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
#NPOD Downy Lobelia #Nativeplants
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Tag Archives: Walker County
Spanish Needles – Bidens bipinnata – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Spanish Needles, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/21/2018.) Scientific name is Bidens bipinnata. Photo below was taken in the Walker County, GA on Aug 14, 2018. Go to the Spanish Needles detail page for more information and photos.
Spanish Needles – Bidens bipinnata
#NPOD: Common Milkweed #NativePlants
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
Appalachian Goldenbanner – Thermopsis mollis – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Appalachian Goldenbanner, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/15/2018.) Scientific name is Thermopsis mollis. Photo below was taken on Pigeon Mountain in Walker County, GA on May 2, 2018. Go to the Appalachian Goldenbanner detail page for more information and photos.
Appalachian Goldenbanner, Allegheny Mountain Golden Banner, Piedmont Bush Pea – Thermopsis mollis
#NPOD: Lyre-Leaf Sage #Nativeplants
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
#NPOD: Dwarf Cinquefoil #NativePlants
Dwarf Cinquefoil – Native Plant of the Day 04/11/2018
Photo from 4/9/2011. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos and info at the Potentilla canadensis detail page.
Dwarf Cinquefoil – Potentilla canadensis
The Pocket Abbreviated Update 02/27/2018
This is an incomplete update on the wildflowers at The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain – I got an “urgent” call from my wife as I approached the back of the boardwalk, so it covers only a very small part of the area. Fortunately, and I didn’t know until I got home, the urgent call wasn’t an emergency call – our granddaughter had returned a few days early from a months-long mission trip to Mexico and South America, and we were fortunate enough to get to have lunch with her – our middle granddaughter – and our youngest granddaughter. Sorry, but I’ve got my priorities.
Even with the much shortened walk, I spotted 13 species blooming along the boardwalk, including what I consider to be the crown jewel of the early wildflowers – Bloodroot.
Bloodroot at The Pocket
#NPOD: Star Chickweed #NativePlants
Star Chickweed – Native Plant of the Day 02/27/2018
Photo from 2/21/2010. Location: The Pocket, Walker County GA.
More photos / information at the Stellaria pubera detail page.
Star Chickweed – Stellaria pubera
#NPOD American Plum #Nativeplants
American Plum – Native Plant of the Day 02/16/2018
Photo from 4/2/2011. Location: Walker County, GA.
More info / photos at the Prunus americana detail page.
American Plum, Wild Plum – Prunus americana
#NPOD: Carolina Geranium #Nativeplants
Carolina Geranium – Native Plant of the Day 01/08/2018
Photo from 4/23/2012. Location: Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Geranium carolinianum detail page.
Carolina Geranium, Carolina Cranesbill – Geranium carolinianum