5-20 Clintonia, Mayapple, Oak Drops, Blue Taodflax

5-20 The greenish-yellow flowers of Clintonia, AKA Bluebead Lily, are at their peak.

The single white flower of Mayapple, AKA Mandrake, dangles below large umbrella-like leaves.

The strange cone-like inflorescences of Oak Drops are parasitic on tree roots, usually oak.

In sandy dry soils the tiny flowers of Blue Toadflax can be seen - by those with sharp eyes. John