Painted Trillium – Native Plant of the Day 05/11/2024
Photo from 05/05/2015. Location: GSMNP, Swain County, NC.
More photos / info at the Trillium undulatum detail page.
Painted Trillium – Trillium undulatum
American Umbrella Leaf – Native Plant of the Day 05/05/2024
Photo from 05/04/2015. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Little River Trail.
More photos / info at the Diphylleia cymosa detail page.
American Umbrella Leaf – Diphylleia cymosa
Brook Lettuce – Native Plant of the Day 05/04/2024
Photo from 5/4/2015. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
More photos / info at the Micranthes micranthidifolia detail page.
Brook Lettuce – Micranthes micranthidifolia
Mountain Bellwort – Native Plant of the Day 04/29/2024
Photo from 4/20/2016. Location: GSMNP, Schoolhouse Gap Trail, Blount County, TN
More photos / info at the Uvularia puberula detail page.
Mountain Bellwort – Uvularia puberula
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
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