Although long gone now, since the passing of early spring, my favorite wildflower comes to mind. The author and naturalist Neltje Blanchan says of this short-lived springtime blossom: “Here to-day, if there comes a sudden burst of warm sunshine; gone to-morrow, if the spring winds, rushing through the nearly leafless woods, are too rude to its fragile petals — no blossom has a more evanescent beauty, none more lovely.”
See also further explanation of the term “bloodroot.”
Copyright © 2005 William T. Hathaway.