Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park, Poolesville, MD
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park, Poolesville, MD
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA
(blossoms not quite ripe)
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Family: Fumariaceae (Fumitory family; sometimes subsumed into the Papaveraceae poppy family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
April - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
June
One could make a good argument that the flowers on Squirrel Corn are some of the prettiest to be found amongst the early blooming mid-Atlantic area flora. Look for them in rich floodplane forests and on slopes in other somewhat wet areas.
The flowers are white tinged with purple/red /pink, and the leaves are deeply cut.
Compare this to the more common and closely related Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria).
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24 April 2014
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park, Poolesville, MD
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3 April 2019
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA
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24 April 2014
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park, Poolesville, MD
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3 April 2019
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA
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3 April 2019
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA (blossoms not quite ripe)
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