Spring Beauty:
Flower has 5 white and pink petals with dark pink veins. Plant can be up to 8" tall and narrow 1" wide leaves occur midway up the stem. One of earliest to bloom, usually from late February to May. Plant grows abundantly at all elevations along rich wooded slopes. This plant was photographed in April on Cucumber Gap Trail out of Elkmont in GSM.
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Spring Beauty
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