fruiting season

this is one of my new-to-me finds this week: ditch stonecrop. i found it along my boardwalk out to the lake. i love the pretty early fall colors. in summer, this native wildflower has unremarkable small white flowers, with green leaves and  stems. hardly noticeable. but in fall, the fruiting carpels turn red and develop into red and pink seed capsules. it looks so striking right now along the dock against all the dark green cattail leaves. it’s an interesting example of a plant that is more visually interesting in it’s seed form, than in full bloom. i love that.

ditch stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides)