Wild Yam, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/27/2015.) Scientific name is Dioscorea villosa. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains along the Chestnut Top Trail on May 6, 2015. Go to the Wild Yam detail page for more photos and information.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
#NPOD: Sensitive Briar #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 07/12/2015
Photo from 7/12/2007. Location: Grundy County TN
Sensitive Briar – for more information go to the Mimosa microphylla detail page.
#NPOD: Shaggy Rosinweed #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 07/08/2015
Photo from 07/05/2010. Location: Dade County, Ga.
Shaggy Rosinweed – for more photos / info go to the Silphium mohrii detail page.
Fringed Phacelia – Phacelia fimbriata – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Fringed Phacelia, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/05/2015.) Scientific name is Phacelia fimbriata. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains near Newfound Gap on May 05, 2015. Go to the Fringed Phacelia detail page for more photos and information.
Painted Trillium – Trillium undulatum – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Painted Trillium, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/01/2015.) Scientific name is Trillium undulatum. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along a quiet walk near Newfound Gap on May 05, 2015. Go to the Painted Trillium detail page for more photos and information.