Picking Flowers

Picking flowers is one of my favorite pastimes. Yes, actually. I love stopping by roadsides, searching through the forest, and even my own backyard for different florals. 

Since Beltane/MayDay was a few days ago, I thought I might post about something so commonly found in peak springtime!

One of the first times I really got interested in flowers is when I created a Botany Book in Middle School:

Initially my interest peaked in Apothecary, which is why I wrote down healing properties and methods. I’m still a big believer in folk medicine and would really enjoy foraging! Here is one of my favorite YouTubers on that:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCcbf8wnyVJl631LAmAbo7nw

Beyond that I guess I just wanted to talk about my love of the flowers I find. I really enjoy learning about whether they are native or not and exactly what they are. One really good app I found for this is called Seek. You can download it here on the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/seek-by-inaturalist/id1353224144

All you do is press the leaf, and zero in on whatever you’re trying to identify. Seek then goes through the Kingdom, Phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Sometimes it doesn’t get all the way there, but it’s a work in progress, and very helpful to someone like me who struggles to use things like field guides.


Some of my findings are Jimson Weed, Bitter Wintercress, and Sawtooth Blackberry.


I hope maybe something I’ve put in here will help you on your flower picking journey! That’s all I have for today, until next adventure ♥️ 

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