April 2021 Wildflowers on New River + New One

 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. 

                           # 366- Blue Eyed Mary

Blue Eyed Mary

Blue Eyed Mary

 

Sessile Trillium

Bluebells

Bluebells

Large Flowering Trillium

Large Flowering Trillium

Foam Flower

 

                                                          #367 - Mountain Phlox

Trout Lilly (red anthers)

Trout Lilly (yellow anthers)

Phlox

Wood Betony Yellow variety 

Wood Betony Red Variety

Stone Crop

Carolina Silverbell

Purple Trillium