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    I went out to gather linden blossoms for tea. It was pretty warm and by the time I was headed home, I was tired, and decided to go check out whether I could get a picture of the evening primrose on Columbia street.

It turned out not to be evening enough, but I caught sight of the stand of bouncing bet on the other side of the street and stopped to take some pictures.

 
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Bouncing Bet, Saponaria offcinalis  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : There was a big clump of this around a tree. I'm pretty sure I've seen it before, but I couldn't identify it off-hand.
Common Name : Bouncing Bet
Latin Name : Saponaria offcinalis
Location : Columbia Street, barely North of Hampshire Street, Cambridge MA
Date : 2002-06-23 18:09
Event : Around Cambridge
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Lady's Thumb, polygonum persicaria  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : I identified this this year, and I see it a lot, but my pictures don't seem to come out well (it's hard to get both the leaves and flowers in focus.

The marks on the leaves are also fainter earlier in the season, I think. I'm going to try to remember to look at the fringes on the sheaths, and see if some of the things I've been ignoring are actually the other smartweeds.

Common Name : Lady's Thumb
Latin Name : polygonum persicaria
Location : Columbia Street, barely North of Hampshire Street, Cambridge MA
Date : 2002-06-23 18:11
Event : Around Cambridge
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