Mountain Bluet – Native Plant of the Day 10/06/2023
Photo from 09/23/2013. Location: Clingman’s Dome, GSMNP, Swain County, NC.
More photos / info at the Houstonia serpyllifolia detail page.
Mountain Bluet – Houstonia serpyllifolia
Creeping Cucumber – Native Plant of the Day 09/25/2024
Photo from 9/25/2012. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Melothria pendula detail page.
Creeping Cucumber – Melothria pendula
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus – Native Plant of the Day 07/23/2023
Photo from 06/05/2018. Location: Flat Rock Cedar Glade, Rutherford County, TN.
More photos / info at the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus detail page, including an explanation of why this is likely O. cespitosa rather than O. humifusa.
Shuttleworth’s Ginger – Native Plant of the Day 06/06/2023
Photo from 06/07/2014. Location: Lula Lake Land Trust, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Hexastylis shuttleworthii detail page.
Shuttleworth’s Ginger – Hexastylis shuttleworthii
Oakleaf Hydrangea – Native Plant of the Day 05/26/2023
Photo from 05/22/2011. Location: Reflection Riding, Hamilton County, TN.
More photos / info at the Hydrangea quercifolia detail page.
Oakleaf Hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia
Catesby’s Trillium – Native Plant of the Day 04/20/2024
Photo from 4/19/2011. Location: Rocky Lane area, Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Trillium catesbaei detail page.
Catesby’s Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin, Rose Trillium – Trillium catesbaei
Wood Betony – Native Plant of the Day 04/01/2023
Photo from 04/02/2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Pedicularis canadensis detail page.
Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort – Pedicularis canadensis
Trout Lily – Native Plant of the Day 03/20/2023
Photo from 03/25/2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Erythronium americanum detail page.
Trout Lily; Dogtooth Violet – Erythronium americanum
Wild Blue Phlox – Native Plant of the Day 03/18/2024
Photo from March 18, 2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Phlox divaricata detail page.
Wild Blue Phlox – Phlox divaricata
Red-osier Dogwood – Native Plant of the Day 12/20/2022
Photo from 05/06/2012. Location: Kleinschmidt Grade, Adams County, ID.
More photos / info at the Cornus sericea detail page.
Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood – Cornus sericea