round-lobed hepatica
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I found some round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) right away. |
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About half the flowers I found were white, like this one. |
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Round-lobed leaf (from last year) in foreground |
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An especially dense cluster of white hepatica. |
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Purple hepatica blooms. |
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More white hepatica (look closely: spot the fly?) |
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A solitary purple hepatica, right in the trail. |
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Probably the darkest bunch I saw all day, though hepatica are often a deep blue. |
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Lichen on the back of a tombstone in an abandoned cemetery. |
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Mossy tombstone. |
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Late in the day, the hepatica flowers are closing up. |
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Nodding hepatica flowers |
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Bedtime for blossoms |
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close-up on closing hepatica |
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Lingering light |