Posted by Jenny in nature, photography, plants, Smoky Mountains.
Tags: Foamflower, lousewort, meadow rue, painted trillium, phlox, saxifrage, serviceberry, showy orchis, squaw root, trillium erectum, umbrella leaf, violets

Beech leaves.
Photos taken yesterday near Will Branch, Smith Branch, and Kanati Fork trail.

Leaf shapes.

Foamflower growing from tree trunk.

Foamflower and phlox.

Showy orchis.

False solomon’s seal.

Squaw root emerging through leaves.

White violet.

Purple violets.

Saxifrage.

Painted trillium.

Variegated violets.

Serviceberry.

Trillium erectum (white wake-robin).

Bee balm leaves, chickweed, violets.

Oak leaves.

Squaw root, acorn, violets.

Blossoms of meadow rue.

Pinwheels of lousewort.

Tree with big butt (!).

Umbrella leaf.

Color creeps up the mountain slopes.