Based on studies in 1996 and 2002 the species formerly known as Leiophyllum buxifolium has been reclassified into the Kalmia genus (the one containing Mountain Laurel) as Kalmia buxifolia. The USWildflowers database has now been updated to reflect this change. Click on that new scientific name for more information and a photo.
Common Grass Pink, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/30/2016.) Scientific name is Calopogon tuberosus. Photo below was taken in Coffee County, TN on June 8, 2016. Go to the Common Grass Pink detail page for more information.
Common Grass Pink – Calopogon tuberosus
Rose Pogonia, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/25/2016.) Scientific name is Pogonia ophioglossoides. Photo below was taken in Coffee County, TN on June 8, 2016. Go to the Rose Pogonia detail page for more information.
Rose Pogonia – Pogonia ophioglossoides
Upland Spreading Pogonia, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/24/2016.) Scientific name is Cleistesiopsis bifaria. Photo below was taken in Coffee County, TN on June 8, 2016. Go to the Upland Spreading Pogonia detail page for more information.
Upland Spreading Pogonia – Cleistesiopsis bifaria
The detail record for Trumpet Creeper – Campsis radicans – has been updated (06/16/2016) to include descriptive information and 4 additional photographs, taken today in Walker County, Georgia. This is one of them:
Trumpet Creeper – Campsis radicans
Trumpet Creeper was among the earliest flowers added to the USWildflowers.com database, and the “detail record” was very basic – common name, scientific name, and a single photo with location and date.
Yellow Buckeye, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/11/2016.) Scientific name is Aesculus flava. Photo below was taken in Rhea County, TN on April 8, 2016. Go to the Yellow Buckeye detail page for more information.
Yellow Buckeye – Aesculus flava
Prairie Rose, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/06/2016.) Scientific name is Rosa segitera. Photo below was taken in Coffee County, TN on June 1, 2016. Go to the Prairie Rose detail page for more information.
Prairie Rose – Rosa setigera
Nodding Mandarin, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/30/2016.) Scientific name is Prosartes maculata. Photo below was taken along the Piney River Trail (part of the Cumberland Trail) in Rhea County, TN on April 08, 2016. Go to the Nodding Mandarin detail page for more information.
Nodding Mandarin – Prosartes maculata
Mountain Bellwort, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/18/2016.) Scientific name is Uvularia puberula. Photo below was taken along the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Schoolhouse Gap Trail, Blount County, TN on April 20, 2016. Go to the Mountain Bellwort detail page for more information.
Mountain Bellwort – Uvularia puberula
Squirrel Corn, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (04/26/2016.) Scientific name is Dicentra canadensis. Photo below was taken along the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cove Hardwood Nature Trail, Sevier County, TN on April 21, 2016. Go to the Squirrel Corn detail page for more information.
Squirrel Corn – Dicentra canadensis