Aug 23 2013
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly [Battus philenor] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 437, along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 23 August 2013. It’s a member of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. One photo below shows it on Pale Jewelweed.
Butterfliesandmoths.org: Battus philenor
Pinevine Swallowtail on Blue Ridge Parkway – 23 August 2013
Pinevine Swallowtail (top view) – 23 August 2013
Pinevine Swallowtail (in sun) – 23 August 2013
Aug 23 2013
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly [Papilio glaucus] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 437, along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 23 August 2013. This butterfly is a member of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. The photo below shows it on the Purplestem Angelica.
Wikipedia Listing: Papilio glaucus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on the Blue Ridge Parkway- 23 August 2013
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
Blue Mistflower at Fletcher Park – 22 August 2013
Blue Mistflower (top) – 22 August 2013
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, which resemble the color of rusted iron. Cherokee Indians used ironweed root to make a tea to relieve menstrual cramps.
Rebecca Burgess’ book Havesting Color, says the purple flowers will produce dyes of “soft green tones” and the plant will yield “a range of soft, luminous yellows.”
USDA Plants Listing: Vernonia noveboracensis
New York Ironweed at Fletcher Park- 22 August 2013
New York Ironweed (side) – 22 August 2013
New York Ironweed – 1 September 2014
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
Cardinalflower at Fletcher Park – 22 August 2013
Cardinalflower (top view) – 22 August 2013
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
Tall Sunflower at Fletcher Park – 22 August 2013
Tall Sunflower (details) – 22 August 2013
Aug 16 2013
Wildflowers photo by Don Miller, taken on 16 August 2013.
From Don Miller – 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 not one of the cereal grasses, its seeds may be pounded into a flour.”
USDA Plants Listing: Eriogonum latifolium
Seaside Buckwheat at Point Vincente – 7 August 2013
Seaside Buckwheat (wide) – 7 August 2013
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 the area.
USDA Plants Listing: Picris echioides
Bristly Oxtongue in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA – 7 August 2013
Bristly Oxtongue (side) – 7 August 2013
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: Spiraea japonica
Japanese Meadowsweet near Rattlesnake Lodge site – 4 August 2013
Japanese Meadowsweet (leaves’ details) – 4 August 2013
