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I have decided to keep a separate gallery of wildflowers for each current year. During that year the gallery will be sorted in reverse order of date taken so that the most recent pictures appear at the beginning of this gallery. At the end of each year I'll collect the pictures into the main wildflower gallery, which is sorted in ascending order of date taken. See that gallery here: http://arctangent.smugmug.com/Nature/Vegetation/Wildflowers-Past-Years/5424475_QmrpZJ. I'll also re-sort the year's gallery in ascending order.

Included here are any flowers seen growing in wild or natural environments, as well as species known to occur in the wild but seen planted in various garden settings. Flowers might be native to North America, or alien imports, mainly from Europe.
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D110-2012 Prairie trillium 04
Trillium recurvatum.
The bloom period for these specimens was just beginning, while the trillium grandiflorum was in full bloom.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Prairie trillium 05
Trillium recurvatum.
The bloom period for these specimens was just beginning, while the trillium grandiflorum was in full bloom.  This species is never showy, but because it is so uncommon in the woods near my home, it's still a great thrill to see it.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Family Asparagaceae (formerly Lilaceae)
Distribution  Great Lakes, Connecticutt south
I confess to using layers (at reduced opacity) of rather extreme USM and the Poster Edges filter to bring out the veining in the leaves.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 11 Trillium grandiflorum turning pink with age
Look closely and you'll see some bright yellow pollen caught on a filiment of spiderweb silk near the center of the shot.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 14 Trillium grandiflorum
Long before the upper sides of the petals turn pink, the undersides show a rosy hue.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 19 Filtered version Trillium grandiflorum in a group.
I was trying for a chalk or watercolor plus pencil or charcoal effect, muted but also delineated.
This part of a much larger patch that covers an entire north-facing hillside along the south side of Dow Prairie.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Violets 01
Probably common blue violet, Viola papilionacea

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Violets 02
Almost certainly Common Blue Violiet, Viola papilionacea.  It has the smooth heart-shaped leaves, and the bearding on the two side petals but not the bottom petal that characterize that species.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Violets 04
Genus Viola, species unknown.
Characteristics:  Relatively smooth heart-shaped leaves about the same height as the stem that bears the flower.  Flower petals are all strongly veined.  Only two have hairs.  Each petal is white or extremely pale lavender on the outside, shading to deep purple, then shading to a mix of white and yellow at the inner part.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Prairie trillium 04
Trillium recurvatum.
The bloom period for these specimens was just beginning, while the trillium grandiflorum was in full bloom.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Prairie trillium 04
Trillium recurvatum.
The bloom period for these specimens was just beginning, while the trillium grandiflorum was in full bloom.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 Prairie trillium 04
Trillium recurvatum.
The bloom period for these specimens was just beginning, while the trillium grandiflorum was in full bloom.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
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Keywords: spring wildflowers april wildflower trillium red trillium 2012 prairie trillium nichols arboretum trillium recurvatum
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