This report is written by Lorraine Anderson (lorraine@bwca.cc). She is part of a group of three seniors that have been looking at wildflowers in Cook County, Minnesota. They have gone out almost every Wednesday for over 20 years and love it, even in the winter. But of course there aren't any flowers in the winter!!

Wednesday Wildflower Report: August 27, 2003
We didn't go tromping through the woods today because of health reasons. The only new flower of the week was one of many varieties of Knotweeds - Polygonum. Someone said that if it were larger it would be real beautiful. It had light powdery small leaves with a cluster of tiny red flowers in the axis.
The color on the highway comes mostly from White & Purple Asters, Scentless Chamomile, Goldenrod,
Tansy, Pearly Everlasting, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Yarrow.
The temperature has dropped and a beginning of fall is in the air.
This will be the last report of the season. Later I will put them all together alphabetically with their blooming times.

Flowers we found Blooming:
Asters, Purple Aster ssp.
Asters, White - Aster ssp.
Bellflower, Creeping - Campanula uliginosa
Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia serotina - so much
Butter and Eggs - Linaria vulgaris
Buttercup, Tall or Common - Ranunculus acris
Chamomile, Scentless - Matricaria maritima
Clover, Purple - Trifolium ssp.
Clover, Rabbit's-foot - Trifolium arvense
Clover, Sweet, White - Melilotus alba
Daisy, Ox-eye - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Dock, Curled - Rumex crispus - dark brown now
Everlasting, Pearly - Anaphalis margaritacea
Fireweed - Epilobium angustifolium - mostly done but the seed pods are beautiful and so are the seeds
Goldenrod - Solidago ssp.
Jewelweed, Spotted - Impatiens capensis
Joe Pye Weed - Eupatorium maculatum
Knapweed, Spotted - Centaurea maculosa
Knotweed - Polygonum *
Loosestrife, Purple - Lythrum salicaria
Mint, Wild - Mentha spicata
Mullein, Common - Verbascum thapsus
Pea, Beach - Lathyrus japonicus
Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare
Thistle, Field Sow - Sonchus arvensis
Trefoil, Bird's-foot - Lotus corniculatus
Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium