Jul 06 2013

Orange Eye Butterflybush

Orange Eye Butterflybush [Buddleja davidii] found near the old Brookwood golf course on Mills Gap Road on 6 July 2013. It’s a member of the Butterfly-bush (Buddlejaceae) family.  Wikipedia states that it’s a native flowering shrub of China and Japan.  The file from the USDA states that another name for the shrub is Summer Lilac and:

Orange eye butterflybush has been used in the nursery trade for over a hundred years due to its pleasant weeping, grey-green foliage and fragrant colorful blooms that attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other floral visitors.

USDA Plants Listing: Buddleja davidii

Orange Eye Butterflybush - 6 July 2013

Orange Eye Butterflybush – 6 July 2013

Orange Eye Butterflybush shrub - 6 July 2013

Orange Eye Butterflybush shrub – 6 July 2013

Jul 05 2013

Pale Touch-me-not

Pale Touch-me-not [Impatiens pallida] found at Fletcher Park on 5 July 2013. It’s a member of the Touch-me-not (Balsaminaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 54-55, states that it blooms in summer and early fall, and can be found in moist places, “mostly in limestone regions.”

USDA Plants Listing: Impatiens pallida

Pale Touch-me-not at Fletcher Park - 5 July 2013

Pale Touch-me-not at Fletcher Park – 5 July 2013

Pale Touch-me-not (angled) - 5 July 2013

Pale Touch-me-not (angled) – 5 July 2013

Jul 02 2013

Mountain Phlox or Wideflower Phlox

Mountain Phlox or Wideflower Phlox [Phlox latifolia] found at NC Arboretum on 2 July 2013. It’s a member of the Phlox (Polemoniaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 248-249, states that it blooms in woods in spring and early summer. It also lists it under the synonym of Phlox ovata.

USDA Plants Listing: Phlox latifolia

Mountain Phlox at NC Arboretum - 2 July 2013

Mountain Phlox at NC Arboretum – 2 July 2013

Mountain Phlox - 2 July 2013

Mountain Phlox – 2 July 2013

Jul 01 2013

Fairmont, West Virginia – 1 July 2013

Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia on 1 July 2013.

Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia - 1 July 2013

Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia – 1 July 2013

Veteran’s Square on 1 July 2013

Veteran's Square - 1 July 2013

Veteran’s Square – 1 July 2013

Looking toward the Fairmont Post Office building (parking garage on right) on 1 July 2013

Looking toward Post Office - 1 July 2013

Looking toward Post Office – 1 July 2013

Looking toward downtown Fairmont on 1 July 2013

Back toward downtown - 1 July 2013

Back toward downtown – 1 July 2013

Jun 30 2013

Field Bindweed

Field Bindweed [Convolvulus arvensis] found near The Clam Bar in North Syracuse, New York on 30 June 2013. It’s a member of the Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 324-325, states that it’s found in summer and fall in fields and waste places.

USDA Plants Listing: Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed near The Clam Bar, North Syracuse, NY - 30 June 2013

Field Bindweed near The Clam Bar, North Syracuse, NY – 30 June 2013

Field Bindweed (closer) - 30 June 2013

Field Bindweed (closer) – 30 June 2013

Jun 30 2013

Common St. Johnswort

Common St. Johnswort [Hypericum perforatum] photographed by Don Sinclair at his farm in Chatham, Ontario on 30 June 2013. It’s a member of theMangosteen (Clusiaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 268-267, says that it blooms in summer and fall grows, commonly found in fields and waste places.

USDA Plants Listing: https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=HYPE

Common St. Johnswort at Sinclair Farm in Chatham, Ontario - 30 June 2013

Common St. Johnswort at Sinclair Farm in Chatham, Ontario – 30 June 2013

Jun 29 2013

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Birdsfoot Trefoil [Lotus corniculatus] is a member of the Pea or Bean (Fabaceae) family and these photos were taken on Campbell Road, Trout Lake on 29 June 2013. Newcomb’s Wildlower Guide, pages 66-67, says it blooms in summer and that it’s “a low, cloverlike plant of fields and roadsides.”

USDA Plants Listing: https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=LOCO6

Birdsfoot Trefoil on Campbell Road - 29 June 2013

Birdsfoot Trefoil on Campbell Road – 29 June 2013

Birdsfoot Trefoil (ground level) - 29 June 2013

Birdsfoot Trefoil (ground level) – 29 June 2013

Jun 29 2013

Black Haw or Blackhaw

Black Haw or Blackhaw [Viburnum prunifolium] is a member of the Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae) family and was found off Campbell Road, Trout Lake on 29 June 2013. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 302-303, says it blooms in spring and early summer in thickets and borders.

USDA Plants Listing: Viburnum prunifolium

Black Haw on Campbell Road - 29 June 2013

Black Haw on Campbell Road – 29 June 2013

Black Haw (side) - 29 June 2013

Black Haw (side) – 29 June 2013

Jun 29 2013

29 June 2013 – Spadaccini Graduation Party

Jun 29 2013

English Plantain or Narrowleaf Plantain

English Plantain or Narrowleaf Plantain[Plantago lanceolata] is a member of the Plantain (Plantaginaceae) family and these photos were taken on Campbell Road, Trout Lake on 29 June 2013. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 398-399, says it blooms spring to fall and that it’s “a very common and troublesome weed of lawns and fields.”

USDA Plants Listing: Plantago lanceolata

English Plantain on Campbell Road - 29 June 2013

English Plantain on Campbell Road – 29 June 2013

English Plantain (base) - 29 June 2013

English Plantain (base) – 29 June 2013