Native Plant of the Day 06/01/2013
Photo from 5/25/2008. Location: Grundy County, TN.
Trumpet Honeysuckle – for more photos / info go to the Lonicera sempervirens detail page.
Trumpet Honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens
Common Cinquefoil, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/31/2013.) Scientific name is Potentilla simplex. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on May 17, 2013. Go to the Common Cinquefoil detail page for more photos and information.
Common Cinquefoil – Potentilla simplex
Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/27/2013.) Scientific name is Oxalis dillenii. It is also known by the common names Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Dillen’s Oxalis. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on May 17, 2013. Go to the Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel detail page for more photos and information.
Slender Yellow Woodsorrel – Oxalis dillenii
Yellow Horse Gentian, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/18/2013.) Scientific name is Triosteum angustifolium. Photo below was taken near the Blue Hole on Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA on April 16, 2010. Go to the Yellow Horse Gentian detail page for more photos and information.
Yellow Horse Gentian – Triosteum angustifolium
Widow’s Cross, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/13/2013.) Scientific name is Sedum pulchellum. It is also known by the common names Glade Stonecrop, Widowscross, Lime Stonecrop, and Pink Stonecrop. Photo below was taken in a Cedar Glade on Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA on May 11, 2013. Go to the Widow’s Cross detail page for more photos and information.
Widow’s Cross – Sedum pulchellum
Native Plant of the Day 05/13/2013
Photo from April 13, 2010. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, Ga.
Perfoliate Bellwort – for more photos / info go to the Uvularia perfoliata detail page.
Perfoliate Bellwort, Merry Bells – Uvularia perfoliata
Green Violet, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/10/2013.) Scientific name is Hybanthus concolor. Photo below was taken at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA on May 7, 2013. Go to the Green Violet detail page for more photos and information.
Green Violet – Hybanthus concolor
Beefsteak Plant, an introduced species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/09/2013.) Scientific name is Perilla fructescens. It is also known by the common names Beefsteak Mint and Perilla Mint. Photo below was taken in Grundy County, TN on Sep 17, 2011. Go to the Beefsteak Plant detail page for more photos and information.
Beefsteak Plant – Perilla frutescens
Trailing Arbutus, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/06/2013.) Scientific name is Epigaea repens. Photo below was taken on the approach to Big Frog Mountain in Polk County, TN on Apr 8, 2013. Go to the Trailing Arbutus detail page for more photos and information.
Trailing Arbutus, Ground Laurel, Mayflower, Plymouth Mayflower – Epigaea repens
Walking Fern, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/04/2013.) Scientific name is Asplenium rhizophyllum. It is also known by the common name American Walking Fern, because there is a similar Asian species, although it is not found in the United States. Photo below was taken in the Virgin Falls State Natural Area of eastern Tennessee on March 8, 2013. Go to the Walking Fern detail page for more photos and information.
Walking Fern, American Walking Fern – Asplenium rhizophyllum