I posted about the expanses of trillium flowers recently, but we began to notice other wildflowers as well, in little places here and there, like by this log in the background.
According to my iPhone, they are yellow trout lily flowers, aka Erythronium americanum. "The yellow trout lily is a perennial spring ephemeral with bright yellow, nodding flowers and mottled leaves, native to eastern North American woodlands."
I love these wildflower pictures! A long time since I saw trout lilies around here, because of building. They get their name from the speckled leaves, like the appearance of the trout. I love them, hard to realize they're wild, not cultivated escapes from gardens.
ReplyDeleteI'm thrilled to see such ephemerals. (Ephemerals because they appear for the short space of time between warming springtime and the shade when the trees above them leaf out completely). I have a memory of walking up a glen of a brook in the mountains one April and capturing photos of many species which I didn't know existed.
ReplyDeleteI have trout lily leaves in one part of my lawn but never have had flowers. They are very pretty.
ReplyDeleteLooking at your photo of the liverwort struck me by the perfection of the flowers
ReplyDeleteWe took our back trails Saturday and found carpets of hepatica where there are open spots in the bush. A few trout lilies. Low number of trillia, not sure why. I suspect the deer of eating the buds, although I have only seen them doing so once. there were a number of leaves and stems, no flower. My daughters found more yesterday than we saw, so maybe we were just early. Wildflower May is one of my very most favourite times. Before the blackflies.
ReplyDeleteI like my woodland wanders! So many wildflowers out there!
ReplyDeleteThey are both beautiful, I agree the last photo is just perfect! They are so fresh and pristine, ah lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful that so much grows in the forest. John and I admired the flowers and also the variety of ferns.
ReplyDeleteI love yellow, such a cheery color!
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to rummage around and find my camera and my barlow extender to do macro photography again.
ReplyDeletePipeTobacco
I agree with you. I love that last pic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, John.
ReplyDeleteAt this time of yeaR WE HAVE many woodland flowers blooming.
ReplyDeleteI envy you the trout lilies.
ReplyDeleteMy tulips just poked their heads out of the ground. Better late than never, I guess, right?
ReplyDeleteOh so beautiful, i love lily...Best wishes from Slovenija - Ljubljana
ReplyDeleteHug, Andreja
While they look wonderful and dreamy, you might also want to explore focus stacking which give a different feel
ReplyDeleteThese are awfully pretty! Isn't it fun to see the world waking up after months of frozen hibernation?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful wild flowers!
ReplyDeleteThose are absolutely beautiful, John! I hope all of you are doing great! This is my first time on blogger in probably about eight years.
ReplyDelete