ID on bloodroot look-alike?

Question

I found this wildflower in mid-April in Brecksville. At first I thought it was bloodroot, but the leaf is wrong. Can you identify it?

Naturalist's Response

This flower does look very similar to bloodroot and blooms at approximately the same time in the same habitat, but as you noted, it is not a bloodroot. Rather, it is called twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla), and gets its name from the two leaflets which you can see in your photos. Like bloodroot, the bloom is very short-lived, so it’s really nice to get the photos of it when it is in full bloom with all its petals!

-Naturalist Denise Wolfe

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