harbinger-of-spring
aka pepper-and-salt
Erigenia bulbosa
Apiaceae

Yesterday I finally got back out to Carderock after a two-week absence, and was delighted to find that rumors of harbinger-of-spring in bloom were true. And there were spring beauties, of course, though not many yet.  

dime shot for scale

Other plants seen:

• a single, precocious star chickweed flower
• a single, precocious early saxifrage flower
• spicebush in bloom
• new growth of Virginia bluebells, one mound with buds just visible
• two cutleaf toothworts in bud
• trout lily foliage
• long-tube valerian foliage
• early meadow rue foliage
• Dutchman’s breeches and squirrel corn foliage

spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Lauraceae