2025-05-10 The beginning of May
I’ve been walking through the neighbourhood again, looking at flowers. Aargauerstrasse is particularly beautiful with the tram rails.
Teppich-Zwergmispel
Cotoneaster dammeri

Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf
Echium vulgare

It’s not a dandelion, for sure. Guessing Wiesen-Piepau, i.e. Crepis biennis.

Kartoffel-Rose
Rosa rugosa

Wisteria, but which one: Japanese or Chinese?

Gewöhnliche Nachtviole
Hesperis matronalis agg.

A iris, but which one? Or most likely some commercial variant.
Ostsibirische Schwertlilie
Iris sanguina

Gewöhnliche Akelei (Artengruppe)
Aquilegia vulgaris agg.

So beautiful. Including a little aphid. Oh no!

Aargauerstrasse has tram tracks running over some rocky grounds and in recent years, the city gardening department has let it grow in the most wonderful wild flowers.
Scharfer Mauerpfeffer
Sedum acre

Nickendes Leimkraut
Silene nutans

Rotes Seifenkraut
Saponaria ocymoides

To think that clover seemed so utterly mundane when I was a child.
Rot-Klee
Trifolium pratense

Wiesen-Salbei
Salvia pratensis

Schwarzrandige Margerite
Leucanthemum aratrum agg.

My favourite one! 😍
Saat-Esparsetten (Artengruppe)
Onobrychis viciifolia agg.

Gewöhnliches Leimkraut aka Taubenkropf-Leimkraut
Silene vulgaris

These trees are amazing in bloom.
Gewöhnliche Rosskastanie
Aesculus hippocastanum

Nelke

Habichtskraut

Flockenblume
Centaurea

Luzerne
Medicago sativa

I thought it was going to be Ackerwittwenblume but I guess a lot of Acker- was changed to Wiesen- in recent decades.
Wiesen-Wittwenblume (Artengruppe)
Knautia arvensis agg.

Gewöhnliches Sonnenröschen
Helianthemum nummularium

Nelke

Hufeisenklee
Hippocrepis comosa

I use Flora Incognita for plant id.