May Wild Flower Records
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Updated to May 31, 2005
Records of 233 species in bloom seen in May during the last 7 years in the Hamilton Area.
* = Plant is not native to our area.
English Names | Latin Names | French Names |
ALYSSUM, SMALL * | Alyssum alyssoides | Alysson calicinal |
ANEMONE, RUE | Anemonella thalictroides | Anémone fauxpigamon |
ANEMONE, WOOD | Anemone quinquefolia | Anémone à cinq folioles |
ANISEROOT | Osmorhiza longistylis | Osmorhize à long style |
ASPARAGUS * | Asparagus officinalis | Asperge |
ASPEN, LARGE-TOOTHED (TREE) | Populus grandidentata | Peuplier à grandes dents |
ASPEN, TREMBLING (TREE) | Populus tremuloides | Peuplier faux-tremble |
AVENS, YELLOW | Geum aleppicum | Benoîte d'alep |
BANEBERRY, RED | Actaea rubra | Actée rouge |
BANEBERRY, WHITE | Actaea pachypoda | Actée à gros pédicelles |
BARBERRY, COMMON * (SHRUB) | Berberis vulgaris | Épine-vinette commune |
BARBERRY, JAPANESE * (SHRUB) | Berberis thunbergii | Épine-vinette du japon |
BEARDTONGUE, FOXGLOVE | Penstemon digitalis | Penstémon digitale |
BEDSTRAW, ROUGH | Galium asprellum | Gaillet piquant |
BEECH, AMERICAN (TREE) | Fagus grandifolia | Hêtre à grandes feuilles |
BEECH, BLUE (TREE) | Carpinus caroliniana | Charme de caroline |
BELLWORT, LARGE-FLOWERED | Uvularia grandiflora | Uvulaire grandiflore |
BELLWORT, PERFOLIATE | Uvularia perfoliata | Uvulaire perfoliée |
BITTERCRESS, HAIRY * | Cardamine hirsuta | Cardamine hirsute |
BLADDERNUT, AMERICAN (SHRUB) | Staphylea trifolia | Staphylier à trois folioles |
BLOODROOT | Sanguinaria canadensis | Sanguinaire du Canada |
BLUE FLAG, SLENDER * | Iris prismatica | Iris prismatique |
BLUEBERRY, EARLY LOW | Vaccinium angustifolium | Airelle à feuilles étroites |
BLUE-EYED GRASS, COMMON | Sisyrinchium montanum | Bermudienne montagnarde |
BUCKTHORN, COMMON * (TREE) | Rhamnus cathartica | Nerprun cathartique |
BUGLE * | Ajuga reptans | Bugle rampante |
BUTTERBUR * | Petasites japonicus | Pétasite du japon |
BUTTERCUP, CREEPING * | Ranunculus repens | Renoncule rampante |
BUTTERCUP, EARLY | Ranunculus fascicularis | Renoncule fasciculée |
BUTTERCUP, HISPID | Ranunculus hispidus | Renoncule hispide |
BUTTERCUP, KIDNEYLEAF | Ranunculus abortivus | Rallonge coudée |
BUTTERCUP, TALL * | Ranunculus acris | Renoncule âcre |
CALLA, WILD | Calla palustris | Calla des marais |
CAMPION, BLADDER * | Silene vulgaris | Silène enflé |
CAMPION, WHITE (EVENING LYCHNIS) * | Silene latifolia | Compagnon blanc |
CANCERROOT, ONE-FLOWERED | Orobanche uniflora | Orobanche uniflore |
CELANDINE * | Chelidonium majus | Grande chélidoine |
CELANDINE, LESSER * | Ranunculus ficaria | Renoncule ficaire |
CHARLOCK * | Sinapis arvensis | Moutarde d`été |
CHERRY, CHOKE (SHRUB) | Prunus virginiana | Cerisier à grappes |
CHERVIL, BUR | Anthriscus caucalis | Anthrisque commun |
CHESTNUT, HORSE (Tree) | Aesculus hippocastanum | Marronnier d'Inde |
CHICKWEED, COMMON * | Stellaria media | Stellaire moyenne |
CHICKWEED, JAGGED * | Holosteum umbellatum | Holostée à ombrelle |
