May 27 2017
Bowman’s Root or Indian Physic [Gillenia trifoliata] photos were taken on the North Carolina Bartram Trailon 27 May 2017. It’s a member of the Rose (Rosaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 232-233, states that it grows in woods in Late Spring and Summer. It is also called “Fawn’s Breath.” USDA Plants Listing: Gillenia trifoliata
May 27 2017
Speckled Wood Lily or White Clintonia [Clintonia umbellulata] photos were taken on the North Carolina Bartram Trailon 27 May 2017. It’s a member of the Lily (Liliaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 338-339, states that it grows in rich woods in Spring and early Summer. Timothy P. Spira’s Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern …
May 27 2017
Cliff Saxifrage or Michaux’s Saxifrage [Saxifraga michauxii] photos were taken on the North Carolina Bartram Trailon 27 May 2017 and at Carl Sandburg Home on 28 May 2017. It’s a member of the Saxifrage (Saxifragaceae) family. Timothy P. Spira’s Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains & Piedmont, page 403, states that it …
May 14 2017
Yellow Wood-Sorrel [Oxalis stricta] photos were taken at the North Carolina Arboretum, in Asheville, on 14 May 2017. It’s a member of the Wood-Sorrel (Oxalidaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 246-247, states that it blooms from Spring to Fall and is a “common weed of gardens and roadsides.” USDA Plants Listing: Oxalis stricta
Apr 16 2017
Rue Anemone[Anemonella thalictroides] photos were taken on the Mountains-to-Sea trail between the Blue Ridge Parkway Folk Art Center and Visitor’s Center on 16 April 2017. It’s the member of the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 392-3, states it’s a “delicate spring flower” that is found in open woods. It can have 5-10 petallike …
Apr 14 2017
Woodland Violets [Viola] found at Givens Estates on 14 April 2017 and in Gerton, North Carolina on 15 April 2017.
Jan 14 2017
Post-Holidays 2017 – New Belgium Brewery, Asheville, North Carolina
