Bluebur

Not a very inspiring photo, but I did want to add Bluebur to my Plants of Alberta Set. Photographed (macro) at Griffith Woods on 23rd June. This plant is also called Stickseed and Stickweed. It grows at roadsides, waste places, overgrazed ranges, and cultivated fields. The tiny, blue flowers are 3 mm wide, the five-lobed petals are fused and the sepals also are fused. The 2.3 mm long seeds are those tiny burs that stick to your clothing when you go for a walk - especially shoelaces, I find!