One of the fun aspects of wandering over the land where PawPaw and I are going to build our home is seeing all the different wildflowers.  We bought a Tennessee Wildflower identification book — which PawPaw has.  I took some pictures - not the greatest in the world, but okay for identifying the flowers.  The “Sweet Betsy” is the most unusual — three spotted leaves (are they called “varigated”?) with a dark red flower spiking up in the middle.  The whitish flowers are “something-or-other Toothworth”.  I remember the toothwort part, but not the rest.  They’re pretty, aren’t they?

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One Response to “Sweet Betsy and Something-or-other Toothwort”

  1. Terry Says:

    I had heard this trillium called Purple Toadshade, but I didn’t know the Sweet Betsy name. They are in bloom on our school’s nature trail right now.

    Nice pics.

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