Smooth Solomon’s Seal Photos and Information Updated

Information with four new photographs about Smooth Solomon’s Seal - Polygonatum biflorum – have been updated.  The additional photographs now bring to 300 the number of photographs displaying  the 175 species now in the database.

Smooth Solomon's Seal

False Solomon Seal Classification Updated to Maianthemum racemosum

False Solomon’s Seal, which has the “official” national common name of Feather False Solomon Seal, was listed in my old wildflower guide, the one I used when I first photographed and identified this plant five years ago, as Smilacina racemosa.   I’ve subsequently discovered that classification has changed.

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Broad-leaf Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum canadense) added to USWildflowers Database

Native plant Broad-leaf Waterleaf added to USWildflowers Database. Hydrophyllum canadense – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Hydrophyllum%20canadense

Broadleaf Waterleaf

Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) added to USWildflowers Database

Non-Native plant Indian Strawberry added to USWildflowers Database Duchesnea indica – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Duchesnea%20indica

Indian Strawberry

Lyreleaf Sage added to USWildflowers Database #wildflowers

Native plant Lyreleaf Sage added to USWildflowers Database – Salvia lyrata. http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Salvia%20lyrata

Salvia lyrata

Yellow Crownbeard added to USWildflowers.com database. http://bit.ly/4JiPWP #wildflowers #nativeplants

Native plant Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis) added to USWildflowers.com database.  Detail page with 4 additional photos at http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Verbesina%20occidentalis

Sulfur Cinquefoil Added to USWildflowers Database #wildflowers

Sulfur Cinquefoil Added to USWildflowers Database. Detail page with 4 additional photos at http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Potentilla%20recta

Flowering Dogwood added to USWildflowers Database

Flowering Dogwood added to USWildflowers Database

Detail page here:

http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Cornus%20florida

“Tuning” Updates to USWildflowers.com

My raised awareness of issues around native vs introduced plants resulting from my time on Twitter, as well as a decision to standardize my “group name” using the common name applied to the plant genus has led me to make a few recent minor changes to the USWildflowers website.  Hopefully these changes will be helpful to folks using the site.  Read on for details… Read the rest of this entry »