Wildflowers have been showing their stuff recently, and I thought I'd share some plinks I took last Saturday in the beautiful warm sunshine. First up is a series of pictures of Bloodroot, a flower that closes by night and opens by day. The plant got it's name from the reddish dyes Native Americans extracted from its roots, fyi.
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Cut-leaved Toothwort is most easily identified by its unique leaf appearance, hence "cut leaf"...
From the Land of Lilliput comes Spring Beauty, this tiny one just opening up...
Squirrel Corn joined the White Flower Parade, as well
(looks a lot like a white Bleeding Heart bloom)...
The anemone varietals are fast on their way in bloom...
...and the trillium soon will be....
First, there was Rin-Tin-Tin....
now there's a new sheriff in town.....
RIN-TIN-MERCY!
(click on pics to enlarge)
Cut-leaved Toothwort is most easily identified by its unique leaf appearance, hence "cut leaf"...
From the Land of Lilliput comes Spring Beauty, this tiny one just opening up...
Squirrel Corn joined the White Flower Parade, as well
(looks a lot like a white Bleeding Heart bloom)...
The anemone varietals are fast on their way in bloom...
...and the trillium soon will be....
First, there was Rin-Tin-Tin....now there's a new sheriff in town.....
RIN-TIN-MERCY!
2 comments:
Gorgeous wildflowers, Bob!!!
Don't know the "technical" or "scientific" name of your unidentified flower, but my parents called them "Spring Beauties" when I was growing-up. (I know that DOESN'T help you though, LOL!!)
We'd see them on family walks through deep woods, and they also grew on my parents' property --- they tend to grow in medium-deep shade and in thick patches, multiplying rapidly from year to year.
Suzy :)
I thought of Spring Beauty after the fact, but had earlier checked a guide and their 'listed' spring beauty had more than 5 petals, which threw me off. Thanks for the clarification...going back to change the blog, now! It is one small flower, for sure.
bob
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