Dune Sunflower – Native Plant of the Day 12/23/2024
Photo from 12/20/2011. Location: Bradenton Beach, Manatee County, FL. More photos / info at the Helianthus debilis detail page.
Dune Sunflower, Beach Sunflower, Cucumberleaf Sunflower – Helianthus debilis
Sea Purslane – Native Plant of the Day 12/22/2024
Photo from 12/19/2011. Location: Ft. De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, FL.
More photos / info at the Sesuvium portulacastrum detail page.
Sea Purslane, Sea Pickle, Shoreline Seapurslane – Sesuvium portulacastrum
Upland Spreading Pogonia – Native Plant of the Day 06/07/2024
Photo from 06/08/2016. Location: AEDC, Coffee County, TN.
More photos / info at the Cleistesiopsis bifaria detail page.
Upland Spreading Pogonia – Cleistesiopsis bifaria
Wild Blue Phlox – Native Plant of the Day 03/18/2025
Photo from March 18, 2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Phlox divaricata detail page.
Wild Blue Phlox – Phlox divaricata
Spicebush – Native Plant of the Day 03/11/2024
Photo from March 9, 2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, Ga.
Spicebush – for more photos / info go to the Lindera benzoin detail page.
Northern Spicebush – Lindera benzoin
Mountain Bluet – Native Plant of the Day 10/06/2023
Photo from 09/23/2013. Location: Clingman’s Dome, GSMNP, Swain County, NC.
More photos / info at the Houstonia serpyllifolia detail page.
Mountain Bluet – Houstonia serpyllifolia
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus – Native Plant of the Day 07/23/2023
Photo from 06/05/2018. Location: Flat Rock Cedar Glade, Rutherford County, TN.
More photos / info at the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus detail page, including an explanation of why this is likely O. cespitosa rather than O. humifusa.
Shuttleworth’s Ginger – Native Plant of the Day 06/06/2023
Photo from 06/07/2014. Location: Lula Lake Land Trust, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Hexastylis shuttleworthii detail page.
Shuttleworth’s Ginger – Hexastylis shuttleworthii
Oakleaf Hydrangea – Native Plant of the Day 05/26/2023
Photo from 05/22/2011. Location: Reflection Riding, Hamilton County, TN.
More photos / info at the Hydrangea quercifolia detail page.
Oakleaf Hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia
Wood Betony – Native Plant of the Day 04/01/2023
Photo from 04/02/2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Pedicularis canadensis detail page.
Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort – Pedicularis canadensis