Apr 13 2023
Spotted-Mandarin [Prosartes maculata] found in Pisgah National Forest, Candler, North Carolina on 13 April 2023. It’s a member of the Lily (Liliaceae) family. National Wildlife Federation’s Wildflowers of North America, page 305, says it’s out in woods in spring and also called Nodding-Mandarin. USDA Plants Listing: Prosartes maculata
Apr 13 2023
Sharp-lobed Hepatica [Hepatica nobilis] found in Pisgah National Forest, Candler, North Carolina on 13 April 2023. It’s a member of the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 338-9, says it’s out in woods in Early spring. USDA Plants Listing: Hepatica nobilis
Apr 08 2022
Wood Anemone [Anemone quinquefolia] found on Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina on 8 April 2022. It’s a member of the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. National Wildlife Federation’s Wildflowers of North America, page 459, says it’s out spring to early summer in woods, thickets, and stream banks. USDA Plants Listing: Anemone quinquefolia
Apr 05 2022
Ground Ivy or Gill-over-the-ground [Glechoma hederacea] photographed in Fletcher, North Carolina on 5 April 2022. It’s a member of the Mint (Lamiaceae or Labiatae) family. National Wildlife Federation’s Wildflowers of North America, page 586, states this widespread species was introduced from Eurasia, blooms from Spring to midsummer, and is found in disturbed places. USDA Plants …
Mar 29 2022
Kidney-leaf or Littleleaf Buttercup [Ranunculus abortivus] found by the roadside in Fletcher, North Carolina on 29 March 2022. It’s a member of the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. One common name is derived from its kidney-shaped basal leaf. Peterson’s Field Guide to Wildflowers, page 132, says it can be found in “woods and damp thickets,” with tiny …
Mar 21 2022
Bloodroot [Sanguinaria canadensis] found on Bearwallow Mountain on 3 April 2015 and in Gerton on 26 March 2016, 15 April 2017, and 21 March 2022. It’s a member of the Poppy (Papaveraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 364-365, states that its juice is orange-red and it blooms in early Spring in rich woods. USDA Plants …
Jul 02 2021
Trumpet Creeper or Trumpet Vine [Campsis radicans] found outside the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea on 17 June 2013 and in Asheville, North Carolina on 26 June 2016 and 2 July 2021. It’s a member of the Trumpet-creeper or Bignonia (Bignoniaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 328-329, says that it grows in moist woods and …
Jun 09 2021
Snowmelt [Sarcodes sanguinea] found at Emerald Bay State Park and South Lake Tahoe, California on 8 and 9 June 2021. It’s a member of the Indian Pipe (Monotropaceae) family and “is the only mycotrophic wildflower in the heath (Ericaceae) that is not a ghostly white color or various shades of reddish to purplish brown,” according …
May 29 2021
Richardson’s Geranium [Geranium richardsonii] seen at in the Lama community, New Mexico on 29 May 2021. It’s a member of the Geranium (Geraniaceae) family. National Wildlife Federation’s Wildflowers of North America page 260, states it is found Spring through Fall in woods and moist mountain meadows. USDA Plants Listing: Geranium richardsonii
May 20 2021
Fringed Puccoon or Narrowleaf Stoneseed [Lithospermum incisum] found outside Broken Bow, Nebraska on 20 May 2021. It’s a member of the Borage (Boraginaceae) family. National Wildlife Federation’s Wildflowers of North America, page 161, states it blooms in spring and summer on roadsides, in open woods, and on prairies. It is different from the from the …
