Wood Vetch – Native Plant of the Day 03/12/2024
Photo from March 18, 2012. Location: Pigeon Mountain – East, Walker County GA.
More info & photos at the Vicia caroliniana detail page.
Wood Vetch – Vicia caroliniana
Cranefly Orchid – Native Plant of the Day 08/04/2023
Photo from 09/03/2013. Location: Flintstone, Walker County, GA.
More photos and information at the Tipularia discolor detail page.
Cranefly Orchid – Tipularia discolor
Carolina Bugbane – Native Plant of the Day 08/04/2022
Photo from Aug 3, 2013. Lula Lake, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Trautvetteria caroliniensis detail page.
Tassel Rue, Carolina Bugbane – Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Passionfruit – Passiflora incarnata
The picture above is the fruit of Tennessee’s State Wildflower – Passionflower, Passiflora incarnata. I can report reliably that it is edible, similar to the species which is frequently cultivated in tropical regions – Passiflora edulis, although P. incarnata fruit is typically smaller than that of P. edulis. Passiflora incarnata is a plant native to the United States, while Passiflora edulis has been introduced to the United States and is found in the wild in Georgia and Florida.
If you’ll recall something I said in a previous article, you’ll be able to guess that the above flower is a member of the Aster family. Most folks have seen fleabane along roadsides and in fields. This small, daisy-like flower is very common, spread throughout Canada and the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. This photo is of Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus, growing on our lot in northwest Georgia.