USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/13/2012
Photo from 9/18/2009. Location: Walker County, GA
Small Red Morning Glory, an introduced species. For more information go to the Ipomoea coccinea detail page.
Small Red Morning Glory, Redstar, Starflower – Ipomoea coccinea
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/12/2012
Photo from 6/18/2005. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Yes, the blossom looks like a Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), which is how I originally identified it back in 2005. However, it is Mayweed, an introduced and possibly invasive species. For more information go to the Anthemis cotula detail page.
Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile – Anthemis cotula
Witchhazel, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (12/04/2012.) Scientific name is Hamamelis virginiana. Photo below was taken along the Waterfalls Trail, Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA , on Dec 5, 2012. Go to the Witchhazel detail page for more photos and information.
American Witchhazel – Hamamelis virginiana
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/11/2012
Photo from 9/5/2010. Location: Reflection Riding, Hamilton County, TN
Balloon Vine, an introduced species. For more photos and information go to the Cardiospermum halicacabum detail page.
Balloon Vine, Heartseed – Cardiospermum halicacabum
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/10/2012
Photo from 6/7/2009. Location: Walker County, GA):
Narrowleaf Plantain, an introduced and possibly invasive species. For more information go to the Plantago lanceolata detail page.
Narrowleaf Plantain – Plantago lanceolata
I made a July trip over to Cloudland Canyon State Park to see the waterfalls with an expectation that I’d also see many wildflowers along the way, and I wasn’t disappointed. While recently posting a report on a visit to nearby Lula Falls, I discovered that I’d never written the planned report on the Cloudland Canyon trip. I quickly realized that I didn’t remember many of the details of the walk – and I was relieved to discover that the July trip was in 2011, not just this past July, so the memory fade was more reasonable. But to refresh that failing memory, I made another trip up there on Dec 5. Here are a dozen photos from those two “waterfalls and wildflowers walks.”
(Click on any image and you’ll go to Flickr where you can view larger sized images.)
Unnamed Falls along Sitton Gulch Trail near the Waterfalls Trail junction – Cloudland Canyon State Park
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/9/2012
Photo from 12/18/2011. Location: Venice, Sarasota County, FL
Florida Tasselflower, an introduced species. For more photos and information go to the Emilia fosbergii detail page.
Florida Tasselflower – Emilia fosbergii
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/08/2012
Photo from 3/30/2010. Location: Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA
Bigleaf Periwinkle, an introduced and possibly invasive species. For more information go to the Vinca major detail page.
Bigleaf Periwinkle, Large Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle – Vinca major
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/07/2011
Photo from 6/6/2009. Location: Walker County, GA
Moth Mullein, an introduced species. For more information go to the Verbascum blattaria detail page.
Moth Mullein – Verbascum blattaria
USWildflowers Daily Plant 12/06/2012
Photo from 8/7/2009. Location: Walker County, GA
Common Mullein, an introduced and possibly invasive species. For more information go to the Verbascum thapsus detail page.
Common Mullein, Great Mullein – Verbascum thapsus