2024-04-05 Plant pictures from a walk
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Today we walked through Zürich. It’s spring. Every week brings new
flowers. I love this so much. No matter what happened, spring is here
and from underground reservoirs the plants come back and I love them.
😍

Garten LöwenmaulAntirrhinum majus

It's so fuzzy!

White, in the background:

Einjähriges Silberblatt Lunaria annua



Also, look at this video of me opening a flower by hand and a
bumblebee crawling out and flying away, recorded in 2021. Soooo cute!

Now you know why it's called "lion's maw" or "snapdragon"… only the
bumblebees are strong enough to push themselves inside!

Frühlings-PlatterbseLathyrus vernus

Black, about to land, a huge carpenter bee!

Grosse HolzbieneXylocopa violacea



LorbeerkirschePrunus laurocerasus

This one is very popular, poisonous, likes to break out and is
invasive. Don't plant these in your gardens, please!



Einjähriges SilberblattLunaria annua

Again, but this time in purple instead of white!



I thought it was Golderdbeere (Waldsteinia fragarioides), but the app
says:

Dreiblättrige WaldsteinieGeum ternatum

What's going on with this Waldstein thing? The Wikipedia page
mentions the genus Geum and Waldsteinia ternata so I'm going to
assume that botanists have been or are still discussing taxonomy
issues and I'm just oblivious to it.



Sumpf-DotterblumeCaltha palustris

This was not along a little creek in the forest but in the large
cemetery we have. The pool has stone walls and we saw some newts in
the water. Later we saw a sign saying that the toads and newts like to
procreate in the pool but then they can't get out so the gardeners
added pebble ramps in the back of the pool for them to get out. I love
it.



Scharfer HahnenfussRanunculus acris agg.

My wife keeps telling me that she learned it as "acer" instead of
"acris" so I assume that some renaming happened while we grew older…



Kriechender GünselAjuga reptans

I don't know why I keep confusing this one and the next one! My wife
challenges me every single time. And I get it wrong more than 50% of
the time! Amazing!



Gundermann (Artengruppe)Glechoma hederacea agg.

My wife thinks this is "Gundelrebe" and the Wikipedia page confirms
the alias. All right then!

All this plant identifying started with my wife teaching me while we
went jogging in the forest.

Sadly, this picture is out of focus! 😭 It looked great on the phone.
I'm still adding it to this page because I started talking about the
fact that I keep confusing it with the previous one…



Japanisches GoldröschenKerria japonica



Grossblütiger BeinwellSymphytum grandiflorum



The app couldn't identify this one. There were so many bees, here! The
flowers didn't smell.



KnoblauchsraukeAlliaria petiolata

My wife taught me that it was called "Knoblauchhederich" and so that's
what I call it.



SchöllkrautChelidonium majus

I think that this one is already on its way out. I was quite surprised
to find this one corner where it was still in full swing.



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