Early Spring Wildflowers

Bloodroot (Sanguinea Canadensis)

Flower stem has orange-red sap.

Bloodroot II

Trout Lily (Erythromycin americanum)

The name comes from the leaf coloration.

Trout Lily

Dutchman’s Breeches (Dentaria cucullarial)

Dutchman's Breeches

Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Columbine

Round Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Round Lobed Hepatica

Large-Flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

Sky Meadows State Park in VA has over 9 million specimens.

We were a few days early of the big show.

Large-Flowered Trillium

Cut-Leaved Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)

The root tastes like horseradish.  Steve bravely confirmed.

Cut-Leaved Toothwort

Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)

Bluebells!  In Virginia!!

Bluebells Landscape

8 thoughts on “Early Spring Wildflowers

  1. Beautiful pictures. So nice to see spring has arrived. Just got some snow showers up here this week. By the time you get here, it will be warm. Promise!

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  2. Half of those you could have seen in my yard! I have had two of the others in other yards in Iowa too! LOL

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