CHICKWEED, MOUSE-EAR * | Cerastium fontanum | Céraiste vulgaire |
CICELY, SWEET | Osmorhiza claytoni | Osmorhize de clayton |
CINQUEFOIL, COMMON | Potentilla simplex | Potentille simple |
CINQUEFOIL, ROUGH | Potentilla norvegica ssp. Monspeliensis | Potentille de Norvège |
CLEARWEED | Pilea pumila | Piléa nain ou petite ortie |
CLEAVERS (BEDSTRAW) | Galium aparine | Gaillet gratteron |
CLOVER, ALSIKE * | Trifolium hybridum | Trèfle alsike |
CLOVER, RED * | Trifolium pratense | Trèfle rouge |
CLOVER, WHITE * | Trifolium repens | Trèfle blanc |
COHOSH, BLUE | Caulophyllum thalictroides | Caulophylie |
COLTSFOOT * | Tussilago farfara | Tussilage pas d'âne |
COLUMBINE, GARDEN * | Aquilegia vulgaris | Ancolie |
COLUMBINE, WILD | Aquilegia canadensis | Ancolie du Canada |
COMFREY, COMMON * | Symphytum officinale ssp.officinale | Consoude officinale |
CRANBERRY, HIGHBUSH (SHRUB) | Viburnum trilobum | Viorne trilobée |
CRESS, HAIRY ROCK | Arabis hirsuta ssp pycnocarpa | Arabette hirsute |
CRESS, MOUSE-EAR * | Arabidopsis thaliana | Fausse arabette des dames |
CRESS, PURPLE (PINK SPRING CRESS) | Cardamine douglassii | Cardamine de douglas |
CRESS, SMOOTH ROCK | Arabis laevigata | Arbarette lisse |
CRESS, SPRING | Cardamine bulbosa | Cardamine bulbeuse |
CROWFOOT, CURSED | Ranunculus sceleratus | Renoncule scélérate |
CROWFOOT, HOOKED | Ranunculus recurvatus | Renoncule recourbée |
Currant, Buffalo * (Shrub) | Ribes odoratum | ( French not found ) |
CURRANT, WILD BLACK (Shrub) | Ribes americanum | Gadellier noir |
CURRENT, GARDEN (Shrub) | Ribes rubrum | Groseillier rouge |
DAISY, OXEYE * | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | Marguerite blanche |
DANDELION, COMMON * | Taraxacum officinale | Pissenlit officinal |
DANDELION, MARSH * | Taraxacum palustre | ( French not found ) |
DANDELION, RED-SEEDED * | Taraxacum erythrospermum | Pissenlit à graines rouges |
DEAD-NETTLE, PURPLE * | Lamium purpureum | Lamier pourpre |
DEAD-NETTLE, SPOTTED * | Lamium maculatum | Lamier maculé |
DOCK, CURLED * | Rumex crispus | Patience crépue |
DOGWOOD, ALTERNATE-LEAVED (TREE) | Cornus alternifolia | Cornouiller à feuilles alternes |
DOGWOOD, FLOWERING (TREE) | Cornus florida | Cornouiller fleuri |
DOGWOOD, GRAY (SHRUB) | Cornus foemina ssp racemosa | Cornouiller à grappes |
DOGWOOD, RED-OSIER (SHRUB) | Cornus stolonifera | Cornouiller stolonifère |
DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES | Dicentra cucullaria | Dicentre à capuchon |
ELDER, RED-BERRIED | Sambucus rasemosa ssp pubens | Sureau rouge du pacifique |
FALSE MERMAID | Floerkea proserpinacoides | ( French not found ) |
FLEABANE, COMMON | Erigeron philadelphicus | Érigéron de philadelphie |
FLEABANE, DAISY | Erigeron annuus | Érigéron annuel |
FOAMFLOWER | Tiarella cordifolia | Tiarelle cordifoliée |
FORGET-ME-NOT, SMALLER | Myosotis laxa | Myositis laxiflore |
FORGET-ME-NOT, TRUE * | Myosotis scorpioides | Myositis des marais |
GERANIUM, WILD | Geranium maculatum | Géranium maculé |
GOATSBEARD, MEADOW * | Tragopogon pratensis ssp pratensis | Salsifis des prés |
