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Welcome to What’s Blooming Now! This site was created to help identify wildflowers in Tennessee and the surrounding states. Since I am a professional photographer, I hope you will enjoy this site just for the pretty pictures.

There are 3 ways to help you find what you are looking for.

First, search by categories from the drop-down list below. Every post falls into at least one of the categories listed below. Each category shows how many results you will get.

Second, if you know what you are looking for, you can search here. You can use common names, color, month, or any other word I might have used to describe a plant.

Third, just scroll down for the latest post.

Happy Trails… George!

Tuberculed Orchid (Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.var flava)

Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)

Synonym(s): Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike, Palegreen Orchid, Northern Tuberculed Bog Orchid

Base Flower Color: Green, White, Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept
Notes: There are two varieties of this plant. The other is var. herbiola, where most bracts of the inflorescence exceed the flowers.

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Price’s Aster (Symphyotrichum kentuckiense (Britton) Medley)

Symphyotrichum (American Aster Family)

Synonym(s): Miss Price’s Aster, Sadie’s Aster

Base Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Yellow – rarely White
Reproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct

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Stiff Leaved Goldenrod (Solidago rigida L.)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct

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Purplestem Beggarticks (Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd.)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Base Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Sept, Oct

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False Daisy Eclipta prostrata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus.)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Synonym(s): Eclipta, Pie-plant, Botoncillo, Botón Blanco, Clavel de Pozo, Yerba de Tajo

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct
Notes: This plant is listed as invasive

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Japanese Clover (Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Synonym(s): Common Lespedeza, Lespedeza

Base Flower Color: Pink
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept

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Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa (Michx.) Britton)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Synonym(s): Bearded Beggarticks, Tickseed Sunflower

Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov
Bloom Notes: The prickly fruit of Bidens species are known as beggars’-ticks, the very common, 2-pronged “stickers” that cling to one’s clothing during autumn walks.

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Inland Water Hemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J. D. Sauer)

Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)

Synonym(s): Roughfruit Amaranth

Base Flower Color: Green
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct

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Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. latifolia)

Alismataceae (Arrowhead Family)

Synonym(s): Arrowhead, Sagittaire a feuilles de graminees

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept
Notes: Leaf blades glabrous (not hairy)

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