Aug 22 2013
Blue Mistflower [Conoclinium coelestinum] found at Fletcher Park on 22 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family and Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 436-437, states it blooms in late summer to fall in moist woods and thickets. The guide lists it under the scientific synonym of Eupatorium coelestinum. USDA Plants Listing: Conoclinium coelestinum
Aug 22 2013
New York Ironweed [Vernonia noveboracensis] found at Fletcher Park on 22 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family and Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 210-211, states it blooms in summer and fall in moist meadows. Wildflowers of the Carolinas, pages 182-183, states: “Iron” refers to the rust-colored dried flower heads and reddish seeds, …
Aug 22 2013
Cardinalflower [Lobelia cardinalis] found at Fletcher Park on 22 August 2013. It’s a member of the Bellflower (Campanulaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 52-53, states it blooms in late summer and fall and is “a striking plant of stream banks and damp meadows.” USDA Plants Listing: Lobelia cardinalis
Aug 22 2013
Tall or Giant Sunflower [Helianthus giganteus] found at Fletcher Park on 22 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family and Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 388-389, states it blooms in summer and fall in swamps and damp thickets. The stem is “often purple,” as seen below. USDA Plants Listing: Helianthus giganteus
Aug 16 2013
Wildflowers photo by Don Miller, taken on 16 August 2013.
Aug 07 2013
Seaside Buckwheat[Eriogonum latifolium] found near the Point Vincente Interpretive Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on 7 August 2013. It’s a member of the Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family. The Daily Breeze, 10 August 2013, page D4, states that this shrub is “a widely encountered native plant” and “Buckwheat is known as a pseudograin since, although it is …
Aug 07 2013
Bristly Oxtongue[Picris echioides] found in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on 7 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Donald Moore Gales’ Handbook of Wildflowers, Weeds, Wildlife, and Weather of the South Bay and Palos Verdes Peninsula, page 168, states that it blooms from March to winter and is a common weed in …
Aug 04 2013
Japanese Meadowsweet [Spiraea japonica] found on the Mountains-to-Sea trail near the old Rattlesnake Lodge off Blue Ridge Parkway on 4 August 2013. It’s a shrub that’s a member of the Rose (Rosaceae) family. The National Park Service states that it was introduced from Asia as an ornamental plant and is extremely invasive. USDA Plants Listing: …
Aug 02 2013
Common Plantain[Plantago major] found off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Folk Art Center, on 2 August 2013. It’s a member of the Plantain (Plantaginaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 398-399 states that it blooms from spring to fall and is an “abundant weed of lawns, waste places and roadsides.” USDA Plants Listing: Plantago major …
Aug 02 2013
Shaggy Soldier or Quickweed[Galinsoga quadriradiata] found off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Folk Art Center, on 2 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 284-285 states that it blooms in summer and fall and is a “common weed of gardens.” It also names it just “Galinsoga” and …
