Wingstem – Native Plant of the Day 09/07/2018
Photo from 9/6/2010. Location: Reflection Riding, Hamilton County, TN.
More photos / info at the Verbesina alternifolia detail page.
Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed – Verbesina alternifolia
Downy Lobelia – Native Plant of the Day 08/30/2018
Photo from 08/21/2010. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Lobelia puberula detail page.
Downy Lobelia – Lobelia puberula
Royal Catchfly – Native Plant of the Day 08/05/2018
Photo from 08/04/2013. Location: Dade County, GA.
More photos / info at the Silene regia detail page.
Royal Catchfly – Silene regia
Southern Loosestrife – Native Plant of the Day 07/23/2018
Photo from 07/09/2013. Location: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, Ga.
More info / photos at the Lysimachia tonsa detail page.
Southern Loosestrife – Lysimachia tonsa
Common Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 07/04/2018
Photo from 07/02/2010. Location: Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Asclepias syriaca detail page.
Common Milkweed, Silkweed – Asclepias syriaca
Western Virgin’s Bower – Native Plant of the Day 06/26/2018
Photo from 06/01/2012. Location: Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID.
More photos / info at the Clematis occidentalis detail page.
Western Virgin’s Bower, Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis – Clematis occidentalis
Yellow Avalanche Lily – Native Plant of the Day 06/11/2018
Photo from 06/08/2010. Location: Boise National Forest, Ada County, ID.
More photos / info at the Erythronium grandiflorum detail page.
Yellow Avalanche Lily, Glacier Lily – Erythronium grandiflorum
Flame Azalea – Native Plant of the Day 05/29/2018
Photo from 05/30/2004. Location: Big Frog Mountain, Polk County, TN.
More info / photos at the Rhododendron calendulaceum detail page.
Flame Azalea – Rhododendron calendulaceum
Lanceleaf Coreopsis – Native Plant of the Day 05/23/2018
Photo from May 22, 2010. Location: Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Coreopsis lanceolata detail page.
Lanceleaf Coreopsis – Coreopsis lanceolata
Lyre-Leaf Sage – Native Plant of the Day 05/04/2018
Photo from 05/04/2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Salvia lyrata detail page.
I love the fields with the large blue patches of Lyre-leaf Sage, frequently mixed with the yellows of buttercups and the whites of daisies and fleabanes.
Lyreleaf Sage – Salvia lyrata