Whorled Loosestrife (above) reminds me of a flower merry-go-round. According to my Audubon wildflower field guide, American colonists fed this plant to oxen "as calmatives so that they would work together peacefully." Perhaps we should feed it to humans.
I took this photo of Virginia Waterleaf in June, but had a hard time identifying it. I won't post anything without its name. The pink version of this flower seems to be preferred in photos. I found this plant by a stream.
Yellow Wood Sorrel resembles clover and closes at night.
The very small bloom of Enchanter's Nightshade was hard to capture with my automatic focus. According to my guide, it is one of the few two-petaled flowers. The petals are deeply cleft so they appear as four instead of two.
The native Common Speedwell is another plant difficult to capture with an automatic focus because the blooms are so small.
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