It’s time for my (almost) yearly Snow Trillium post.
They are a little early this year, and more abundant than usual.
I can again confirm the existence of a red-veined variation:
But, oh happiness — here is a Snow Quadrillium:
It is the third quadrillium I have found, and my first snow quadrillium. Here it is again from an angled perspective:
Now that June has arrived, it is time to say goodbye to the trillium sessile, the most common trillium in Indiana.
It is beautiful already in its budding state, where the characteristic 3-fold symmetry is broken.
Like the four leaf clover, there is the rare exception of a quadrillium.
Here is the same plant in full bloom.
I have revisited the same spot in subsequent years, but haven’t seen it again. Some things are not meant for repetition.
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