Dutchman's Breeches

Dutchman's Breeches

Since they look like women's bloomers,

I think they should be called Dutch Woman's Bloomers.

Dicentra cucullaria. With white flowers, that resemble upside-down pantaloons or breeches, on a leafless stalk above, fern-like leaves, this forest plant prefers dappled sunlight of woodlands especially along gentle slopes, ravines, or ledges along streams. One of the earlier wildflowers to bloom, Dutchman's breeches is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants, who take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest, where they are protected until they germinate in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris.

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