Bitterweed, Yellowdicks – Helenium amarum
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
Native Plant of the Day 08/05/2015
Photo from June 20, 2004. Location: Appalachian Trail, Unicoi Gap to Hogpen Gap. White County, GA.
Virginia Spiderwort – for more information go to the Tradescantia virginiana detail page.
Virginia Spiderwort – Tradescantia virginiana
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
Native Plant of the Day 07/12/2015
Photo from 7/12/2007. Location: Grundy County TN
Sensitive Briar – for more information go to the Mimosa microphylla detail page.
Sensitive Briar, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar – Mimosa microphylla
Native Plant of the Day 07/08/2015
Photo from 07/05/2010. Location: Dade County, Ga.
Shaggy Rosinweed – for more photos / info go to the Silphium mohrii detail page.
Mohr’s Rosinweed, Shaggy Rosinweed – Silphium mohrii
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