These wildflowers are organized into a “calendar” by when they are most often seen. That way, when you see a wildflower when you are out on a walk, you can easily identify it based on what time of the year it is. Most photos are by Dave Otto. Spotted Wintergreen, Beggar’s Ticks, Narrow-leafed Mountain Mint, Moth Mullein, Downy False Foxglove, Elephant’s-foot, Ironweed, and Prairie Golden Aster are by Hannah Noah.
A red dot • indicates invasive exotics
 Trout Lily |
 Hepatica Sanguinaria Canadensis |
 Speedwell/Veronica Veronica persica |
 Spring Beauty |
 Bluets Houstonia caerulea |
 Star Chickweed Stellaria puberia |
 Toothwort Dentaria heterophylla |
 Hairy Wood Rush |
 Violet Viola sororia |
 Carolina Cranesbill Geranium carolinianum |
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 Bloodroot Sanguinaria Canadensis |
 Pennywort Obolaria virginica |
 Foam Flower |
Blackhaw Viburnum prunefolium |
 Wild Ginger Hexastylis arifolia |
 Green-and-gold Chrysogonum virginianum |
 Redbud/Judas Tree Cercis Canadensis |
 Spice bush Lindera benzoin |
 Yellow Buckeye Aesculus octandra |
 Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana |
 Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida |
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 Wild Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides |
 Dwarf-drested Iris Iris cristata |
 Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
 Blue Star Amsonia tabernaemontana |
 Catesby Trillium Trillium catesbaei |
 Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum |
 Mayapple/Mandrake Podophyllum peltatum |
 Wood Rush Lazula multiflora |
 Creeping Charlie/Ivy Glechoma hederacea |
 Speedwell/Veronica Veronica persica |
 Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia |
 Golden Alexander Zizia aurea |
Catesby Trillium Trillium catesbaei |
 Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens |
 Small-leaf Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus |
 Pussy-toes/Everlasting Antennaria solitaria |
 Corn Salad Vallerianella radiata |
 Bitter Cress Cardamine parviflora |
 Star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbilatum |
 Yellow Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta |
 Violet Wood Sorrel Oxalis violacia |
 Dwarf Dandelion Krigia virginca |
 Swamp Dewberry Rubus hispidus |
 Lyre-leafed sage Salvia lyrata |
 Goats Rue Tephrosia virginiana |
 Fringe Tree Chionanthus virginicus |
 Blue Star Ansonia tabernaemontana |
 Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum |
 Atamasco Lily Zephyranthes atamasco |
 Henbit Lamium amplexicaule |
 Arrow-wood Viburnum dentaum |
 Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia• |
 Mouse-Ear Chickweed Cerastium Fontana |
 Spiny-leafed cow-thistle Sonchus asper |
 Fairywand Chamaelirium luteum |
 Five Fingers Potentilla canadensis |
 Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata |
 Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus |
 Solomon Seal Polygonatum biflorum |
 Houstonia Houstonia purpurea |
 Maple-Leafed Viburnum Vibernum acerifolium |
 Coreopsis Coreopsis pubescens |
 Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora• |
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 Yellow Stargrass Hypoxis hirsutu |
 Deerberry/Gooseberry Vaccineum stamineum |
 Venus Looking Glass Triodanus perfoliata |
 Tulip Tree Liriodendron tuilipfera |
 Hearts-a-bustin Euonymus americanus |
 Beard Tongue Penstemon laevigatus |
 Sundrops Oenothera fruticosa |
 Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus |
 Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare |
 Yellow Thistle Cirsium horridulum |
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 Fire Pink Silene virginica |
 Wild Onion Allium canadense |
 Virginia Willow Itea virginica |
 Climbing Milkweed Matelea carolinensis |
 Flypoison Amianthium muscaetoxicum |
 Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica• |
 Spiderwort Tradescantia subaspera |
 Peppergrass Lepidium virginicum |
 Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis |
 Partridge Berry Mitchella repens |
 Horse Nettle Solanum carolinense |
 Skullcap Scutellaria ellipticus |
 Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria |
 Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata |
 Wild Petunia Polygala curtissii |
 Red Clover Trifolium pratense |
 White Clover Trifolium rapens |
 Curly Dock Rumex crispex |
 Honeywort Cryptotaenia canadensis |
 White Milkweed Asclepias variegata |
