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.  It is also known by the common name Slender Gerardia.  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

#NPOD: Trumpet Honeysuckle #NativePlants

Native Plant of the Day 10/29/2010 (photo from May, 2008):

Trumpet Honeysuckle - for more photos and information go to the Lonicera sempervirens detail page.

Trumpet Honeysuckle - Lonicera sempervirens

The Swarm

After dinner on the second night of our 2-night canoe trip down the Little Tennessee River branch of the Tellico Reservoir my eldest grandson and I took a paddle up the slough upon which our campsite was situated.  As we paddled we noticed swarming insects at several spots.  On the return we were paddling into the setting sun, and came around a bend to this sight.  (Click on image for larger version.)

Autumn Oak

Spreading Hedge Parsley

USWildflowers Daily Plant 10/26/2010:

Spreading Hedge Parsley, an introduced species. For more photos and information go to the Torilis arvensis detail page.

Spreading Hedge Parsley, Field Hedge Parsley, Common Hedge Parsley - Torilis arvensis

Cedar Waxwing

A bit off the topic of wildflowers, but we were real happy to see Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) returning to our Bradford pear trees to eat the berries.  It has been nearly two years since we’ve seen them in our neighborhood.  They were a bit more shy than when the large flock was here in December, 2008.  This one was cocking his head listening to the shutter noise from my camera.

Here – take my better profile…

Cedar Waxwing

Prickly Lettuce

USWildflowers Daily Plant 10/24/2010:

Prickly Lettuce, an introduced species. For more photos and information go to the Lactuca serriola detail page.

Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce - Lactuca serriola

A Foggy Saturday Morning

As I drive into work in the morning, I pass a field which frequently has a mist hovering over it. This fall the field has been filled with Goldenrod. Every foggy morning I’d wish that I could be headed into that field instead of headed into the office. A couple of Saturdays ago there was a bit of fog in the morning air and I had no other commitments, so I headed for that field before sunrise.  Here are 8 of my favorite photos from that Foggy Saturday Morning. (Click on photos for larger version.)

Webstrewn Goldenrod

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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.  It is also known by the common name Spreading Aster.  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

Oxeye Daisy

USWildflowers Daily Plant 10/18/2010:

Oxeye Daisy, an introduced and possibly invasive species. For more photos and information go to the Chrysanthemum leucanthemum detail page.  The more widely accepted scientific name for this plant is Leucanthemum vulgare.

Oxeye Daisy - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

#NPOD: Wild Comfrey #NativePlants

Native Plant of the Day 10/16/2010:

Wild Comfrey - for more photos and information go to the Cynoglossum virginianum detail page.

Wild Comfrey - Cynoglossum virginianum

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

Extra: Get a Grip

An extra for today: Bumblebee, dew, and Tall Ironweed – Vernonia gigantea.

Bumblebee Leg in Tall Ironweed

Chicory

USWildflowers Daily Plant 10/06/2010:

Chicory, an introduced species. For more photos and information go to the Cichorium intybus detail page.

Chicory - Cichorium intybus

#NPOD: Wood Violet #Nativeplants

Native Plant of the Day 10/05/2010:

Wood Violet - for more photos and information go to the Viola palmata detail page.

Wood Violet, Trilobed Violet - Viola palmata