While cutting the lawn today, I noticed a huge explosion of small yellow wildflowers in my neighbor's yard that have just begun to come up in my backyard. I picked a sample and keyed it out using Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. I'm still an amateur when it comes to botanical identifications but the key led me to believe that the plant in question is either downy or fern-leafed false foxglove, members of the genus Gerardia in the Figwort family. Can anyone confirm if this is correct from the picture?
Update: A friend with the Beagle Ridge Master Naturalist Chapter confirmed that indeed I am a complete amateur with flower I.D. According to her (and Newcomb's agrees), it's a common buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus).
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