Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

AAsteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Synonym(s): Achicoria

Base Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul

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Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.)

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)

Synonym(s): Scarlet Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Painted Cup, Indian Paintbrush

Base Flower Color: Red, Orange
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun

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Gattinger’s Lobelia (Lobelia gattingeri A.Gray)

Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family)

Synonym(s): Carolina Allspice

Base Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct

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Zigzag Iris (Iris brevicaulis Raf.)

Iridaceae (Iris Family)

Synonym(s): Short-Stemmed Iris, Lamance Iris

Base Flower Color: Purple
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr

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Caley Pea (Lathyrus hirsutus L.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Synonym(s): Singletary Pea, Hairy Vetchling, Austrian Winter Pea, Rough Pea

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

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Star Tickseed (Coreopsis pubescens Elliot var. pubescens)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Synonym(s): Star Tickseed, Hairy Tickseed

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

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Rusty Blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum Raf.)

Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)

Synonym(s): Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry

Base Flower Color: White, Green
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr

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Turkeybeard (Xerophyllum asphodeloides Spreng.)

Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Synonym(s): Eastern Turkeybeard, Turkeybeard, Beargrass, Bear Grass, Mountain Asphodel

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun

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Potato Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia dandelion (L.) Nutt.)

Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)

Synonym(s): Potato Dwarf Dandelion, Potato Dandelion, Colonial Dwarf-dandelion

Base Flower Color: Orange , Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun
Notes: Krigia dandelion gets its “Potato Dandelion” moniker due to the edible tubers formed along the stolons.

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Threadleaf Evening-Primrose (Oenothera linifolia Nutt.)

Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

Base Flower Color: Yellow
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul

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