Family: Daisy alien
Season: early spring
(Apr-97; 6-Mile Gorge; just coming up)
(Apr-97; 6-Mile Gorge; a brave early soldier)
(Shindagin State Forest; 28-April-96; Daisy Family, Alien)
(02-May-98; Monkey Run; seed heads)
(02-May-98; Monkey Run; seed head closer-up - note still yellow)
(Jun-97; South Hill Trail; rain-flatten seed heads)
Coltsfoot
Usually the first spring flower to bloom, prefering very well-drained soils. Very common along roadsides with flower-stalk emerging well before foliage. The nodding flower head resembles a horse's leg/hooves. Seeds heads are like Dandlions; however, the rain usually flattens them into flower-like circles :)