Concrete Botany

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

Spotted #Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SpottedKnapweed

Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers #Flowersky

Bright pink poppies growing in an untended patch beside the pavement. Behind them, yellow bird's foot trefoil is growing in a driveway.

Pink pavement poppies.

Close up of small purple and yellow flower growing in gap between concrete and stones

Escaped pansy growing in my garden path.

Queen Anne's Lace, Green Foxtail, Kochia and other pavementplant weeds shot off Columbus Boulevard on August 5th of last year. #Wildflowers

Camphorweed & Spotted Knapweed shot off Oregon Avenue on August 5th of last year.
#Wildflowers

Spotted Knapweed, Slender Snakecotton, Mugwort and other pavementplant weeds shot off Columbus Boulevard on August 5th of last year.

Common Eveningprimrose, Slender Snakecotton, Rush Skeletonweed and other pavementplant weeds shot off Columbus Boulevard on August 5th of last year.

Fuck it, pansies in the concrete

A Spiderflower grown out of S. Randolph St. in East Oregon, shot last August 5th.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #StreetFlowers

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) off the south side of Oregon Avenue in East Oregon, shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Bindweed

Spotted #Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SpottedKnapweed

A pavement poppy.

Garden Cosmos

Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) with White Clover & an unidentified grass, growing out of a crack in the sidewalk about where Columbus Boulevard turns into Pattison Avenue, shot last August 5th.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers

Common Eveningprimrose (Oenothera biennis) shot off Columbus Boulevard last August 5th.
#Wildflowers

#Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot in the Food Distribution District last August 5th.
#Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers

A much stressed Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) shot last August 5th in East Oregon.

Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Weeds #WeedTrees #UrbanTrees #DestructiveTrees

Bright orange California poppies growing between the sidewalk and building foundation

These California poppies, 😍

I had thought that these were Acalypha virginica, but I now realize on inspection that these are Rhomboid Mercury (Acalypha rhomboidia). I have deleted a few previous posts of this population as tiny, undeveloped plants. These were shot on August 5th of last year.
#UrbanBotany #UrbanWeeds #Weeds

A trio of flowers with variegated pink/white petals growing along the sidewalk. Several flower buds are also visible amongst the green foliage

Spotted growing out of cracks in the sidewalk along Main St. Google says it is Field Bindweed, but I just see pretty flowers ☺️💚 #flowerreport #pink #bloomscroll #willits #pnw #northerncalifornia

Musk #Thistle (Carduus nutans) grown out of the sidewalk of Columbus Boulevard, shot on May 16, 2024.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers

A pink snapdragon growing between concrete sidewalk slabs. Picture taken outside Terryberry Library

She's doing her best

Tufted Knotweed (Persicaria cespitosa) growing in a Whitman street gutter, shot on June 5th of last year.
#Wildflowers #StreetFlowers #UrbanWildflowers

Photo of a light grey lichen comprised of numerous octopus-looking branches covered in dark grey discs (the apothecia).

A Physcia sp lichen on a poplar tree.
NWT, Canada. photo covers about 6cm, left to right. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) shot last June 5th at the bottom of Whitman.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers

Pansy growing out of a crack in concrete.

Beautiful things grow in difficult places.

Common #Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) shot last September 17th.