Photo Guides:
Wildflowers – Part 1
Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
July 2025
Photography by
Pilar Morera
Betty Yan
Greg Harker
Snowdrops (flowers (L) seedpods (R)) Galanthus nivalis
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Woodland Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Eastern Skunk Cabbage flower Symplocarpus foetidus
Harbinger of spring Erigenia bulbosa
Bloodroot (flower (L) seedpod (R)) Sanguinaria canadensis
Winter Aconite seeds Eranthis hyemalis
Eastern Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Siberian Squill (flowers and seeds) Scilla siberica
Alpine squill Scilla bifolia
Alpine squill Scilla bifolia
Alpine squill Scilla bifolia
Scilla forbesii
Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii
Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii
Dame’s rocket (I) Hesperis matronalis
Annual honesty (I) Lunaria annua
Striped squill Puschkinia scilloides
Greek anemone Anemonoides blanda
Lesser Celandine (I) Ficaria verna
Garlic Mustard (I) Alliaria petiolata
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-pulpit (fruit) Arisaema triphyllum
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica
Lesser periwinkle (I) Vinca minor
Toadshade
Trillium sessile
Yellow wakerobin
Trillium luteum
Drooping trillium
Trillium flexipes
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
Prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense reflexum
Virginia Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica
Virginia Spring Beauty fruit Claytonia virginica
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Common Blue Violet Viola sororia
Dutchman’s Breeches (flowers (L) seedpods (R))
Dicentra cucullaria
Dutchman’s breeches (tuber)
Dicentra cucullaria
Celandine Poppy flower (R) Seedpods and seeds (L) Stylophorum diphyllum
Cowslip (Marsh Marigold) Caltha palustris
Narrowleaf wild leek Allium burdickii
Jacob’s ladder Polemonium reptans
False rue anemone Enemion biternatum
Cut-leaved Toothwort Cardamine concatenata
Yellow Trout Lily Erythronium americanum
Blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
Confederate violet Viola priceana
Downy yellow violet Viola eriocarpa
Wild woodland phlox
Phlox divaricata
Large flower bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Roundleaf ragwort Packera obovata
Longstyle sweetroot Osmorhiza longistylis
Slender yellow woodsorrel Oxalis dillenii
Catchweed bedstraw Gallium aparine Bitter wintercress Barbarea vulgaris
Large flower bellwort fruit
Uvularia grandiflora
Striped violet Viola striata
Eastern woodland sedge Carex blanda
Broad-leaved dock Rumex obtusifolius
Garden yellowrocket Barbarea vulgaris
Small-flowered buttercup Ranunculus abortivus
Nodding rattlesnake root Nabalus crepidineus
Golden ragwort
Packera aurea Tatarian honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica Awl-fruited sedge Carex stipata
Great waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea
Mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium fontanum
Common whitlowgrass
Draba verna
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
Spreading chervil Chaerophyllum procumbens
Star Chickweed Stellaria pubera
Interior sandbar willow (male) Salix interior
Interior sandbar willow (female) Salix interior
Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora
Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata
Woodland stonecrop Sedum ternatum
Jetbead (I) Rhodotypos scandens
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Mayapple (fruit) Podophyllum peltatum
Putty root orchid Aplectrum hyemale
Putty root orchid (right photo by Scott Namestnik) Aplectrum hyemale
Field horsetail Equisetum arvense
Siberian bugloss Brunnera macrophylla
Allegheny blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
Prickly gooseberry Ribes cynosbati
Davis’ sedge Carex davisii
Troublesome sedge Carex molesta?
