Showing posts with label schattenblume. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schattenblume. Show all posts
2009-07-15
Shades of green with white speckles
One of the myriad of flowers that line the footpaths in the woods these days.
Having failed to identify the common cornflower, I subsequently invested in a nature guide and can tell you with absolute certainty that the species pictured above is Maianthemum bifolium or some white flower or other. Maianthemum bifolium is called disparagingly False lily of the valley in English, or more appropriately Schattenblume (shade flower) in German.
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