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.
#NPOD: Butterfly Milkweed #Nativeplants
Butterfly Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 06/23/2016
Photo from 06/27/2010. Location: Walker County, GA. More photos / info at the
Asclepias tuberosa detail page.
#NPOD: Ballhead Waterleaf #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 06/19/2015
Photo from June 15, 2010. Location: Boise National Forest, Ada County, ID.
Ballhead Waterleaf – for more photos / info go to the Hydrophyllum capitatum detail page.
American Umbrella Leaf – Diphylleia cymosa – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
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.
#NPOD: Mountain Laurel #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 05/31/2015
Photo from May 31, 2004. Location: Big Frog Mountain, Polk County, TN.
Mountain Laurel – for more photos / info go to the Kalmia latifolia detail page.
#NPOD: Roundleaf Catchfly #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 05/29/2015
Photo from May 30, 2004. Location: Big Frog Trail, Polk County, TN.
Note: See comment below from Forestry Service Botanist David Taylor, which brings this identification into question.
Roundleaf Catchfly – for more photos / info go to the Silene rotundifolia detail page.
Great Blue Lobelia Photos Updated
Two new photos of Great Blue Lobelia – from September 2014 – are now on the Lobelia siphilitica detail page.
#NPOD: Wild Bergamot #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 05/18/2015
Photo from June 6, 2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
Wild Bergamot – for more photos / info go to the Monarda fistulosa detail page.
Green and Gold – Chrysogonum virginianum – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Green and Gold, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/14/2015.) Scientific name is Chrysogonum virginianum. Photo below was taken in Murray County, GA near Carters Lake on Apr 17, 2015. Go to the Green and Gold detail page for more photos and information.
#NPOD: Maple Leaved Viburnum #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 04/29/2015
Photo from May 4, 2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
Maple Leaved Viburnum – for more photos / info go to the Viburnum acerifolium detail page.