Monthly Archives: October 2010

Slenderleaf False Foxglove – Agalinis tenuifolia – Added to USWildflowers Database

Slenderleaf False Foxglove, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/30/2010.) Scientific name is Agalinis tenuifolia.  Photo below was taken in Blount County, TN on the banks of the Tellico Reservoir of the Little Tennessee River on Oct 16, 2010. 

Slender Gerardia, Slenderleaf False Foxglove - Agalinis tenuifolia

Slender Gerardia, Slenderleaf False Foxglove – Agalinis tenuifolia

Late Purple Aster – Symphyotrichum patens – Added to USWildflowers Database

Late Purple Aster, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/22/2010.)  Scientific name is Symphyotrichum patens. Photo below was taken in Blount County, TN on the banks of the Tellico Reservoir of the Little Tennessee River on Oct 16, 2010. 

Late Purple Aster, Spreading Aster - Symphyotrichum patens

Late Purple Aster, Spreading Aster – Symphyotrichum patens

Bachelor’s Button – Centaurea cyanus – Added to USWildflowers Database

Bachelor’s Button, a non-native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/11/2010.)  Scientific name is Centaurea cyanus.  It’s also known by the common names Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower.  Photo below was taken in the Pioneer Cemetery in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho on June 17, 2010.

Bachelor’s Button, Bluebottle, Garden Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus

Bachelor’s Button, Bluebottle, Garden Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus

Crimson Clover – Trifolium incarnatum – Added to USWildflowers Database

Crimson Clover, a non-native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/03/2010.)  Scientific name is Trifolium incarnatum.  It’s also known by the common name Italian Clover.  Photo below was taken on the east side of Pigeon Mountain in Walker County, Georgia on April 18, 2010.

Crimson Clover, Italian Clover - Trifolium incarnatum

Crimson Clover, Italian Clover - Trifolium incarnatum