Little Sweet Betsy in bloom! - a photo on Flickriver

Look down! On the forest floor, it's a "Little Sweet Betsy" trillium, blooming in late winter.

Glenn Creek Nature Preserve
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
9 March 2023.

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▶ "Trillium —also known as wake-robin, toadshade, tri-flower, birthroot, birthwort, or, sometimes, 'wood lily'— is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the Melanthiaceae family [also called the bunchflower family]. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States."
— Wikipedia.

▶ "Trillium cuneatum —the little sweet betsy, also known as whip-poor-will flower, large toadshade, purple toadshade, and bloody butcher— is a species of flowering trillium, native to the southeastern United States.

Trillium cuneatum has three broad, mottled leaves surrounding a sessile [blossom without a stalk], banana-scented flower. The petals are erect and either maroon, bronze, green, or yellow in color, flowering from early March to late April. It is the largest of the eastern sessile-flowered trilliums."
— Wikipedia.

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▶ Notice the yellow pollen grains!
▶ See a trillium, pre-bloom, two weeks earlier: here.

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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Olympus WCON-P-01 Wide Converter (11 mm focal length).
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Taken on: March 9, 2023

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Camera: Olympus E-M10MarkII, f/3.5, 1/1600 sec, 14mm (=28mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M10MarkII
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	14mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1.3 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	High gain up
Contrast:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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