Wisconsin Wildflowers (Spring Ephemerals)

Trout Lilly, Bloodroot, Trillium, Snowdrops, Jacob's Ladders, Dutchman's Breeches, Cutleaf Toothwort, Virginia Bluebells ...

Spring ephemeral, refers to perennial plants that emerge quickly in the spring and die back to their underground parts after a short growth and reproduction phase. The word ephemeral means transitory or quickly fading.

Bloodroot.

Bloodroot
Dutchman's Breeches.

Dutchman's Breeches
Trout Lilies.

Trout Lilies
Snowdrops.

Snowdrops (Galanthus)
Jacob's Ladder.

Jacob's Ladder
Wild Hyacinth.

Wild Hyacinth
Virginia Bluebells.

Virginia Bluebells
Cutleaf Toothwort.

Cutleaf Toothwort
Great White Trillium.

Great White Trillium
Sessile Trilliums.

Sessile Trilliums
Drooping Trillium.

Drooping Trillium
Red Trillium.

Red Trillium - Trillium erectum
Mayapple.

Mayapple
Bellwort.

Bellwort
False Rue Anemone.

False Rue Anemone
Jack-in-the-pulpit.

Jack-in-the-pulpit
Woodland Phlox.

Woodland Phlox
Lily of the Valley.

Lily of the Valley
Sharp-lobed Hepatica.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Springbeauty.

Springbeauty
Shooting Star.

Shooting Star
Rue-anemone.

Rue-anemone
Pasque flower.

Pasque flower
Yellow Trout Lily.

Yellow Trout Lily
Siberian Squill.

Siberian Squill
Wood Violets.

Wood Violets
Skunk Cabbage. Skunk Cabbage are ephemeral in that their leaves die by late summer and the plants go dormant until the following spring.

Skunk Cabbage

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