Swamp Hedge Nettle

Swamp Hedge Nettle (Stachys palustris ssp. pilosa)

We found this plant growing around our local lake:

2008 July 14

2008 July 14

2008 July 19

A perennial herb also called Woundwart.

Nodding Onion

"Nodding Onion" (Allium cernuum)

2007 July 20

2007 July 20

2007 July 16

2007 July 16

2007 July 16

2007 August 7

2007 August 30

2007 August 30

We found a whole patch of these "Nodding Onions" just down the hill near the lake. Death Camus and Nodding Onion look very similar when they come up in the spring ... one is edible and one is not! The Nodding Onion actually smells like an onion. I was beginning to think we didn't have any Nodding Onion close by as the Death Camus had bloomed earlier and its flowers were already spent.