Red chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #blueridgeescarpment #bluewall

Racemes of Heartleaf Foamflower rising up from the forest floor.

#foamflowerfriday
Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #blueridgeescarpment

Bud of Sweet Betsy emerging from its twirling trio of patterned leaves.

Wakey, wakey.
Always confuse it with Wake Robin in my head, but it’s actually Little Sweet Betsy, I think.
Trillium cuneatum
#trillium #nativeplants #southernappalachia #blueridgeescarpment

A trio of bloodroot flowers in the morning sun at the base of a beech tree.

Bloodroot flower, stem wrapped by its single leaf.

It’s all happening.
#Bloodroot season has begun.
Sanguinaria canadensis
#springephemeral #nativeplants #southernappalachia #blueridgeescarpment