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Every year right around late April early May these bluebells start to naturally come up at my grandpa's timber. These bluebells only last about a week until they either get mowed over or die. They grow in groups it seems like because wherever I find them, I find tons in one specific area of the woods. They begin to droop towards the end of their life and the petals normally will fall off. They generally have white or blue pollen and bees LOVE them.

This flower was found at Moraine View State Park in Illinois. It looks very different from a typical flower. I found that is a Trillium. It appears to have the couple of petals in the middle and three green large leaves around it. There was an abundance of them all throughout the path of where we hiked. They seemed to like the shade. According to Minnesota Wildflowers, these flowers range in height from 8-18 inches.