Category Archives: USWildflowers News

Field Madder – Sherardia arvensis – Added to USWildflowers Database

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Field Madder, a non-native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/19/2011.)  Scientific name is Sherardia arvensis.  I don’t find an  invasive species listing for this plant, but based on my observation I would use extreme caution in propagating the plant or allowing it to grow in your yard or garden.  It’s also known by the common names Blue Fieldmadder and Spurwort.  Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on April 21, 2011.

Field Madder, Blue Fieldmadder, Spurwort - Sherardia arvensis

Field Madder, Blue Fieldmadder, Spurwort - Sherardia arvensis

Robin’s Plantain – Erigeron pulchellus – Added to USWildflowers Database

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Robin’s Plantain, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/14/2011.)  Scientific name is Erigeron pulchellus. Photo below was taken The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain on April 9, 2011.  I was excited to identify this plant, identifying all 4 Erigeron species which are found in my area.

Robin's Plantain - Erigeron pulchellus

Robin’s Plantain – Erigeron pulchellus

Whorled Horsebalm – Collinsonia verticillata – Added to USWildflowers’ Database

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Whorled Horsebalm, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/05/2011.)  Scientific name is Collinsonia verticillata.  Photo below was taken on Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee in the Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park on April 25, 2011.

Whorled Horsebalm, Early Stoneroot - Collinsonia verticillata

Whorled Horsebalm, Early Stoneroot – Collinsonia verticillata

CDN Take 2: Amazon Cloudfront

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Back on March 11 I ended the Content Distribution Network experiment with Cloudflare.  However, the reason I entered into that experiment still existed – performance of the website, and fear of having my Hostgator shared hosting account suspended for overuse (“abuse” is what they call it; but they don’t provide a way of predicting when we’re getting close to that “abuse” level.)  Today Twitter friend Steve Creek had his Hostgator shared hosting account suspended for this very reason – caused by the site’s popularity.  Twitter friend Adam Jack had previously mentioned that he was looking at Amazon’s Cloudfront service, so I had taken a look at it and it seemed usable.  I made some changes today.

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Content Distribution Network – Cloudflare

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I’ve been concerned about a couple of potential issues as the audience for USWildflowers.com grows, and while the jury is still out on the effectiveness, I hope they’ll be helped a bit by using a CDN – Content Distribution Network.  I doubt this will interest most folks reading this journal, but I want to get it down “on paper” as a record of when and why.

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Deptford Pink – Dianthus armeria – Added to USWildflowers Database

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Deptford Pink, a non-native, has been added to the USWildflowers database (02/12/2011.)  Scientific name is Dianthus armeria.  It is listed as an  invasive species by some authorities.  It’s also known by the common name  Mountain Pink, although that common name (as happens often with common names) also applies to another species (Centaurium beyrichii.)  Photo below was taken in Haywood County, NC on July 12, 2010.

Deptford Pink - Dianthus armeria

Deptford Pink – Dianthus armeria

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