Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a spring ephemeral, a woodland perennial that emerges, blooms, sets seed, and gathers the energy to return the next year, all before the leaves of the deciduous trees above it come out to take their turn in the sun. And bloodroot's flowers are ephemeral in the ordinary sense, too, barely lingering a day or two, shattering once their work of luring a pollinator is done.
The sun came out for a while today, the first time in a week of grey, and so did this:
