Category Archives: USWildflowers News

Limestone Hawksbeard – Crepis intermedia – Added to USWildflowers Database

Limestone Hawksbeard, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/07/2010.)  Scientific name is Crepis intermedia.  This plant also is known by the common name Smallflower Hawksbeard.  Photo below was taken in Ada County, ID on  06/7/2010.

Limestone Hawksbeard - Crepis intermedia

Limestone Hawksbeard - Crepis intermedia

Blue Flax – Linum lewisii – Added to USWildflowers Database

Wild Blue Flax, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/06/2010.)  Scientific name is Linum lewisii.  This plant also is known by the common names Lewis Flax and Prairie Flax.  Photo below was taken in Ada County, ID, on the road to Lucky Peak on  06/14/2010.

Blue Flax, Lewis Flax, Prairie Flax - Linum lewisii

Blue Flax, Lewis Flax, Prairie Flax - Linum lewisii

Tall Bellflower – Campanulastrum americanum – Added to USWildflowers Database

Tall Bellflower, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/28/2010.)  Scientific name is Campanulatstrum americanum, and may be more commonly known by the synonym Campanula americana.  This plant also is known by the common name American Bellflower.  Photo below was taken near Waynesville, NC, on 07/12/2010.

Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower - Campanulastrum americanum

Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower – Campanulastrum americanum

Southern Harebell – Campanula divaricata – Added to USWildflowers Database

Southern Harebell, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/28/2010.)  Scientific name is Campanula divaricata. Southern Bellflower, and Southern Bluebell.  Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Pisgah Inn, on 07/12/2010.

Southern Harebell, Small Bonny Bellflower - Campanula divaricata

Southern Harebell, Small Bonny Bellflower – Campanula divaricata

Leather Vasevine – Clematis viorna – Added to USWildflowers Database

Leather Vasevine, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/27/2010.)  Scientific name is Clematis viorna.  This plant also is known by the common names Leather Flower and Vasevine.  Photo below was taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Pisgah Inn, on 07/12/2010.

Leather Vasevine - Clematis viorna

Leather Vasevine – Clematis viorna

Miner’s Lettuce – Claytonia perfoliata – Added to USWildflowers Database

Miner’s Lettuce, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/25/2010.)  Scientific name is Claytonia perfoliata.  This plant also is known by the common names Indian Lettuce and Winter Purslane.  Photo below was taken in the Boise National Forest near Boise, ID, on 06/15/2010.

Miner's Lettuce - Claytonia perfoliata

Miner's Lettuce - Claytonia perfoliata

Creeping Oregon Grape – Mahonia repens – Added to USWildflowers Database

Creeping Oregon Grape, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/19/2010.)  Scientific name is Mahonia repens.  This plant also is known by the common name Creeping Barberry.  Photo below was taken in the Boise National Forest near Boise, ID, on 06/15/2010.

Creeping Oregon Grape - Mahonia repens

Creeping Oregon Grape - Mahonia repens