Hiya JRsbugs,
Thank you for the welcome and reply back!
The Trout-lily leaves in the images seem larger and the plants more sparse then the thick patch we have on our property. The leaf size for the ones on our property are about 2.5-3inches in length. Sadly, we have never seen any flowers bloom - perhaps due to a nutrient deficiency? The leaves look really close with the mottled coloring to that of the Trout-Lily.
We did just read that it can take 10 years for these plants to reach maturity to flower and that when they flower they would have a second leaf - which the ones on our property only have one leaf coming from the ground. It also says that they are a dense carpet when immature which makes it seem more likely that you are correct!
Hopefully we will see them flower one day!
Katie
