Spring Beauty is one of the most abundant spring ephemeral wildflowers of eastern deciduous forests, carpeting the ground with small pink-striped white blossoms in March and April. The small corm is edible with a starchy, chestnut-like flavor and was eaten by indigenous peoples. A specialist native bee, Andrena erigeniae, collects pollen almost exclusively from spring beauty.
Best time to see a Spring Beauty
The best time to see a Spring Beauty is March–April, when about 85% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 84,189 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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