GOATSBEARD, YELLOW * | Tragopogon dubius | Salsifis jaune |
GOLDTHREAD | Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica | Coptide, savoyante |
GOOSEBERRY, PRICKLY | Ribes cynosbati | Groseiller des chiens |
GRAPE, RIVERBANK (VINE) | Vitis riparia | Vigne "vitis riparia" |
GROUND IVY * | Glechoma hederacea | Lierre terrestre |
GROUNDSEL, COMMON * | Senecio vulgaris | Séneçon vulgaire |
HAWKWEED, COMMON * | Hieracium lachenalii | Épervière vulgaire |
HAWKWEED, FIELD * | Hieracium caespitosum ssp caespitosum | Épervière des prairies |
HAWKWEED, GLAUCOUS KING DEVIL * | Hieracium florentinum | Épervière fausse piloselle |
HENBIT * | Lamium amplexicaule | Lamier amplexicaule |
HEPATICA, ROUND-LOBED | Anemone americana | Hépatite d`Amérique |
HEPATICA, SHARP-LOBED | Anemone acutiloba | Hépatique à lobes aigus |
HERB ROBERT * | Geranium robertianum | Géranium de Robert |
HONESTY * | Lunaria annua | Monnaie du pape |
HONEYSUCKLE, AMUR * (SHRUB) | Lonicera maackii | Chèvrefeuille de maack |
HONEYSUCKLE, GLAUCOUS (SHRUB) | Lonicera dioica | Chèvrefeuille dioïque |
HONEYSUCKLE, HAIRY | Lonicera hirsuta | Chèvrefeuille hirsute |
HONEYSUCKLE, MORROW'S * (SHRUB) | Lonicera morrowi | Chèvrefeuille |
HONEYSUCKLE, TARTARIAN * (SHRUB) | Lonicera tatarica | Chèvrefeuille de tartarie |
HOP-HORNBEAM (TREE) | Ostrya virginiana | Ostryer de virginie |
HORSE GENTIAN, ORANGE-FRUITED | Triosteum aurantiacum | ( French not found ) |
HOUND'S TONGUE * | Cynoglossum officinale | Cynoglosse officinale |
HYACINTH, GRAPE * | Muscari botryoides | Muscari botryde |
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT | Arisaema triphyllum | Ariséma triphylle |
LADY'S SLIPPER , SMALLER YELLOW | Cyprippedium calceolus parviflorum | Sabot de la vierge (petit) |
LADY'S SLIPPER, YELLOW | Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | Sabot de la vierge (grand) |
MALLOW, COMMON(CHEESES) * | Malva neglecta | Fromagère |
MANDARIN, YELLOW | Disporum lanuginosum | ( French not found ) |
MAPLE, MANITOBA (Tree) | Acer negundo L. | Érable à feuilles composées |
MAPLE, MOUNTAIN (TREE) | Acer spicatum | Érable à épis |
MAPLE, RED (Tree) | Acer rubrum | Érable rouge |
MAPLE, SUGAR (TREE) | Acer saccharum | Érable à sucre |
MARIGOLD, MARSH | Caltha palustris | Populage des marais |
MAYAPPLE | Podophyllum peltatum | Podophylle pelté |
MAYFLOWER, CANADA | Maianthemum canadense | Maïanthème du Canada |
MAYWEED * | Anthemis cotula | Camomille puante |
MEADOW-RUE, EARLY | Thalictrum dioicum | Pigamon dioïque |
MEDICK, BLACK * | Medicago lupulina | Lupuline |
MITERWORT | Mitella diphylla | Mitrelle à deuxfeuilles |
MOUSE EAR * | Hieracium pilosella | Épervière piloselle |
MUSTARD, FIELD * | Brassica rapa | Moutarde des champs |
MUSTARD, GARLIC * | Alliaria petiolata | Alliaire officinale |
MUSTARD, WORMSEED * | Erysimum cheiranthoides | Vélar fausse giroflée |
NIGHTSHADE, BITTERSWEET * | Solanum dulcamara | Morelle douce-amère |
OAK, PIN (Tree) | Quercus palustris | Chêne des marais |
OLIVE, AUTUMN * | Elaeagnus umbellata | ( French not found ) |
