Pretty yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) growing on the forest floor in mid-May in Southern Ontario.

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Trout lilies are low-growing plants that form colonies of plants of different ages. The youngsters are flowerless and have only one leaf, while older plants produce two leaves and a single flower. A plant’s corm has to reach sufficient depths (10 to 20 centimeters below ground) before it will devote energy to making the additional parts.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada
Photo credit: © Aubrey Huggins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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