Eastern narrowleaf sedge Carex amphibola
Limestone meadow sedge Carex granularis
Fire pink Silene virginica
Purple rocket Iodanthus pinnatifidus
Indian tobacco Lobelia inflata
Smooth ruellia Ruellia strepens
Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Autumn olive (I) Elaeagnus umbellata
Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Common milkweed seed pod Asclepias syriaca
Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii
Yellow sweetclover Melilotus officinalis
Long-sepal beardtongue Penstemon calycosus
Foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
White sweetclover Melilotus albus
Snowy campion
Silene nivea
Wild garlic (I) Allium vineale
Dwarf larkspur Delphinium tricorne
Deertongue
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Orchard grass Dactylis glomerata
Reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea
Water hemlock Cicuta maculata
Virginia wildrye Elymus
Curly dock (I) Rumex crispus
Purple crownvetch (I) Securigera varia
Border privet
Ligustrum obtusiffoliu
Nodding bulrush Scirpus pendulus
Silky dogwood Cornus amomums
Soft fox sedge Carex conjuncta
Swamp dock Rumex verticillatus
Rattlesnake fern Botrypus virginianus
Moonseed Menispermum canadense
Goutweed (I) Aegopodium podagraia
White avens Geum canadense
Rough avens Geum laciniatum
Japanese snowball (I) Viburnum plicatum
Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
Oxeye daisy (I) Leucnthemum vulgare
Smooth Solomon’s seal Polygonatum biflorum
White baneberry (flower)
Actaea pachypoda
Rough cinquefoil
Potentilla norvegica
Common jewelweed Impatiens capensis
Pale jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Hedge false bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Northern dewberry Rubus
White baneberry (fruit) Actaea pachypoda
Stiff cowbane Oxypolis rigidiors
American black elderberry Sambucus canadensis
Butterweed (I) Packera glabella
Late figwort (flowers (L) leaves (R)) Scrophularia marlindica
Carolina crane’s-bill Geranium carolinianum
American pokeweed Phytolacca americana
Common yarrow (flowers (L) leaves (R)) Achillea millefolium
Black eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blue wood aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium
False sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Zigzag spiderwort Tradescantia subaspera
Spotted St. John’s wort Hypericum punctatum
Tall thimbleweed Anemone virginiana
Timothy grass Phleum pratense
Broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade Circaea canadensis
Carolina horsenettle Solanum carolinense
Cinnamon willow-herb Epilobium coloratum
American germander Teucrium canadense
American groundnut Apios americana
Climbing prairie rose Rosa setigera
Common dewberry Rubus
Tall ironweed Vernonia gigantea
Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Thin-leaf sunflower Helianthus
Tall bellflower Campanulastrum americanum
Spotted lady’s thumb Persicaria maculosa Sulphur
Common evening primrose
Oenothera biennis
Culver’s root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Creeping thistle (I) Cirsium arvense
Fringed loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
Nodding spurge
Euphorbia nutans
Clustered black snakeroot Sanicula odorata
Japanese honeysuckle (I) Lonicera japonica
Purple loosestrife (I) Lythrum salicaria
White snakeroot Ageratina altissima
Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa
White bergamot Monarda clinopodia?
Carolina sweetshrub (flower & fruit)
Calycanthus floridus
Nodding beggartick Bidens cernua
Sweet Joe-pye-weed Eutrochium purpureum
Smooth sumac Rhus glabra
Panicled ticktrefoil
Desmodium paniculatum
Hare’s foot clover
Trifolium arvense
Climbing false buckwheat Fallopia scandens
Giant knotweed Reynoutria x bohemica
Star of bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum
Common devil’s claw Proboscidea lousianica
Common devil’s claw (seed pod) Proboscidea lousianica
Wild potato vine Ipomoea pandurata
Lesser centaury Centaurium pulchellum
Wild teasel (I) Dipsacus fullonum
Common blue wood asters Symphyotrichum cordifolium
American pokeweed Phytolacca americana
Wood nettle Laportea canadensis
American jumpweed Persicaria virginiana
Spotted Joe-pye weed Eutrochium maculatum
White vervain Verbena urticifolia
Virginia mountain mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
Virginia stickweed Hackelia virginiana
False nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Early goldenrod Solidago juncea
Photography
Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus
American bugleweed Lycopus americanus
Woodland sunflower Helianthus strumosus
Field thistle Cirsium discolor
Citronella horse balm Collinsonia canadensis
Blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum
Photography
Hemp dogbane Apocynum cannabinum
Sweet everlasting Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
False daisy Eclipta prostrata
Sharpwing monkeyflower Mimulus alatus
Smooth ruellia Ruellia strepens
Pale gentian Gentiana alba
Butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Brown-eyed susan Rudbeckia tribola
Swamp agrimony Agrimonia parviflora
American lopseed Phryma leptostachya
Canada wild lettuce Lactuca canadensis
Woodland lettuce Lactuca floridana
Tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Panicled aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Shining aster Symphyotrichum firmum
Swamp asters Symphyotrichum puniceum
Scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii
Bulbous cress Cardamine bulbosa
Swamp aster Symphyotrichum puniceum
Rosinweed Silphium
New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Creeping jenny (I) Lysimachia nummularia
Honey-vine climbing milkweed Cynanchum laeve
Cinnamon willowherb Epilobium coloratum
Three-lobed beggarticks Bidens comosa
Velvetleaf (I) Abutilon theophrasti
Floating primrose willow Ludwigia peploides
Hairy white oldfield aster Sympnotrichum pilosum
Virgin’s bower Clematis virginiana
Photography
Calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriforum
Devil’s beggarticks Biden frondosa
Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata
Horseweed Erigeron canadensis
Fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus
Low smartweed (I) Persicaria longiseta
American burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolius
Oriental bittersweet (I) Celastrus orbiculatusç
Giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea
Flat-topped goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia
Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis
Giant ragweed Ambrosia trifida