Big-rooted spring beauty (Claytonia megarhiza)

This one means a lot to us since we live on Spring Beauty Drive. Because of a typo in one flower guide, this can be called the Indian Viagra: The guide says that Native Americans used the roots of this plant to prevent contraception. Photo by David Gidley

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In late summer the leaver turn a lovely shade of red.

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And even redder in mid-October.

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