Shuttleworth’s Ginger, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (6/22/2014.) Scientific name is Hexastylis shuttleworthii. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on June 7, 2014. Go to the Shuttleworth’s Ginger detail page for more photos and information.
Shuttleworth’s Ginger – Hexastylis shuttleworthii
Native Plant of the Day 06/17/2014
Photo from June 15, 2010. Location: Boise National Forest, Ada County, ID.
Payette Beardtongue – for more photos / info go to the Penstemon payettensis detail page.
Payette Beardtongue, Payette Penstemon – Penstemon payettensis
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
Native Plant of the Day 05/27/2014
Photo from June 7, 2009. Location: Walker County, Ga.
Carolina Horse Nettle – for more photos / info go to the Solanum carolinense detail page.
Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil’s Tomato – Solanum carolinense
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
Native Plant of the Day 05/22/2014
Photo from April 18, 2010. Location: Walker County, Ga.
Carolina Wild Petunia- for more photos / info go to the Ruellia caroliniensis detail page.
Carolina Wild Petunia – Ruellia caroliniensis
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
Native Plant of the Day 05/17/2014
Photo from June 6, 2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
Heartleaf Skullcap – for more photos / info go to the Scutellaria ovata detail page.
Heartleaf skullcap – Scutellaria ovata
Grassy Mountain is a 3600’+ peak in Murray County, Georgia, just outside the southwest corner of the Cohutta Wilderness. It’s probably best known as the home of Conasauga Lake, which at 3150′ is the highest lake in Georgia. It is formed by a small dam on the headwaters of Mill Creek. I’d spent a lot of time in and around the Cohutta Wilderness in the 90’s, but hadn’t been back much since then, so when I got an email last week from Mike Christison of the Georgia Botanical Society where he mentioned he’d seen Yellow Ladyslippers blooming on Grassy Mountain in the past, and that they were recently blooming at a much lower elevation, I figured this would be a great time for a return trip to the area. In spite of the cool temperatures, wind, and occasional rain, it WAS a great time; my wife and I identified (at least to a genus level) 37 40 different wildflower species in bloom, including this Wideleaf Spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera.)
Wideleaf Spiderwort – Tradescantia subaspera along Mill Creek Road