early June May 6 /  
fleabane May 13 / May 6/  
false Solomon's seal May 14 / Mid June May 7/  
wild strawberry May 17 / May 10 /  
clover May 12 / May 11 /  
wood sorrel May 13 / May 12 /  
nightshade June 17 / May 15 /  
cow parsnip June 3 / May 18 / (Q. Anne's lace has lacy lvs + purple cntr floret)
cheese (a mallow) ? May 18 / 3 purple stripes per petal
black snakeroot May 15 / May 18/  
star of Bethlehem May 17 / Early June May 18/  
hop clover June 16 / May 22/  
smartweed June 11 / May 31/  
plantain May 17 / June 6/  
yellow sedum ? June 6/  
green amaranth ? June 6/  
spiderwort June 12 / June 8/  
galinsoga June 17 / June 8/  
jewelweed June 11 / June 10/ aka touch-me-not
showy campion ? June 10/  
rock cress Before May 6 / Mid June    
Virginia blue bells May 10 / Late May    
henbit May 15 /   hairy lvs; upr lvs sessile; annual
barren strawberry May 17 /    
heal all June 17 /    
Asiatic dayflower June 28 /    
Queen Anne's lace July 1 /    
white avens July 1 /    
enchanter's nightshade July 2 /    
crown vetch July 2 /    
wild morning glory July 2 /    
bull thistle July 11 /    
Joe Pye weed July 30 /    

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