Early May 2017:
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Rock Harlequin, or Pale Corydalis (Corydalis sempervirens)
This plant, which grows in the cracks of rocky outcrops, is near its southern limit here.
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Yellow Mandarin, aka Yellow Fairybells (Prosartes lanuginosa)
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I liked the way this Catesby's Trillium was peaking around a tree.
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Mid May 2017:
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Speckled Wood Lily, aka Clinton's Lily (Clintonia umbellulata)
For me, the Clintonia Lilies were the stars of this visit. These flowers have a lot of variation
in pattern and coloring. While the typical forms (as the name suggests) have white tepals
(equivalent to the petals and sepals) speckled with purple, the pattern can vary from pure
white with green dots on the tip, to the deep purple-edged example shown below.
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Unusual purple-edged flower variation.
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Speckled Wood Lily, white with only green dots at the tepal tips.
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Another bloom with the typical speckled pattern.
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One more lily, showing the white variation
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Another cool find for the day:
Dutchman's Pipes, aka Pipevine (Isotrema macrophyllum, syn. Aristolochia macrophylla).
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Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) flowers
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Cliff Saxifrage, aka Michaux's Saxifrage
(Hydatica petiolaris, syn. Micranthes petiolaris or Saxifrage michauxii)
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One of the Dodders (Cuscata sp.), a parasitic climbing vine.
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Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa)
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Large flowered Trilliums (Trillium grandiflorum)
As the trees have leafed out, these ephemerals are on their way out...
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Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)
These were still hanging in there at higher elevations.
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One of the Aster species
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Rattlesnake Hawkweed and Spiderwort, growing together
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Indian Physic, aka Bowman's Root (Spiraea trifoliata)
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Mountain Meadow Rue (Thalictrum clavatum)
and a small fly (a Cranefly, perhaps...)
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Fraser Magnolia (Magnolia fraseri) flower
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