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Family: Colchicaceae (Meadow Saffron family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
late March - early May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
August - October
Sessile Bellwort's upper stem and lower leaf surfaces are glabrous, i.e., they don't have any hairs. It gets its common name because its leaves are sessile, i.e., they are attached directly to the stem (but don't wrap around it).
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22 April 2022
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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22 April 2022
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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20 April 2024
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (note sessile, non-perfoliate leaf) 
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20 April 2024
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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