100 Species Challenge

We've decided to join the 100 Species Challenge as part of our Nature Study for this year. So, in addition to keeping our eyes open for insects, we're going to try to accumulate a list of 100 species of plants that grow within walking distance of our home. That we can recognize. I'll put my first identified plant up soon, but for now, can anyone tell me about this one?

It has small blossoms that remind me of apple blossoms (but remember, I'm new to this!), 5 pale pink, almost white, near-circular petals with a yellow centre. The leaves are slender, slightly rounded rather than pointed at the tips. The plant itself was like a bushy flower or small shrub, about 2 feet high. Very delicate-looking flowers. So now I'm curious.

If you're interested in joining the 100 Species Challenge, here is the link to where we first found it, and here are the rules:

1. Participants should include a copy of these rules and a link to this entry in their initial blog post about the challenge.

2. Participants should keep a list of all plant species they can name, either by common or scientific name, that are living within walking distance of the participant’s home. The list should be numbered, and should appear in every blog entry about the challenge, or in a sidebar.

3. Participants are encouraged to give detailed information about the plants they can name in the first post in which that plant appears.

4. Participants are encouraged to make it possible for visitors to their blog to find easily all 100-Species-Challenge blog posts.

5. Participants may post pictures of plants they are unable to identify, or are unable to identify with precision. They should not include these plants in the numbered list until they are able to identify it with relative precision. Each participant shall determine the level of precision that is acceptable to her; however, being able to distinguish between plants that have different common names should be a bare minimum.

6. Different varieties of the same species shall not count as different entries (e.g., Celebrity Tomato and Roma Tomato should not be separate entries); however, different species which share a common name be separate if the participant is able to distinguish between them (e.g., camillia japonica and camillia sassanqua if the participant can distinguish the two–"camillia" if not).

7. Participants may take as long as they like to complete the challenge. You can make it as quick or as detailed a project as you like.

I'd love to hear from you if you plan to join, and even if you're not doing it on a blog, but maybe in a Nature Journal, I'd enjoy hearing about your specimens.

I'm a little obsessive about the formatting on this type of thing, and for some reason I can't get the spacing to work properly in my numbered section. I've tried everything that I can think of to correct it, but it's beyond my http abilities, so aside from completely redoing the post, I'm stuck with the funny spacing. I know, it probably isn't bothering anyone but me, but I had to let you know that I noticed it!! :)