Hairy Clematis, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/07/2012.) Scientific name is Clematis hirsutissima. Photo below was taken in the Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID on May 31, 2012. Go to the Hairy Clematis detail page for more information.
Category Archives: USWildflowers News
Piper’s Anemone – Anemone piperi – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Piper’s Anemone, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/06/2012.) Scientific name is Anemone piperi. Photo below was taken in the Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID on May 31, 2012. Go to the Piper’s Anemone detail page for more information.
Fairy Slipper – Calypso bulbosa – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Calypso bulbosa, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/04/2012.) Scientific name is Calypso bulbosa. Photo below was taken in the Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID on June 1, 2012. Go to the Calypso bulbosa detail page for more information.
Upland Yellow Violet – Viola praemorsa – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Upland Yellow Violet, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/23/2012.) Scientific name is Viola praemorsa. Photo below was taken in the Boise Foothills of Ada County, ID on June 10, 2011. It is also known by the common names Canary Violet, Astoria Violet, Prairie Violet, Yellow Montane Violet, and Wavyleaf Violet. Go to the Upland Yellow Violet detail page for more information.
NOTE: Nov 22, 2013 – R. John Little, Ph.D., noted expert on Violaceae, has identified this as Viola purpurea subsp. venosa rather than Viola praemorsa. — gcw
Climbing Hempweed – Mikania scandens – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Climbing Hempweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/12/2012.) Scientific name is Mikania scandens. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA, on October 2, 2011. Go to the Climbing Hempweed detail page for more information.
Utah Serviceberry – Amelanchier utahensis – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Utah Serviceberry, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/10/2012.) Scientific name is Amelanchier laevis. Photo below was taken in Boise County, ID, on June 13, 2010. It is also known by the common names Pale Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry if you go with more recent classifications which consider Amelanchier pallida to be a synonym of Amelanchier utahensis. Go to the Utah Serviceberry detail page for more information.
Smooth Serviceberry – Amelanchier laevis – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Smooth Serviceberry, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/08/2012.) Scientific name is Amelanchier laevis. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA, on April 2, 2008. It is also known by the common name Allegheny Serviceberry . Go to the Smooth Serviceberry detail page for more information.
Slender Blue-eyed Grass – Sisyrinchium mucronatum – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Slender Blue-eyed Grass, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/03/2012.) Scientific name is Sisyrinchium mucronatum. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA, on April 29, 2012. It is also known by the common name Needletip Blue-eyed Grass, Michaux’s Blue-eyed-Grass, and Narrow-Leaved Blue-eyed-Grass . Go to the Slender Blue-eyed Grass detail page for more information.
Western Stoneseed – Lithospermum ruderale – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Western Stoneseed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (04/28/2012.) Scientific name is Lithospermum ruderale. Photo below was taken in the Boise Foothills of Ada County, ID, on June 14, 2010. It is also known by the common name Columbia Puccoon and Yellow Puccoon . Go to the Western Stoneseed detail page for more information.
Carolina Geranium – Geranium carolinianum – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Carolina Geranium, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (04/23/2012.) Scientific name is Geranium carolinianum. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA, on May 23, 2012. It is also known by the common name Carolina Cranesbill. Go to the Carolina Geranium detail page for more information.