Large-flowered Triplet-lily, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database. Scientific name is Triteleia grandiflora. This plant also also goes by the common names Douglas’s Triteleia and Douglas’s brodiaea, since it was originally collected by David Douglas and classified in the genus Brodiaea. Photo below was taken Boise National Forest near Boise, Idaho on 06/09/2010.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
White Mariposa Lily – Calochortus eurycarpus – Added to USWildflowers Database
White Mariposa Lily, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/09/2010.) Scientific name is Calochortus eurycarpus. This plant also also goes by the common name Star Tulip. Photo below was taken at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge near Nampa, Idaho.
White Milkweed – Asclepias variegata – Added to USWildflowers Database
White Milkweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/07/2010.) Scientific name is Asclepias variegata. This plant also also goes by the common names Variegated Milkweed, and Redring Milkweed – which is the USDA National Common Name for the plant.
Virginia Sweetspire – Itea virginica – Added to USWildflowers Database
Virginia Sweetspire, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database. Scientific name is Itea virginica. This plant also also goes by the common names Virginia Willow and Tassel-white.