This spring we have no choice, we have to limit botanics to a very restricted area. If you have a lawn in front of your house, fair chance you can find Field Wood-rush (Luzula campestris) here, especially if you are on poor soil.
It is a tiny plant you don't notice if you don't look well. Even if there are often many of them together. Even in full bloom its flowers are brownish, in small flower heads. The dark tepals do not make you think immediately 'spring'.
But look from nearby. The wide open flowers look like little stars with radiant stamina. Yes, a spring beauty!
Wood-rushes are easily recognizable at their leaves. They look like those of grasses or sedges, but they have typical long fluffy hairs on their edges.
