I continue to run along the river and on trails and on April 13 I found two new flowers for my quest to find, photgraph and list as many of West Virginias wildflowers as I can. I find fewer new ones each year, last year it was Harbinger of Spring in this same area.
The trail I found the first ones on is one I typically use earlier for Bluebells. This year I got there a little late and the Bluebells were tall and gangly but I found Blue Eyed Mary covering areas of the forest in drifts and very fragrent. I'm not sure how I missed them before but they make 366 WV Wildflowers for me. Later on the main trail beside a creek I found Mountain Phlox ( Phlox latifolia ) . A rarer phlox that is smaller thank normal Woodland Phlox and a deep pink. # 367 WV Wildflowers.
Below them are many other Ephremels; the season is at peak and begining to wane.
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# 366- Blue Eyed Mary |
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| Blue Eyed Mary
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| Blue Eyed Mary |
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| Sessile Trillium |
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| Bluebells |
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| Bluebells |
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| Large Flowering Trillium |
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| Large Flowering Trillium |
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| Foam Flower |
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| #367 - Mountain Phlox |
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| Trout Lilly (red anthers) |
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| Trout Lilly (yellow anthers) |
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| Phlox |
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| Wood Betony Yellow variety |
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| Wood Betony Red Variety |
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| Stone Crop |
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| Carolina Silverbell |
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| Purple Trillium |
