White Meadowsweet, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/04/2015.) Scientific name is Spiraea alba. Photo below was taken in a cove off of Baie Fine of Lake Huron in the Ontario, Canada on August 13, 2015. Go to the White Meadowsweet detail page for more photos and information.
White Meadowsweet – Spiraea alba
Rugel’s Indian Plantain, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/06/2015.) Scientific name is Rugelia nudicaulus. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains along the Clingman’s Dome Trail on July 16, 2015. Go to the Rugel’s Indian Plantain detail page for more photos and information.
Rugel’s Indian Plantain – Rugelia nudicaulis
Turk’s Cap Lily, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/04/2015.) Scientific name is Lilium superbum. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains along the Clingman’s Dome Road on July 16, 2015. Go to the Turk’s Cap Lily detail page for more photos and information.
Turk’s Cap Lily – Lilium superbum
I’ve been building up a backlog of actions I want to take on USWildflowers.com, including (but not limited to) identifying and publishing new species that I’ve photographed. That particular backlog is up to over 100 species, although many will not result in publication once I’ve confirmed the identification, since some will turn out to be species already published that I think might be a different species, and some (many, probably) will stay unidentified because my photographs, resources and/or expertise aren’t up to the task.
Wild Yam, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/27/2015.) Scientific name is Dioscorea villosa. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains along the Chestnut Top Trail on May 6, 2015. Go to the Wild Yam detail page for more photos and information.
Wild Yam – Dioscorea villosa
Fringed Phacelia, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/05/2015.) Scientific name is Phacelia fimbriata. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains near Newfound Gap on May 05, 2015. Go to the Fringed Phacelia detail page for more photos and information.
Fringed Phacelia – Phacelia fimbriata
Painted Trillium, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/01/2015.) Scientific name is Trillium undulatum. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along a quiet walk near Newfound Gap on May 05, 2015. Go to the Painted Trillium detail page for more photos and information.
Painted Trillium – Trillium undulatum
OK, that headline may be misleading. “At USWildflowers.com” doesn’t mean we have a scoop on a news story that hasn’t made the mainstream headlines yet; it means that USWildflowers.com is now treating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as it does the individual United States – you can get listings of the USWildflowers’ database of wildflower species that are found in the park.
Whorled Loosestrife – Lysimachia quadrifolia – along the Low Gap Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, June 28, 2014
American Umbrella Leaf, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/04/2015.) Scientific name is Diphylleia cymosa. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the Little River Trail near Elkmont on May 04, 2015. Go to the American Umbrella Leaf detail page for more photos and information.
American Umbrella Leaf – Diphylleia cymosa
Two new photos of Great Blue Lobelia – from September 2014 – are now on the Lobelia siphilitica detail page.