I saw this flower while walking on a nature trail in Michigan and haven't been able to identify it based on several field guides. It is fairly small (about 7 inches tall maximum?), and the flower has 6 white petals or sepals. What interests me the most is the varying petal sizes. This was growing wild in the same habitat as mayapple and wild geranium. Any help would be appreciated, even if you can just give a rough idea of what family this might be. Thank you!
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Help with plant ID: white, 6 petals, Michigan wildflower?
Star-Of-Bethlehem . Ornithogalum sp. I think it might be an escape, not a native wildflower, but not sure of origins.
myknowledge , look at the leaves . Definitely not Trillium . I think they're probably done, even in northern Michigan . Done here in Central NY, about 3 weeks ago.
Probably O. umbellatum , Common Star-of-Bethlehem. The wikipedia pic shows a distinctive green line on the back, but the ones I see here aren't that pronounced . Could be just local, or individual variation in the original source plants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithogalu...
Could be Hepatica acutiloba, but don't see hepatica leaves in your picture . The Ornithogallum leaves are grass-like , and inconspicuous .( see pic on lower right of above link) Hepatica leaves are roughly clover-shaped , 2-3" wide . It's possible that you have a different species of hepatica than H acutiloba, that has similar flowers, but different leaves . Dig down and see if you find a small bulb . If not , then it's hepatica.
http://www.em.ca/garden/Hepatica%20acuti...
Reply:The flower you are looking at all the time is a Trillium. It is a protected species in Ontario and in Manitoba.
- The adult Trillium will grow to just under 9 inches in height and four inches in diameter.
- It is not posionous or lethal.
- It is a veritable snowflake, no two are ever the same.
Note - Save two flowers sprouting from the same genetic parent.
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