Aberrant Red Trillium

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Comments

Allen Woodliffe

Thank-you Isabelle, Laura and Wally for your visits and kind comments! The touch of purple is a blue violet, flowering nearby.

Walter Nussbaumer

well done Allen, can't say I have ever seen one like this, I have seen many in my days in Ontario, miss them out here!

Laura Sample

Simply beautiful, Allen.

Isabelle M

what a wonderful beautiful image Allen with a touch of purple to the right:)

Description
Red Trilliums are not uncommon across the forested landscape of eastern Canada and elsewhere. However a six-petalled one is extremely unusual. Trilliums normally have three petals and three sepals, but for some reason this oddball produced six petals! There is a provincial nature reserve called Trillium Woods just south of Woodstock, ON, that has a lot of different coloured trilliums. I came across this unusual individual in Rondeau Provincial Park, ON, this spring.
Taken By
Allen Woodliffe
Taken On
May 13, 2013
Tagged
'red trillium' 'spring wildflower' 'trillium' 'rondeau provincial park'
  • Focal: 100
  • Shutter speed: 0.01 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 13
  • ISO: 400

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