lyre-leaved rock cress, in its favorite place

It’s a strange season. Lots of different plants are blooming, but not in the vast quantities I would expect. Several species are blooming rather early, or very early, like a full two weeks sooner than last year (not unexpected given a very warm autumn and winter).

star chickweed
quiz: how many petals are on this flower? (answer below)

On Monday, March 28, harbinger-of-spring was done. Otherwise, the plants I reported on last week are still going, and nothing has hit its peak yet.  To that list add

• smooth rock cress
• lyre-leaved rock cress
• azure bluets (just a few)
• kidney-leaved buttercup
• jack-in-the-pulpit (just a few)
• toadshade (just one)
• redbud
• blue violets
• yellow violets
• golden alexanders

…quiz answer: five; each of the petals is deeply divided into two lobes, so that a single petal appears to be two