Glade Phacelia – Native Plant of the Day 05/21/2024
Photo from 05/11/2017. Location: Couchville Cedar Glade, Davidson County, TN.
For more info and photos go to the Glade Phacelia detail page.
Glade Phacelia – Phacelia dubia
Miami Mist – Native Plant of the Day 05/02/2024
Photo from 05/02/2014. Location: Pigeon Mountain (East,) Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Phacelia purshii detail page.
Miami Mist – Phacelia purshii
Purple Phacelia – Native Plant of the Day 03/22/2024
Photo from 03/26/2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Phacelia bipinnatifida detail page.
Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia – Phacelia bipinnatifida
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
It had only been 5 days since we were last at The Pocket, but I ran across some published information about the particular subspecies of Trout Lily at that location a couple of days ago, and I wanted photographs of the identifying characteristics. And it was another beautiful day today, so I headed down there in the early afternoon. I counted 33 species blooming, naturally mostly the same as five days earlier. I also made a run around to the east side of Pigeon Mountain.
Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia – Phacelia bipinnatifida
Threadleaf Phacelia – Native Plant of the Day 10/26/2017
Photo from 6/7/2010. Location: Boise Foothills, Ada County, ID.
More photos & info at the Phacelia linearis detail page.
Threadleaf Phacelia – Phacelia linearis
It’s been nearly 2 weeks since I made it down to The Pocket – my apologies for the paucity of status updates this year. Even more species (38) are blooming now than two weeks ago (28), even though we’ve lost, or nearly lost, a few. I only saw a single Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bloom, Harbinger-of-Spring is gone, Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) has completed its bloom, there are only a few Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) still blooming, Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) are essentially gone, and I couldn’t find the single Pennywort (Obolaria virginica) I saw two weeks ago.
The only remaining Dutchman’s Breeches flowers I could find.
As reported a month back, Hepatica, Harbinger-of-Spring, and a Star Chickweed were blooming at The Pocket at the end of January as a result of our unusually warm winter. We had some cold weather in February, and nothing much had changed in mid-February. My wife and I were out of town for a couple of weeks, so when we returned yesterday, I was anxious to see what had developed in our absence. While the boardwalk itself doesn’t show too much action, there is a lot that is cranking up both on the trail to the bottom of the falls past the end of the boardwalk and on the Pocket Loop Trail (aka the horse trail) up to the top of the falls.
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis
Yes, Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is blooming along the horse trail – I haven’t see it this early in four years, implying (as expected) an early spring this year.
Fringed Phacelia, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/05/2015.) Scientific name is Phacelia fimbriata. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains near Newfound Gap on May 05, 2015. Go to the Fringed Phacelia detail page for more photos and information.
Fringed Phacelia – Phacelia fimbriata
The Georgia Botanical Society made their trip to Cloudland Canyon State Park on Saturday, April 11, and I saw their photo report on Facebook. That, and a report from Richard Ware’s Sunday trip to the same location, inspired me to take advantage of a break in this week’s rain on Tuesday to get back over to Sitton’s Gulch to see the Dwarf Larkspur, Southern Red Trillium, and other wildflowers. It was a great choice, with at least 34 species of wildflower observed.
Dwarf Larkspur – Delphinium tricorne – Unusual blue form along Sitton Gulch Trail side loop
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