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Wildflower Folklore LbNA #46795

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 23, 2009
Location:
City:MIddletown
County:Middlesex
State:Connecticut
Boxes:2
Planted by:chthiker
Found by: Nairon (2)
Last found:Mar 2, 2024
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Apr 23, 2009


Directions:

Find the Daniel-Schwartzkopf Conservation Area on Old Johnson Road in Middletown, CT. When parking, be careful not to block the driveway to the left of the entrance to the conservation area.

Clues:

Trout Lily – this lily got its name not only because its leaves are spotted like a trout, but also because it blooms its yellow blooms during trout season. It is also known as fawn lily (two leaves stand up like fawn’s ears) and adder’s tongue (long, protruding stamens). The trout lily has also been called the dog-tooth violet because of its white bulb. Trout lily tea was once used to cure hiccups, and Roman soldiers grew it near their camps and applied it to foot sores and corns.

To find the trout lily, begin my walking around the gate continuing uphill past a couple of houses on the left. Stay straight on the trail keeping right at the first “Y.” When you reach a milk crate growing out of a tree on you left, look into the woods where you’ll see a little knoll with a tree stump. Behind the stump you’ll find Trout Lily.

Round-lobed Hepatica – hepatica was once believed to cure liver problems. Beginning in the 1600’s it is known as a signature plant, a plant that was thought to cure a body part it was shaped like. When farmers see hepatica bloom in the spring, they know that planting time is near.

Returning to the trail you’ll pass through a white birch forest. At the next “Y” stay left (right goes to the power lines). You will eventually come to a twin sister grey birch with a long drizzle of red paint (blaze?). Look right to a stone wall. Head toward the hemlock tree on the other side of the wall and pass through a low part in the stone wall. In line with the hemlock and a larger tree in front of it, you will find Hepatica under some branches on the back side of the wall. Note: it is not in the wall.

Continue back on the trail past the bottle tree on your right and head straight out to your car.