Andrew Trundlewagon's photos with the keyword: fleur

A large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) which, confusingly, in this case is pink. The normally white flowers turn pink as they age, but there is also a rare variety that is pink from the moment it blooms. A woodland plant that flowers in mid to late spring. The seeds have an oily attachment called the elaiosome that ants find irresistible. The ants carry the seeds back to their nests, feed on the elaiosomes and abandon the rest of the seed near the nest where some will sprout. The white trillium is the floral emblem of Ontario.

A yellow iris growing in a damp, shady spot in the woods.

An hibiscus after the rain. We take it out in summer and keep it indoors through the winter.

lavender from the garden

Probably shinleaf (Pyrole), a wildflower growing in St Bruno Provincial Park. The leaves are said to contain an aspirin-like chemical and were traditionally wrapped around wounds to assist healing.

An individual lupin inflorescence. Most of the flowers had already fallen from the stem, but this solitary individualist hung on to the bitter end.

Red trillium (Trille rouge, Trillium erectum) grows on the forest floor as a spring ephemeral before the leaves of the trees are fully open and block the light. The flowers are pollenated by flies and are said to smell of rotting meat, (for which reason they are sometimes called stinking Benjamins), although I have not noticed this. The outer coat of the seeds is very attractive to ants, which carry them to their nests, and in this way distribute the seeds through the forest. Unfortunately the plants are equally attractive to deer, and a recent explosion of deer numbers in the locality has diminished the numbers of trilliums that can be seen each spring.

Rosemary flowers up close.

A wild iris growing by a lake, St. Bruno, Quebec

Erythronium americanum , trout lily, Erythrome d'Amérique. A spring ephemeral common in Eastern Canada and United States, the trout lily grows on the floor of woods, where it flowers very early in Spring before the trees open their leaves and cast the forest into shade. It takes 4-7 years to flower and is found in colonies that, it is said, can be hundreds of years old. Its seeds are dispersed by ants. They find the seed coat irresistible and carry the seeds back to their nests. After eating the outer waxy seed coat they discard the kernel, which then grows safely underground inside the ant nest, In addition, the mature bulb or corm sends out shoots called droppers that rise to the surface and then grow back into the soil where they form new bulbs allowing the plant to spread asexually. The only member of this family Europe is Erythronium dens-canis , the dog's-tooth-violet, but, although the flower shape is very similar, the colours are different witht he European flower being lilac or pink. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythronium

Hibiscus flower

The heart of a poppy.

Lysimachia punctata, Yellow Loosestrife.