Second page of flowers in Penn Hills, Pennysylvania
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Black-eyed Susan
[Two photos spliced together. On the left are the closed bud. The center brown is visible throufh the thin yellow petals-to-be. On the right is one fully open bloom with its large domed brown center. The bloom has eleven full-size yellow petals and one tiny yellow one.]

Flowering groundcover plants
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a view of one section of the groundcover. It has thick green saw-toothed leaves. Currently, the plant is blooming yellow flowers in the middle of each clump. On the right is a close view of one clump with its topping of yellow flowers. The flowers are all grouped toghether at the top and have narrow petals with a greenish-yellow center.]

Indian bean tree in bloom and a close view of the beautiful flowers.
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a close view of the white flowers. The petals all join and curl outward from the center well of the bloom. There are think black lines and bright yellow splotches on the white and look as if they were painted on the white. This clump of flowers sits on a very large leaf. The image on the right is a view of a large section of the tree and its branch. The very large green leaves have clumps of white blooms on them in different sections of the tree.]

Two different beans from an Indian bean tree
[Two photos spliced together. On the right is one long bean hanging amid the large leaves on this tree. The bean is a slightly lighter shade of green than the oval leaves and has a small kink in it a little over half-way from the stem. On the left is an even closer view of a different bean. This one has a curve to the end not attached to the stem.]

Honeysuckle before opening (on left) and after opening (on right) .
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is are the closed buds which look like long thin tubers sticking out from the leaves. On the right are the open white buds with their long thin petals and even thinner long stamen.]

I think these may be wildflowers.
[Two white flowers, one under the other, at the top of a stem look like inverted umbrellas so the inside of the flower is not visible. However, the skinny white stamen stick out beyond the out edge of the blooms.]

White mullein
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is the entire plant. White blooms are open only in the middle of the tall stem. Leaves are only on the lower portion of the plant. On the right is a close view of several flowers. Each flower has five wide white petals. There is purple fuzzy stuff in the center from which the stamen emerge. The ends of the stamen are yellow-orange on the blooms near the top of the image while the lower blooms have all white ends on the stamen.]

White mullein
[A very close side view of one bloom. The center of the flower is very fuzzy looking with purple and white fuzzy protrusions on the stamen. The tips of the stamen are large, yellow with a wide orange section and have the shape of an orange slice.]

Flowers from two different clemantis plants
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a single fully-opened bloom with six white petals and each has a wide purple center stripe. The center of the bloom has long thin purple stamen emanting from a puffy white center. On the right are two reddish-purple blooms. One bloom is behind and the to the right side of the bloom centered in the image. The center of the blooms have thick yellow stamen. The outer-most ones fan out flat against the petals while the inner ones stick together and straight out from the center. Both blooms have visible dew drops on them.]

Queen Anne's lace before and after the blooms appear
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a single light green bloom which has just started to open. There are spikes of green supports outside of the center which will probably support the spread out section of flower once it blooms. On the right are two blooms each with their multitude of tiny white flowers. The larger spread is on the top while the one half its size is in the lower right. ]

Partially closed false dandelion
[A very close top-down view of one partially open yellow bloom. The thin petals around the center ar fully closed, so the center is not visible. ]

Dandelion seedhead
[A very close top-down view of the globe of white wispy spikes. The center of the sphere is tan. The spikes coming from it are dark brown close to the center then become white. At the end of the spike is a section which is similar to an inverted umbrella. The entire edge of the sphere is wispy. ]

Eastern daisy fleabane
[A side view of the top of the plant. One main stem branches into a half dozen sections with each topped by a bloom. Three of the blooms are fully open showing the large yellow centers surrounded by the profusion of thin white petals. A fourth bloom is just starting to open while the last two are still fully closed. ]

Eastern mushrooms
[A top-down view of the tops of five individual mushrooms. Four have their caps completely open like parasols. There are lines from the center top of the mushroom to the outer edges just like pleats of a parsol. The fifth mushroom off to the right has its edges curled upward like the parasol is inverting, but maybe it started curled together and it is flattening downward. ]

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