Tall Bellflower – Campanulastrum americanum – Added to USWildflowers Database

#NPOD Miner’s Lettuce

Native Plant of the Day 07/28/2010:

Miner’s Lettuce - for more information go to the Claytonia perfoliata detail page.

Miner’s Lettuce, Indian Lettuce, Winter Purslane - Claytonia perfoliata

Southern Harebell – Campanula divaricata – Added to USWildflowers Database

Southern Harebell, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/28/2010.)  Scientific name is Campanula divaricata.  This plant also is known by the common names Small Bonny Bellflower, Southern Bellflower, and Southern Bluebell.  Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Pisgah Inn, on 07/12/2010.

Southern Harebell, Small Bonny Bellflower - Campanula divaricata

Leather Vasevine – Clematis viorna – Added to USWildflowers Database

Leather Vasevine, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/27/2010.)  Scientific name is Clematis viorna.  This plant also is known by the common names Leather Flower and Vasevine.  Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Pisgah Inn, on 07/12/2010.

Leather Vasevine - Clematis viorna

Miner’s Lettuce – Claytonia perfoliata – Added to USWildflowers Database

Miner’s Lettuce, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/25/2010.)  Scientific name is Claytonia perfoliata.  This plant also is known by the common names Indian Lettuce and Winter Purslane.  Photo below was taken in the Boise National Forest near Boise, ID, on 06/15/2010.

Miner's Lettuce - Claytonia perfoliata

Chokecherry – Prunus virginiana – Added to USWildflowers Database

Chokecherry, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/24/2010.)  Scientific name is Prunus virginiana.  Depending on the variety, this plant also is known by the common names Common Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, and Black Chokecherry.  Photo below was taken in the Boise National Forest near Boise, ID, on 06/15/2010.

Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana

#NPOD: Partridge Pea

Native Plant of the Day 07/22/2010:

Partridge Pea - for more information go to the Chamaecrista fasciculata detail page.

Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant - Chamaecrista fasciculata

#NPOD: Creeping Oregon Grape

Native Plant of the Day 07/21/2010:

Creeping Oregon Grape - for more information go to the Mahonia repens detail page.

Creeping Oregon Grape - Mahonia repens

#NPOD: Sensitive Briar

Native Plant of the Day 07/20/2010:

Sensitive Briar – for more information go to the Mimosa microphylla detail page.

Sensitive Briar’s sensitive leaf in motion

Creeping Oregon Grape – Mahonia repens – Added to USWildflowers Database

Creeping Oregon Grape, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/19/2010.)  Scientific name is Mahonia repens.  This plant also is known by the common name Creeping Barberry.  Photo below was taken in the Boise National Forest near Boise, ID, on 06/15/2010.

Creeping Oregon Grape - Mahonia repens

#NPOD: White Mule’s Ears

Native Plant of the Day 07/19/2012

Photo from 6/13/2010. Location: Challis National Forest, Custer County, ID

White Mule’s Ears - for more information go to the Wyethia helianthoides detail page.

White Mule's Ears - Wyethia helianthoides

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White Mule’s Ears – Wyethia helianthoides – Added to USWildflowers Database

White Mule’s Ears, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/18/2010.)  Scientific name is Wyethia helianthoides.  This plant also is known by the common names White Wyethia and White-rayed Wyethia.  Photo below was taken near Stanley Lake the Challis National Forest in Custer County, ID, on 06/13/2010.

White Mule's Ears - Wyethia helianthoides

Arrowleaf Balsamroot – Balsamorhiza sagittata – Added to USWildflowers Database

Arrowleaf Balsamroot, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/17/2010.)  Scientific name is Balsamorhiza sagittata.    Photo below was taken in the Boise Foothills of the Boise National Forest near Boise, ID, on 06/08/2010.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot - Balsamorhiza sagittata

Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea – Added to USWildflowers Database

Purple Coneflower, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/08/2010.)  Scientific name is Echinacea purpurea.  This plant also is known by the common name Eastern Purple Coneflower.  Photo below was taken at Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, GA, on 07/05/2010.

Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea

Shaggy Rosinweed – Silphium mohrii – Added to USWildflowers Database

Shaggy Rosinweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/07/2010.)  Scientific name is Silphium mohrii.  This plant also is known by the common name Mohr’s Rosinweed.  Photo below was taken in Dade County, Ga, on 07/05/2010.

Shaggy Rosinweed - Silphium mohrii