Rosaceae (Rose Family) Synonym(s): Shrubby Five-fingers Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here.
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Gypsyweed (Veronica officinalis L.)
Plantaginaceae (Plantian Family) Base Flower Color: BlueReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense Desf.)
Ruscaceae (Butcher’s Broom Family)Previously Liliaceae (Lily Family) Synonym(s): False Lily-of-the-Valley, Two-leaved Solomon’s Seal, Canadian May-lily, Wild Lily-of-the-Valley, Elf Feather, Heartleaf, Muguet, One Blade, Scurvy Berries, Tobacco Berries, and Canada Beadruby. Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora L.)
Monotropaceae (Indian Pipe Family) Synonym(s): Indianpipe, Indian Pipe Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium Brummitt ssp. appalachiana)
Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory Family) Synonym(s): Hedge False Bindweed, Hedge Bindweed, Appalachia False Bindweed Base Flower Color: White, YellowReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Woodland Lettuce (Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Base Flower Color: Blue, WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Short’s Aster (Symphyotrichum shortii (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Base Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, BlueReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, OctBloom Notes: Flower centers (disc flowers) open yellow but turn dark red after pollination. For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Nodding Lady’s Tresses (Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich.)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Nodding Ladies’-tresses, Ladies’-tresses, Nodding Lady’s Tresses Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, NovBloom Notes: In total population numbers, Nodding Lady’s Tresses is second only to Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Goodryea pubescens, as the largest orchid species in the southern Appalachian Mountains. For more information about this plant, Click HereContinue reading “Nodding Lady’s Tresses (Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich.)”
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani Schrad.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, OctBloom Notes: This plant is easily identified by its leaves which are covered top and bottom in fine white hairs. The sessile leaves also tend to fold along the single central nerve. For more information about this plant, Click Here.