A list of unknown flowers ...
One of the first spring flowers I saw, Spring Star Flower, went unidentified for a month or more. I quickly identified this as Stichwort on a run through Adam's Tract (in Carrboro, NC). However, considering that there appear to be 10 petals instead of 5 deeply cleft petals, I am questioning my original analysis. After extensive searching online, I confirmed that this fungus (growing on a Red Cedar) is a Cedar-Apple Rust, Gymnosporangiumnidus-avis. Is this, perhaps, the true and elusive Stichwort? This delicate herb of stream banks reminds me of Yellow Corydalis. This sedge is prolific in the woods.