Mountain Bog GA3C

Mid April 2018:

Exploring the wetlands area, I found an unusual Trillium flower It looked similar to the Trillium simile which grows alongside T. grandiflorum several miles away. This was the only plant in bloom, so I didn't have much of a sample size.

*My main destination for the day was the Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata)* colony.**

The Swamp Pink flowers were slightly past their prime, and had been affected by some late freezes.

But, of course, they were still a pleasure to see.
Six days later, I returned to see if the remaining odd Trilliums had opened:

Unfortunately, no additional flowers had opened yet...

So I went over to check the Swamp Pinks

A couple of late-blooming stalks had opened since my earlier visit.

These new inflorescences were fresher than the others I had seen last week.

Shiny Club Moss (Huperzia lucidula)
A return in early May to see if the Trilliums had bloomed:

Finally!

The ovary color on these flowers ranged from pinkish-white to reddish purple.

*The creamy petals and ovary colors are consistent with the newly named species Trillium amicalola.*

Another flower with the lighter colored ovary. Many of plants here had the dark ovary as illustrated in the first image.

Trilliums in habitat

Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
Mid May - checking on the pitcher plants:

Most of the pitcher plants were in bud.

But a couple had open flowers.

Purple Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana)

Another bloom

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