Mayapple flowers bloom below its leaves, low and close to the ground. I found a few in bloom while on a trail at Hudson Mills Metropark in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A couple other Mayapple blossoms were featured three years ago on From Above and Below.
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Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour
[…] One Step at a Time #11 takes us to Hudson Mills Metropark in Dexter, Michigan. Spring wildflowers were blooming along the trails. A Mayapple blossom was featured in an earlier post this week, Close to the Ground. […]
Your lovely photo brought back memories of the first time I saw a mayflower. By the way, I love so many of the quotes on your portfolio site.
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment. 😉
They are pretty flowers – I don’t think I’ve ever seen these flowers before.
I find them interesting because their leaves may cover the blossoms unless you are looking for them. A fellow blogger told me about the blossoms one time when I posted a picture of the plant growing along a trail in spring. She was right! Now I look forward to them each year. 😁
That’s good to know. I never knew there were so many wildflowers in Michigan until I bought a field guide several years ago.
I’ll try to find my pic of just the leaves from the top so that you know what to look for. 😉
Okay – thanks, I hope I’ll see it one day!
I found a good website online that shows the mayapple before blooming. I sent it to your email. 😊
Okay, thank you Pepper – I will look now. I had not checked my e-mail earlier as I couldn’t get into it. Every so often, I have to log out, wait a while and log back in. So I hadn’t done that yet.
Nice work! I think we are missing ours at home while on this trip, I’ll have to check when we get back. 🙂
I thought of you as soon as I saw them blooming. 😁
The Mayapple blossom is so dreamy looking. Gorgeous photo, Pepper.
I live photographing Mayapple. Did you know the Mayapple fruit is a delicacy to the box turtle? I was so pleasantly surprised when I learned this!
No, I had no idea about that. 😮
So beautiful!
Thanks, Rupali. 😊
A beautiful flower.
So glad you liked the flower. Thanks for commenting. 😊
What a pretty flower, Pepper! Nicely photographed!
Thanks, Terri. Have a great weekend. 😊
They’re so pretty. 🙂
Yes, they are and I look forward to Mayapple blossoms every year. Thanks, Lynette. 😊
I am curious to know your thoughts.