Turk’s Cap Lily – Native Plant of the Day 07/12/2023
Photo from 07/12/2010. Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood County, NC.
More photos / info at the Lilium superbum detail page.
Turk’s Cap Lily – Lilium superbum
Flowering Spurge – Native Plant of the Day 07/07/2023
Photo from 07/12/2010. Location: Haywood County, NC
More photos/info at the Euphorbia corollata detail page.
Flowering Spurge, Emetic Root – Euphorbia corollata
Smooth Carrionflower – Native Plant of the Day 06/26/2023
Photo from 06/12/2018. Location: Heintooga Ridge Road, Haywood County, NC.
More info / photos at the Smooth Carrionflower detail page.
Smooth Carrionflower – Smilax herbacea
Butter-and-Eggs, a non-native and, in some areas, invasive plant, has been added to the USWildflowers database (03/23/2019.) Scientific name is Linaria vulgaris. Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia on Sep 01, 2014. Go to the Butter-and-Eggs detail page for more information and photos.
Butter-and-eggs – Linaria vulgaris
Cankerweed – Native Plant of the Day 08/03/2017
Photo from 08/01/2011. Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood County, NC.
More photos / info at the Prenanthes serpentaria detail page.
Cankerweed – Prenanthes serpentaria
Carolina Phlox, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (02/25/2015.) Scientific name is Phlox carolina. Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buncombe County, NC on Aug 29, 2014. Go to the Carolina Phlox detail page for more photos and information.
Beechdrops, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (01/08/2015.) Scientific name is Epifagus virginiana. Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Avery County, NC on Sep 1, 2014. Go to the Beechdrops detail page for more photos and information.
Slender Ladies’ Tresses, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (12/24/2014.) Scientific name is Spiranthes lacera. Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Carroll County, VA on Sep 2, 2014. Go to the Ladies’ Tresses detail page for more photos and information.
Native Plant of the Day 10/12/2014
Photo from 8/2/2011. Location: GSMNP, Swain County, NC
Fly Poison – for more photos / information go to the Amianthium muscitoxicum detail page.
Fly Poison, Stagger Grass – Amianthium muscitoxicum
Lyon’s Turtlehead, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (9/17/2014.) Scientific name is Chelone lyonii. Photo below was taken near the Craggy Gardens Picnic Area of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Buncombe County, NC on Aug 29, 2014. Go to the Lyon’s Turtlehead detail page for more photos and information.