) / Lily Family
Lily Family Height: Male - to 28"; Female - to 48" May 22, 2005 These flowers were blooming along the Schoolhouse Gap trail in the Smokies in mid-May. Devil's Bit is a dioecious plant, the flowers are either male or female. The female plants can grow up to 4 feet tall, the males grow half that size. These are all male flowers. Does that make them a "bachelor" group? :) Perennial Where seen: Great Smoky Mountains NP
) / Lily Family The female plant may grow taller than the male, but there are less pistils (female flowers) than stamens on the male plants. The male plant is blooming in the background.
