January 2025

mid-January

hellebore in bloom

hellebore

scabious in bud and bloom

scabious

Danish scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica) rosette

Cochlearia danica Danish scurvygrass

Cochlearia danica Danish scurvygrass

buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) with tiny Danish scurvygrass and common whitlowgrass rosettes to the right and Danish scurvygrass growing through it

buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus

Frankenstein plant (dandelion and Geranium molle)

frankenstein plant

beginning of January lots of rosettes

dandelions

dandelion

dandelion

dandelion

dandelion

are these beaked hawk's-beard (Crepis vesicaria)? I worry the verge and other locations where they are will be mown down in the spring before I get to see them in bloom

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) on the right, not sure on the left

another shepherds purse

shepherds purse capsella bursa-pastoris

bristly oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)

bristly oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides

I think these next two are the same but not sure what they are, they do look like dandelions but not exactly right for dandelion

pineappleweed (Matricaria discoidea), it's made itself into a rosette but not the usual basal plant rosette but and aged weathered rosette

pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea

spear thistle

spear thistle rosette Cirsium vulgare....

thale cress rosette

thale cress

thale cress rosettes

thale cress

stone parsley

stone parsley

dock

dock

bristly oxtongue

bristly oxtongue