PANSY, FIELD | Viola arvensis | Violette des champs |
PARSNIP, COW | Heracleum lanatum | Berce laineuse |
PAWPAW (TREE) | Asimina triloba | Asiminier trilobé |
PENNYCRESS, FIELD * | Thlaspi arvense | Tabouret des champs |
PEPPERGRASS, FIELD * | Lepidium campestre | Lépidie des champs |
PERIWINKLE * | Vinca minor | Pervenche mineur |
PHLOX, WILD BLUE | Phlox divaricata | Phloxdivariqué |
PIMPERNEL, YELLOW | Taenidia integerrima | Ténidia à feuilles entières |
PINEAPPLE WEED * | Matricaria matricarioides | Matricaire odorante |
PLANTAIN, ENGLISH * | Plantago lanceolata | Plantain lancéolé |
PLUM, AMERICAN (TREE) | Prunus americana | Prunier d`amérique |
PLUM, CANADA (TREE) | Prunus nigra | Prunier noir |
PUSSYTOES, FIELD | Antennaria neglecta | Antennaire du Canada |
PUSSYTOES, PARLIN'S | Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallaz | Antennaire de parlin |
PUSSYTOES, SMALLER RARE IN H/W | Antennaria howellii ssp neodioica | Antennaire néodioïque |
RAGWORT, GOLDEN | Senecio aureus | Séneçon doré |
RASPBERRY, BLACK (SHRUB) | Rubus occidentalis | Framboisier noir |
RASPBERRY, WILD RED (SHRUB) | Rubus idaeus | Framboisier sauvage |
REDBUD (TREE) | Cercis canadensis | Gainier rouge |
ROCKET, DAME'S * | Hesperis matronalis | Julienne des dames |
ROCKET, YELLOW * | Barbarea vulgaris | Barbarée vulgaire |
ROSE, SMOOTH (SHRUB) | Rosa blanda | Rosier inerme |
RUSH, WOOD | Luzula multiflora | Luzule multiflore |
SANDWORT, GROVE | Moehringia lateriflora | ( French not found ) |
SANDWORT, THYME-LEAVED * | Arenaria serpyllifolia | Sabline à feuilles de serpolet |
SARSAPARILLA, WILD | Aralia nudicaulis | Aralie à tige nue |
SASSAFRAS (TREE) | Sassafras albidum | Sassafras officinal |
SAXIFRAGE, EARLY | Saxifraga virginiensis | Saxifrage de virginie |
SAXIFRAGE, GOLDEN | Chrysosplenium americanum | Dorine d'Amérique |
SCORPION-GRASS, BLUE * | Myosotis stricta | Myosotis à tiges dressées |
SEDGE, PENNSYLVANIA | Carex pensylvanica | Carex de Pennsylvanie |
SHADBUSH UNKNOWN SPECIES (TREE) | Amélanchier | |
SHADBUSH, COMMON (TREE) | Amelanchier arborea | Amélanchier arborescent |
SHADBUSH, SMOOTH (TREE) | Amelanchier laevis | Amélanchier glabre |
SHEPHERD'S PURSE * | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Bourse-à-pasteur |
SILVERWEED | Potentilla anserina | Potentille ansérine |
SNAKEROOT, BLACK | Sanicula marilandica | Sanicle du maryland |
SNAKEROOT, SENECA | Polygala senega | Polygala sénéca |
SOLOMON'S SEAL, FALSE | Maianthemum racemosa | Fauxsceau de salomon |
SOLOMON'S SEAL, HAIRY | Polygonatum pubescens | Sceau-de-salomon pubescent |
SOLOMON'S SEAL, STAR-FLOWERED FALSE | Maianthemum stellata | Smilacine étoilée |
SORREL, SHEEP * | Rumex acetosella | Petite oseille |
SPEEDWELL, BIRD'S EYE | Veronica chamaedrys | Véronique de perse |
SPEEDWELL, COMMON * | Veronica officinalis | Véronique officinale |
SPEEDWELL, CORN * | Veronica arvensis | Véronique des champs |
SPEEDWELL, PERSIAN * | Veronica persica | Véronique de perse |
SPEEDWELL, PURSLANE | Veronica peregrina | Véronique voyageuse |
