Great White Trillia blooming along the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.
For a description of the species, see the Trillium grandiflorum reference page.
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Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
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Great White Trillium Turning Pink (Trillium grandiflorum)
As they age, the flowers of the Great White Trillium often turn rosy, which is a lesson for us all. Here are a few that were pinkening along the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.
Photographed April 29. For a description of the species, see the Trillium grandiflorum reference page.
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Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
The six-pointed white flowers are unmistakable, with six yellow-tipped stamens whose flattened “filaments” seem to form a miniature duplicate flower inside the larger one. This is a European import that often makes itself at home in weed patches; this plant was blooming at the edge of the woods in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
Photographed May 2 with a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6. For a description of the species, see the Ornithogalum umbellatum reference page.
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Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
These charming little green bells are usually invisible from human level; you have to get down to plant level and gently lift up the leaves, and there they are.
Photographed April 30 with a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6. The leaves seem to provide an ideal lurking place for tiny spiders. The pictures above were taken in the Kane Woods Nature Area in Scott Township; the one below was taken in Fox Chapel.
Photographed April 29. For a description of the species, see the Polygonatum pubescens reference page. Note that there are two very similar species of Polygonatum in our area, treated by some botanists as indistinguishable; if any botanically inclined readers believe that these plants are P. biflora rather than P. pubescens, corrections are always welcome.
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Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
It’s trillium time on the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.
For a description of the species, see the Trillium grandiflorum reference page,
Photographed April 22 with a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.
