After a long hard winter it's so refreshing to see the colors of spring popping up in the woodlands. This day we observed several different variety's of wildflowers but these beauties really caught our eye. When we spotted these Trillium's our first thought was that there were several White Trillium's and one just happened to be red or maroon. While the red or maroon look real pretty and one would feel the urge to pick a couple and put them in a bud vase, you may want to reconsider that decision. The red or maroon are real cool looking but they are actually called Stinking Benjamin. They have a very foul odor that resembles rotting meat. So unless you want a bouquet of rotting pork chops gracing your dining room table I'd shy away from the Stinking Benjamin. For that matter you may want to shy away from the White Trillium's also because in some states it's illegal to pick these flowers. Apparently if you pick a trillium it can take years for that plant to flower again.
Whoda' Thunk that this attractive looking wildflower would smell like rotting meat!
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