SPEEDWELL, SLENDER * | Veronica filiformis | Véronique filiforme |
SPEEDWELL, THYME-LEAVED * | Veronica serpyllifolia | Véronique à feuilles de serpolet |
SPEEDWELL, WAYSIDE * | Veronica polita | Véronique luisante |
SPICEBUSH (SHRUB) | Lindera benzoin | Laurier benzoin |
SPINDLE TREE * | Euonymus europaea | Fusain d'Europe |
SPRING BEAUTY, CAROLINA | Claytonia caroliniana | Claytonie de caroline |
SPRING BEAUTY, NARROW-LEAVED | Claytonia virginica | Claytonie |
SPURGE, CYPRESS * | Euphorbia cyparissias | Euphorbe cyprès |
SPURGE, LEAFY * | Euphorbia esula | Euphorbe âcre |
SPURGE, PETTY * | Euphorbia peplus | Euphorbe des jardins |
SQUIRREL-CORN | Dicentra canadensis | Dicentre du Canada |
STARFLOWER | Trientalis borealis | Trientale boréale |
STITCHWORT, LESSER * | Stellaria graminea | Stellaire graminée |
STORKSBILL * | Erodium cicutarium | Érodium cicutaire |
STRAWBERRY, BARREN | Waldsteinia fragarioides | Waldsteinia faux-fraisier |
STRAWBERRY, FIELD | Fragaria virginiana ssp.glauca | Fraisier de Virginie |
STRAWBERRY, WOODLAND | Fragaria vesca | Fraisier des bois |
TAMARACK (TREE) | Larix laricina | Mélèze laricin |
THIMBLEWEED | Anemone virginiana | Anémone de Virginie |
TOADFLAX, STAR | Comandra umbellata | Comandre à ombrelles |
TOOTHWORT(CRINKLEROOT) | Cardamine diphylla | Dentaire à 2 feuilles |
TOOTHWORT, CUT-LEAVED | Cardamine concatenata | Dentaire |
TREFOIL, BIRDSFOOT * | Lotus corniculatus | Lotier corniculé |
TRILLIUM, RED | Trillium erectum | Trille rouge |
TRILLIUM, WHITE | Trillium grandiflorum | Trille blanc |
TROUT-LILY | Erythronium americanum | Érythrone d'Amérique |
TROUT-LILY, WHITE | Erythronium albidum | ( French not found ) |
TWINLEAF | Jeffersonia diphylla | ( French not found ) |
TWISTED STALK, ROSE | Streptopus roseus | Streptope rose |
VETCH, COW * | Vicia cracca | Vesce cracca |
VETCH, SLENDER * | Vicia tetrasperma | Vesce à quatre graines |
VIBURNUM, SWEET | Viburnum lentago | Viorne lentago |
VIOLET, CANADA | Viola canadensis | Violette du Canada |
VIOLET, COMMON | Viola sororia | Violette parente |
VIOLET, DOG | Viola conspersa | Violette décombante |
VIOLET, DOWNY YELLOW | Viola pubescens | Violette pubescente |
VIOLET, LECONTE'S | Viola affinis | Violette affine |
VIOLET, LONG-SPURRED | Viola rostrata | Violette rostrée |
VIOLET, MARSH BLUE | Viola cucullata | Violette cucullée |
VIOLET, N.BLUE | Viola septentrionalis | Violette septentrionale |
VIOLET, N.WHITE * | Viola odorata | Violette odorante |
VIOLET, SELKIRK'S | Viola Selkirkii | Violette de selkirk |
VIOLET, SWEET WHITE | Viola blanda | Violette odorante? |
WATERCRESS * | Nasturtium officinale | Cresson de fontaine |
WATER-LEAF, VIRGINIA | Hydrophyllum virginianum | Hydrophylle de Virginie |
WHITLOW GRASS * | Erophila verna | ( French not found ) |
WILD GINGER | Asarum canadense | Asaret du Canada |
WILLOW, WEEPING (TREE) | Salix x sepulcralis | Saule pleureur |
WOOD BETONY | Pedicularis canadensis | La pédiculaire du Canada |
WOOD SORREL, YELLOW | Oxalis stricta | Oxalide dressée |
Dean A. Gugler
Amateur Naturalist