Cut-Leaved Toothwort [Cardamine concatenata] found off a new path at Fletcher Park on 5 April 2014, on Bearwallow Mountain on 23 April 2016, and in Gerton, NC on 14 April 2018. It’s a member of the Mustard (Brassicaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 162-63, states it blooms in spring in rich woods. Another synonym for …
Tag: wildflowers
Jul 23 2017
American Bellflower or Tall Bellflower
American Bellflower or Tall Bellflower [Campanulastrum americanum] found near mile marker 437 on the Blue Ridge Parkway on 25 July 2013 and 23 July 2017. It’s a member of the Shinleaf (Pyrolaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 216-217, says it blooms in summer and fall in moist thickets. The guide lists it’s scientific name as …
Jun 24 2017
Common Mullein
Common Mullein [Verbascum thapsus] found near the Silver Leaf Diner, off US Route 11 in DeKalb Junction, New York on 21 June 2013 and at Biltmore Estate on 24 June 2017. It’s a member of the Figwort (Scrophulariaceae) family, with it’s distinctive woolly leaves. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 188-189, says that it blooms in summer …
Apr 16 2017
Rue Anemone
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
Mar 06 2017
Periwinkle or Myrtle
These photos of Periwinkle [Vinca Minor] were taken on 16 March 2013 and 5 March 2017. The older photos were from Fletcher Park.Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 256-257, says this is another cultivated flower escaped to roadsides and woods, which is where it was found. Common Periwinkle or Myrtle is a member of the Dogbane (Apocynaceae) …