Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Lesser Ladies’ Tresses, October Ladies’ Tresses, Oval Ladies’ Tresses Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Category Archives: Photographic Location: Sycamore Ridge Ranch in Middle Tennessee.
Rabbit-Tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Sweet Everlasting, Catfoot, Catfoot Cudweed, Fragrant Cudweed, Blunt-Leaved Rabbit-TobaccoBase Flower Color: Yellow, WhiteReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica L.)
Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family) Base Flower Color: BlueReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, OctNotes: The unfortunate species name, siphilitica, is based on the fact that it was a supposed cure for syphilis. For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton)
Lamiaceae (Mint Family) Synonym(s): Beefsteakplant; Beefsteak Plant Base Flower Color: PinkReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, DecNotes: Beefsteak plants are most toxic to cattle if cut and dried for hay late in the summer. For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G.Don)
Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Sericea Lespedeza; Chinese Lespedeza Base Flower Color: White, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun , July , August , SeptNotes: One of the most invasive plants in the Eastern United States. For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis (L.) Walter)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Yellow Crownbeard, Small Yellow Crownbeard, Crownbeard Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here. Similar Species: Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed (Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton ex Kearney)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here. Similar Species: Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)
Limestone Wild Petunia (Ruellia strepens L)
Acanthaceae (Acanthus Family) Synonym(s): Limestone Ruellia, Smooth Ruellia Base Flower Color: Blue, PurpleReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this wildflower, Click Here.
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus L.)
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family) Synonym(s): Big Taper, Flannel Mullein, Flannel Plant, Great Mullein, Mullein, Velvet Dock, Velvet Plant, Woolly Mullein, Orange Mullein Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, AugNotes: Native to Eurasia and Africa For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.)
Asteraceae (Aster Family) Base Flower Color: White, YellowReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, OctBloom Notes: This may be var. strigosus or var. calcicola. The difference is var. calcicola has rhizomes that bear over wintering leaf tuffs and are only known in Decatur Co. while var. strigosus has no rhizomes and is commonContinue reading “Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.)”