In a message dated 96-05-02 23:40:02 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Joel Govostes)
writes:
 
> No dandelions here yet BUT lots of similar (smaller)
>yellow flowers which the bees are working well for pollen and nectar.
>Anyone have an idea what these flowers are called?  They grow along
>roadsides, in sunny spots, and along the sunny side of buildings.  It's a
>slightly different (perhaps less "bright") shade of yellow than dandelion,
>with smaller diameter, but otherwise very close in shape and structure.
>(And no bladelike dandelion-type leaves near ground under blossom.)  These
>are always the first wildflowers we see on the ground in spring.
 
   "Colt's Foot", perhaps.
 
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