Question: Hello! I now suspect this little guy is actually two plants, though I initially thought it was one :). I …
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Question
Hello! I now suspect this little guy is actually two plants, though I initially thought it was one :). I saw it last weekend, so mid-July, hiking in a wet-ish part of eastern NH in the White Mountains. I haven't been able to figure out what the dark purple, star-shaped collection of leaves (petals?) is. Hard to see from my photo, but is has a single stalk of the same color and is roughly 5" high. Thanks for any help.
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SayVerve, the green plants below are a common, native perennial called Clintonia borealis (yellow blue-bead-lily). The species with maroon foliage is Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumber root), another native perennial. Both are members of the lily family. Best wishes.
