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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!

Yellow Salsify (Tragopogon dubius Scop.)

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Synonym(s): Yellow Salsify, Common Salsify, Goat’s Beard, Goatsbeard, Meadow Goat’s-beard, Salsify, Western Goat’s Beard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant, Yellow Goat’s Beard

Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Notes: Flowers are usually closed by mid-day. Another common name is “Johnny-Be-Gone-By-Noon”.

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Blue Field Madder (Galium sherardia E. H. L.Krause)

Rubiaceae (Madder Family)

Synonym(s): Sherardia; Field Madder

Base Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Reproductive Phenology: Feb thru Aug.

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Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Synonym(s): Scarlet Clover, Italian Clover, German Clover, French Clover, Carnation Clover, Incarnate Clover.

Base Flower Color: Red
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun , Jul , Aug
Bloom Notes: Crimson clover is commonly used as a winter or summer annual cover crop in rotation with vegetables or field crops.

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Dove Foot Cranesbill (Geranium molle L.)

Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)

Synonym(s): Dovefoot Geranium

Base Flower Color: Pink
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug

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Miami Mist (Phacelia purshii Buckley)

Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)

Synonym(s): Blue Phacelia, Wild Scorpion Weed, Purple Scorpion Weed

Base Flower Color: Blue, Purple, White
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun
Bloom Notes: Since the clusters of flowers are composed of pale lavender to violet-blue individual flowers arranged in a coil that resembles a curled scorpion’s tail.

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Slender Yellow Woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta L.)

Oxalidaceae (Wood Sorrel Family)

Synonym(s): Common Yellow Woodsorrel, Common Yellow Oxalis, Upright Yellow-Sorrel, Lemon Clover, Sourgrass, Juicy Fruit, Sheep Weed, Pickle Plant.

Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Notes: The mature seed capsules open explosively when disturbed.

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Crowpoison (Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton)

  • First flower to appear after a prescribed burn earlier in March.

Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)

Synonym(s): False Garlic

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sept, Oct
Notes: This plant blooms in early spring and summer, then a less showy bloom in the fall. This plant has been reported as poisonous but the toxicity has not been substantiated.

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Spring Blue Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna Nutt.)

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)

Synonym(s): Blue-eyed Mary, Spring Blue-eyed Mary

Base Flower Color: Blue, White
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun
Notes: Locality details are protected due to rare or threatened status

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Butterweed (Packera glabella (Poir.) C. Jeffrey)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Synonym(s): Cress-leaf Groundsel, Yellowtop

Base Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Reproductive Phenology: Feb, Mar, Apr, May
Notes: 1-3′ tall. It can get weedy. Very pretty in my yard

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Carolina Anemone (Anemone caroliniana Walter)

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)

Synonym(s): Carolina Thimbleweed, Carolina Windflower, Prairie Anemone

Base Flower Color: Purple, White
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr, May

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