Purple Tassels, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (6/13/2014.) Scientific name is Dalea gattingeri. It is also known as Gattinger’s Prairie Clover. Photo below was taken in Catoosa County, GA on May 21, 2014. Go to the Purple Tassels detail page for more photos and information.
Gattinger’s Prairie Clover, Purple Tassels – Dalea gattingeri
Yellow Thistle, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (6/02/2014.) Scientific name is Cirsium horridulum. Photo below was taken in Catoosa County, GA on May 12, 2014. Go to the Yellow Thistle detail page for more photos and information.
Yellow Thistle – Cirsium horridulum
Yellow Ladyslipper, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/25/2014.) Scientific name is Cypripedium parviflorum. Photo below was taken in Murray County, GA on May 15, 2014. Go to the Yellow Ladyslipper detail page for more photos and information.
Yellow Ladyslipper – Cypripedium parviflorum
Woolly Head Clover, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/18/2014.) Scientific name is Trifolium eriocephalum. Photo below was taken in Custer County, ID on June 13, 2010. Go to the Woolly Head Clover detail page for more photos and information.
Woolly Head Clover – Trifolium eriocephalum
Antelope-Horn Milkweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/13/2014.) Scientific name is Asclepias viridis. Photo below was taken in a Chickamauga Battlefield, Catoosa County, Ga on May 12, 2014. Go to the Antelope-Horn Milkweed detail page for more photos and information.
Antelope-Horn Milkweed – Asclepias viridis
Based on classification listed in ITIS and as now specified in Weakley’s Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States (2012), where Asclepiadaceae has been combined into Apocynaceae, I have changed the family classification of the Asclepias species included on USWildflowers.com accordingly:
Nashville Breadroot, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/12/2014.) Scientific name is Pediomelum subacaule. Photo below was taken in a Chickamauga Battlefield Cedar Glade, Catoosa County, Ga on April 29, 2014. Go to the Nashville Breadroot detail page for more photos and information.
Nashville Breadroot – Pediomelum subacaule
Miami Mist, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/10/2014.) Scientific name is Phacelia purshii. Photo below was taken on the east side of Pigeon Mountain in Walker County, GA on May 2, 2014. Go to the Miami Mist detail page for more photos and information.
Miami Mist – Phacelia purshii
Early Saxifrage, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/4/2014.) Scientific name is Micranthes virginiensis. Photo below was taken at the Old Stone Fort State Park in Coffee County, TN, on Apr 2, 2014. Go to the Early Saxifrage detail page for more photos and information.
Early Saxifrage – Micranthes virginiensis
Southern Red Trillium, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (4/27/2014.) Scientific name is Trillium sulcatum. Photo below was taken at the Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, GA, on Apr 16, 2014. Go to the Southern Red Trillium detail page for more photos and information.
Southern Red Trillium – Trillium sulcatum