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It is a spring ephemeral—foliage that grows in the spring dies down to its tuberous rootstock in summer. It has long-spurred flowers which appear in spring. The flowers may be mauve, purple, red, or white. The seeds contain an elaiosome that attracts ants, which transport the seeds into their ant colony.
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Trillium grandiflorum in the foreground and the smaller Thalictrum thalictroides in the background are both spring ephemerals of North American deciduous forests. An ephemeral plant is a plant with a very short life cycle or very short period of active growth, often one that grows only during brief periods when conditions are favorable.
Phlox divaricate, a perennial with delightful blue or white flowers, is another woodland native which forms a mat of foliage with stems that typically reaching 10 to 12 inches tall. My friend Pat ...
These adorable little spring ephemerals feature finely cut leaves that emerge in early spring, followed by small sprays of flowers that resemble baggy “pantaloons” hanging from a clothesline.
Corydalis solida, fumewort or bird-in-a-bush, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to moist, shady habitats in northern Europe and Asia. Growing to 25 cm (10 in), it is a spring ephemeral, with foliage that appears in spring and dies down to its tuberous rootstock in summer.
The inflorescence is a nodding group, or cyme of flowers located at the end of the arched stems. [3] The flower buds are pink, and the opened flowers are usually light blue, but occasionally pink and rarely white. [2] The flowers have 5 shallow lobes fused into a tube at the base of the flower, five stamens, and a central pistil . [3]
A yellow trout lily produces an erect flower stalk with a nodding, bisexual flower with 6 recurved, yellow, lanceolate tepals. The 20 to 33 mm long tepals are composed of 3 petals and 3 petal-like sepals. [3] E. americanum does not flower for the first 4 to 7 years of its life. [5] [6] In any given colony, only 0.5% will have flowers. [8] [3]