 Elderberry Sambucus canadensis |
 Virginia Rose Rosa virginiana |
 Queen Annes Lace Daucus carota |
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 Black Cohosh Actaea racemosa |
 Butterfly Pea Clitoria mariana |
 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa |
 Dogbane Apocynum androaemifoleum |
 Eastern Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix |
 Dyschoriste Dyschoriste obligifolia |
 Lizards Tail Saururus cernuus |
 Passion Flower Elymus hystrix |
 Red Osier Dyschoriste obligifolia |
 Spiked Lobelia Lobelia spicata |
 Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata |
 St Johns Wort Hypericum perforatum |
 Velvet Grass Holcus lanatus |
White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba |
 Umbrella Grass Fuirena pumila |
 Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare |
 Beggars Ticks Desmodium nudiflorum |
 Button Bush Cephalanthus occidentalis |
 Fingergrass Eustachys petraea |
 Fringed Sedge Carex crinita |
 Gamma Grass Tripsacum dactyloides |
 Goats Beard Aruncus dioicus |
 Morning Glory Ipomoea purpurea |
 Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium |
 Nut-rush Schleria triglomerata |
 Pencil-flower Stylosanthes biflora |
 Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana |
 Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans |
 Climbing Milk-pea Galactia volubilis |
 Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata |
 White Avens Geum canadense |
 Wild Garlic Allium vineale |
 Wild Ryegrass Elymus virginicus |
 Woodland Sunflower Helianthus strumosus |
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 Barnyard Grass Echinochloa crusgalli |
 Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus |
 Chinese Bush-clover Lespedeza cuneata• |
 Downy False Foxglove Aureolaria virginica |
 Hoary Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum incanum |
 Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata |
 Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria |
 Pokeweed Phytolacca americana |
 Purple Beauty Berry Calicarpa dichotoma |
 Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum |
 Spotted St Johns Wort Hypericum punctatum |
 Tall Verbena Verbena bonariensis |
 Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima• |
 Virginia Buttonweed Diodia virginiana |
 Heal-all Prunella vulgaris |
 Maryland Meadow Beauty Rhexia mariana |
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 Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum |
 False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica |
 Horseweed Conyza canadensis |
 Elephants-foot Elephantopus tomentosus |
 Ironweed Veronia noveboracensis |
 Ladys Thumb Polygonum persicaria |
 Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens |
 Mouse Flower Commelina communis |
 Prairie Mimosa Desmanthus illinoensis |
 Rose-pink Sabatia angularis |
 Rough-stemmed Goldenrod Solidago rugosa |
 St Andrews Cross Hypericum hypericoides |
 Water-pepper Polygonum hydropiperoides |
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 Beggars Ticks Desmodium canescens |
 Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum |
 Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides |
 Galactia Galactia elliotti |
 Jewelweed Impatiens capensis |
 Jimsonweed Datura stramonium |
 Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata |
 Slender Bush Clover Lespedeza virginica |
 Spotted Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium Maculatum |
 Sweet Everlasting Gnaphalium obtusifolium |
 Wild-bean Strophostyles umbellata |
 Winged Sumac Rhus copallina |
 Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis |
 Climbing Boneset Mikania scandens |
 Crown-beard Verbesina occidentalis |
 Nodding Onion Allium cernuum |
 Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia |
 Shrubby Lespedeza Lespedeza bicolor |
 White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricata |
 Small-flowered Agrimony Agrimonia parviflora |
 Yellow Nutsedge Cyperus esculentus |
 Bushy Aster Aster dumosus |
 Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
 Dwarf St Johns Wort Hypericum mutilum |
 Green-headed Coneflower Rudbeckia lacinata |
 Jumpseed Polygonum virginianum |
 Knotweed Bristlegrass Setaria parviflora |
 Prairie Golden Aster Heterotheca camporum |
 Redstar Ipomoea coccinea |
 Water Horehound Lycopus americanus |
 White Vervain Verbena urticifolia |
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