i get so excited when i am out hiking and i find a new (to me) plant to photograph for STILL. today i got home and googled this lovely purple darling, only to find out it is a “non-native common weed that sends out noose-like tendrils that can cause strangling of smaller plants.” it’s like coming home to discover that your ringlet-curled blonde angel has garrotted the babysitter

cow vetch

saint paul, minnesota