NC, Smokies, 20060609
CabinCove, JP, many flowers.

Trifolium aureum

By firepit, towards stream. In fl, starting to fr.
GEN ann (small mass of fibrous roots and no dead lvs), decumb
ST sp strig
LF palmate
lflt 3, 7x5+0mm, obov, rounded to sl notched tip, wedge base, serr ab mid
petiole 3mm, glab, veins free and parallel each ending in a tooth
STIP 2mm, lance, acum, v sl joined, sp strig
INFL small term heads, ~10fls
rachis < 2mm, sp strig
fls erect, fr pend
SEP 1.8mm
lobes 0.5mm to 1.0mm, lin
scar, appress, glab
PET 3.5mm, yell, all lobes straight forward
FR incl in persist pet, glab, ellip, stipitate, st 1mm, body 1mm (immature), 1 seed
Must be depauperate specimen. Wow, it really is annual!

Geranium dissectum

By far steps at cabin, around stepping stones. In fl and fr.
GEN peren (taproot and few dead lvs), erect, unbr
ST d white descend strig
LF 11x17+40mm, 5-cleft 75-85%, segs deeply 3-toothed, 1-segs oblance, 2-segs lin acute, soft ascend pil both sides and descend pil on petiole
STIP 4x0.8mm, bright red, white strig and cil, delt acute
INFL pairs on peduncles in term axils, peduncle 10mm, pedicels 5-10mm, erect
SEP 5, free, 4-4.5x2mm, ov, 0.8mm awn, d short pil and sp long clear gland bristly, erect
PET 5, free, deep rose-purple, 5mm wide total, rotate, 3x1.5mm, obov, rounded tip
STAM 5, excl
OV 1, 5 deeply lobed into ellip chambs joined around base of long beak, chambs ~2x1.5mm, beak 8x1mm, d short pil all over and sp long gland bristly on beak
STYLE 5, excl
SEED eq ov chamb, conspic retic

Stellaria graminea

All over; in lawn esp; in fl.
GEN decumb herb
ST v square w ridged angles, glab
LF opp, lin-ellip, acute, adnate to v sl clasp, 25x4mm, glab, stip few short scraggly clear hairs
INFL 1 per axil, pedicel 30mm, glab
SEP 5, free, 5x0.8mm, lin acute, scar marg, spread 90deg
PET 10 in 5 pairs, free in pairs, pairs joined at v base, white, spread 60deg, 5x0.8mm, rounded tip, wedge base
STAM 10, spread 0-30deg, 3mm or so, white, glab
ANTH brown, 0.7mm, dorsifix, lat slits
OV 1, sup, ellip, 1x0.9mm, lt green, sl lumpy, small dk green lumpy crown at tip, glab
STYLE 3, white, glab

Cerastium glomeratum

All over lawns; in fl and fr.
GEN decumb herb
ST round, d vill
LF opp, lance-ellip to oblance lower down, 10x3.5+0mm, obtuse, adnate to v sl clasp, d long kinky pil, arching out
INFL term pan, quite a few fls, lf-like bracts without scar marg, peduncle 7mm, pedicel 1.5-2mm, vill (some appear to be clear gland tipped)
SEP 5, free, 4x1mm, acute, wide scar marg, ascend kinky pil, appress
PET 5, free, white, 4x1mm, oblance, notched 1mm, teeth rounded, spreading 45deg
STAM 10, uneq, white, ~eq pet
ANTH yell, min
OV 1, sup, glab
STYLE 5(!), sl > stam, white, pap top 60-70%, lin stigs
FR 4x1.3mm, ellip-oblong, green, glab, many seeds, incl (hidden) in persist calyx
SEED white, 0.8mm long, low shiny bumpy

Erigeron strigosus

All over in sunny places; blooming later than E. philadelphicus and E. pulchellus; starting to fl (been working on it for week or more and still mostly buds but all have at least a few fully open heads).
GEN peren (slender rhizome), v erect
ST 8dm, mostly sp strig to vill near base, v weakly ridged
LF alt, oblance, entire, acute, adnate, 65x12+0mm, sp strig both sides, sl reduced ab, well spaced, spread
INFL tight corymb at top, 10+ heads, d strig
PHYL 4-5x0.5-0.8mm, 7-8mm wide total, acute, scar marg, tips sl spread, sp long spread-ascend bristly on back, v d min clear gland dotted
RECEPT naked, convex, 2.2mm wide
RAY tons, 7x0.7mm, strap, white, spread, female
DISC 8mm wide, yell, convex, lots, bisex?
PAP cap bristles, sev, easily decid, greyish, disc 2mm and some v min scales outside, ray v short only, v min ant scab
Arg, seems it is a "winter annual". Clearly keys to either E. strigosus or E. annuus; I suspect we have both, but I need to do more studying. Newcomb, Dicks, and McKenny all agree that the latter should be coarsely toothed.

Hydrophyllum canadense

Covering large areas in dark damp low flats; this one from start of Jason's Path.
GEN herb
LF alt, palm-toothed, 5-7 main teeth, teeth acute-acum and dist shall toothed, large, wider than long, broadly ov, cord base, rounded to reniform in outline, glab bel, scab-hispid ab and cil
INFL pairs of coiled cymes, inconspic, fls and frs pend, fairly dense, 20-30mm long
SEP 5, joined bel, 6mm, lobes 5x1mm, delt, min ant scab
PET 5, bell, white, 8x6mm, lobes 4x3mm or smaller, tips spread a bit, hairy half-tube inside running between stamens
STAM 10mm, purp, excl, tuft of tangled hairs halfway up
OV 1, sup, min, d bristly
STYLE 12mm, 2-forked at tip, v excl, whitish, glab
FR tiny, d strig, 2 seeds?

Rumex acetosella

Scattered all over in fields, etc.; in fl; this one a female from near pond.
GEN dioec herb, ascending to erect, br'd
LF hastate to ellip
INFL lots of long narr erect racemes, 2 nearly sess fls per node
SEP 3, min
PET 3, 1mm or so

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Scattered all over lawns and roadsides and perhaps in woods as well; still in fl, some in fr; this one from the roadside shortly up the drive to Langdale's.
GEN looks annual (few fibrous roots but a few v withered dead lvs)
ST flat, grass-leaf-like, to 6mm wide, 1 node in each of two stems
LF grass-like
INFL pairs of pedicelled fls at ends of brs, 8 fls total, outer bract sl > inner bract
pedicel 20mm or so, v fine
TEP 6, joined at base, 10x4mm, oblance, mucronate, awn 1mm or more, lilac w sharp lance-shaped dk purp-outlined yell base
STAM 4.5mm, 3, joined 100%, purpish, anth yell
OV 1, inf, 1.5x1mm, ellip, glab
STYLE sl > stam
FR 6x4.5mm, ellip-oblong, glab, weekly retic, 3 chamb
SEED 8 per chamb in 2 rows, prismatic, weekly retic, shiny, green (immature)

Stellaria media

Scattered at edges of unmowed fields; done fl.
ST hairy in a distinct line on one side

Veronica persica

In lawn around cabin esp near steps; this one from to roght of near steps; in fl and fr.
GEN decumb, rooting at nodes
ST long and short hispid, hairs curving up and in
LF alt ab but opp bel, round to ov, cren, d sh hispid, 5x5+1mm
STIP none or long twisted clear flattened hair-like
INFL sparse, pedicel 10+mm
SEP 4, joined at base, 2.8x1.3mm in fr, ov, long cil near base shorter ab
PET 4, bilat, joined at base, ~8mm wide total
top lobe 4x5mm, obov, blue ab white base w dk veins, yellish at base, beautiful
lat lobes 4x3mm, obov, lter than top
bot lobe white, 2x1mm, obov
lobes cil at base
STAM 4, joined to base of petals
OV 1, sup, 1mm or so, sl comp perp sept, 2 chambs, min puber
STYLE persist, 2mm, white, glab, ~eq calyx in fr

Veronica serpyllifolia

In lawn all over; this one from near firepit; in fl and fr.
GEN decumb to sprawling, probably peren (lots of dead lvs and long trailing sts)
ST round, d vill
LF opp bel, 25x15+0mm, oblance, serr, d vill, obtuse to rounded, atten base
INFL tall term bracteate rac
bracts 3x0.5mm, lin-ellip, acute, 1 per fl, sp hispid
SEP 4, join at base, spread 45deg, oblance, 4x1mm, obtuse, d clear gland puber
PET 4, joined at base, bilat, top 3x3mm, lat 2xmm, bot 2x1mm, spread 45-60deg, lt blue w dk blue veins, green and hairy inside
STAM 4, v excl
OV 1, sup
STYLE long, persist, v excl
FR 4x5x0.8mm, v comp perp sept, obcord, notch 0.2-0.3mm, cil