Today we look for:
05. Hairy Bittercress (Cerastium semidecandrum)
06. Draba verna (Erophila verna)
07. Chickweed (Stellaria media)
08. Little Mouse Ear (Cerastium semidecandrum)
Found: only the Hairy Bittercress
"Weeds are flowers too, when you get to know them better" says Winnie the Pooh and he's quite right about that!
We have been on the road again with our Stoepplantjesboek (Pavement Plants Book) and we have found some beautiful plants! Not all four which were scheduled for today, but you don't have to find them in order. There are two plants, 05. Hairy Bittercress and 13. Dandelion, that we found earlier already, so they don't count :)) One plant (Silverweed) that we recognize but that is not on our 52-week search list. Then a cute little yellow plant we also do not know. But still, we love them all so here they are!
05. Hairy bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta
12. Creeping woodsorrel - Oxalis corniculata
Such a sweet little plant but what's it's name???
00. Silverweed - Potentilla anserina
13. Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale
29. Small flowered Crane's Bill - Geranium pussillum
49. Smooth Hawksbeard - Crepis Capillaris
50. Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea
51. Flowering Plant - Plantago lanceolata (in bloom!)
The weather is really lovely and we've had a great time outside, so today was another fun day with the pavement plants! If we can't find everything on the list, we think that's a shame, but even without the right finds we have so much fun searching. We also have found all kinds of beautiful pavement plants that have not made it to the list. And - of course - we think it is the most important you enjoy what you do!
Do you also want to participate in this fun project of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden? Alone, with friends or with your class? Look here for more information
You don't have a book? No problem, here you can download all the sidewalk plants from the list, per month
See you next time!