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Violaceae (Violet Family)
Synonym(s): Field Pansy, Wild Pansy
Base Flower Color: Blue
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr, May
Bloom Notes: Petals violet-blue to light lavender-blue or whitish, paler, and at least the lower ones darkly veined toward the base, the lowest one more or less yellow toward the center and base (or rarely the lower petals wholly dark-colored).
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Please join me and many other great presenters for this annual event. I have been participating at this event for over 10 years now. In my opinion, you will be hard pressed to find a better display of our spring ephemerals than you will at this park. I will be leading two hikes and probably joining several others to help with identifying and photographing our resident wildflowers. Happy Trails…. George!
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Base Flower Color: Blue, White
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct
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Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family)
Synonym(s): Wintercreeper, Climbing Euonymus, Fortune’s Spindle
Base Flower Color: Green, White
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun
Bloom Notes: This plant can either be a liana (i.e., a woody plant with a vine-like growth form) or a shrub (i.e., a woody plant with several stems growing from the base). This is the shrub version. I do not have a picture of the flower at this time.
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Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family)
Synonym(s): Burningbush, Eastern Wahoo, Burning Bush, Wahoo, Waahoo, Whahoo, Spindle Tree
Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon)
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug
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Similar Species: Hearts-A-Burstin (Euonymus americanus L.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Base Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Blue
Reproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct
Bloom Notes: Flower centers (disc flowers) open yellow but turn dark red after pollination.
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Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)
Synonym(s): Nodding Ladies’-tresses, Ladies’-tresses, Nodding Lady’s Tresses
Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov
Bloom 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.
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Synonym(s): Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke
Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct
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Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct
Bloom 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.
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Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Synonym(s): Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset
Base Flower Color: Blue
Reproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov
Notes: Blue Mistflower attracts bees and butterflies. However, this wildflower spreads quickly and can become a pest.
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Similar Species: Pink Thoroughwort (Fleischmannia incarnata (Walter) King & H. Rob.)
