Eastern Shooting Star – Native Plant of the Day 04/23/2024
Photo from 04/20/2016. Location: White Oak Sink, GSMNP, Blount County, TN.
More photos / info at the Dodecatheon meadia detail page.
Eastern Shooting Star – Dodecatheon meadia
Showy Orchis – Native Plant of the Day 04/22/2024
Photo from 05/05/2015. Location: Cove Hardwood Nature Trail, GSMNP, Sevier County, TN.
More photos / info at the Showy Orchis detail page.
Showy Orchis – Galearis spectabilis
Stinking Benjamin – Native Plant of the Day 04/19/2024
Photo from 5/5/2015. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
More photos / info at the Trillium erectum detail page.
Stinking Benjamin- Trillium erectum
Wild Ginger – Native Plant of the Day 04/13/2024
Photo from 04/02/008. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blount County, TN.
More photos / info at the Asarum canadense detail page.
Wild Ginger – Asarum canadense
Fringed Phacelia – Native Plant of the Day 03/21/2024
Photo from 05/05/2015. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, NC.
More photos / info at the Phacelia fimbriata detail page.
Fringed Phacelia – Phacelia fimbriata
Squirrel Corn – Native Plant of the Day 02/13/2024
Photo from 04/21/2016. Location: Cove Hardwood Nature Trail, GSMNP, Sevier County, TN.
More photos / info at the Dicentra canadensis detail page.
Squirrel Corn – Dicentra canadensis
Red Elderberry – Native Plant of the Day 02/05/2024
Photo from 03/21/2016. Location: GSMNP, Chestnut Top Trail, Blount County, TN.
More photos / info at the Sambucus racemosa detail page.
Red Elderberry – Sambucus racemosa
Wood Anemone – Native Plant of the Day 01/30/2024
Photo from 4/7/2013. Location: Cosby Campground, GSMNP, Cocke County, TN.
More photos / info at the Anemone quinquefolia detail page.
Wood Anemone – Anemone quinquefolia
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
Three Birds Orchid, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/09/2018.) Scientific name is Triphora trianthophoros. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, TN on August 7, 2018. Go to the Triphora trianthophoros detail page for more information and photos.
Three Bird Orchid – Triphora trianthophoros