I am occasionally finding wildflowers that I missed last year. This one is the Carrion Flower and reportedly smells like rotting flesh in order to attract flies. I can also report that it smells pretty rank. From reading
here, I learn that this plant is a female and that male plants have a flower cluster which is much smaller. This plant is in the same family as the Greenbrier
Cow Wheat is one that is new to me and was a challenge to identify. It grows along a path behind my home in pretty deep woods. It is inconspicuous and doesn't last long. Cow Wheat usually has very narrow, lance-shaped leaves, but this one had much wider leaves. Finally I found this reference. It seems that there are three varieties with this one being
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var latifolium, having broad leaves.
And some old favorites
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Thanks,
Charles