Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima L.)

Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

Synonym(s): Smooth Phlox, Marsh Phlox

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

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Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii)

Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

Synonym(s): Lapham’s Phlox, Blue Phlox, Sweet William

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

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Glade Phlox (Phlox bifida L. C. Beck)

Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

Synonym(s): Glade Phlox, Starry Cleft Phlox, Cleft Phlox, Wherry Cleft Phlox

Base Flower Color: Blue
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May
Bloom Notes: Flowers are usually pale blue; sometimes white

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Dwarf Plantain (Plantago virginica L.)

Plantaginaceae (Plantian Family)

Synonym(s): Virginia Plantain, Paleseed Indian-wheat, Dwarf Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Southern Plantain

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul

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Bracted Plantain (Plantago aristata Michx.)

Plantaginaceae (Plantian Family)

Synonym(s): Largebracted Plantain, Buckthorn

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov

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Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora Pollard)

Gentianaceae (Gentian Family)

Synonym(s): Showy Gentian, Appalachian Gentian

Base Flower Color: Blue
Reproductive Phenology: Sep, Oct
Bloom Notes: Flowers may be blue, purple, violet, white, or white with blue, purple, or violet stripes.

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Dog Hobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer)

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

Synonym(s): Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May

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Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh)

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

Synonym(s): Striped Prince’s Pine, Spotted Wintergreen

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct
Bloom Note: Sometimes mistaken for Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C. Barton)

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Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera Michx.)

Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family)

Base Flower Color: White
Reproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun
Bloom Notes: Sepals are obtuse to acute, shorter than petals.

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Similar Species: Tennessee Starwort (Stellaria corei Shinners)