US Wildflower's Database of Yellow Wildflowers for Virginia Click on thumbnail for larger version of image, scientific name for detail page. *=Multiple images on detail page |
Alfalfa: Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil
Medicago lupulina
(Introduced) | Beggarticks: Bearded Beggarticks, Tickseed Sunflower, Bur Marigold
Bidens aristosa*
(Native) | Bellwort: Large-flowered Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora*
(Native) | Bellwort: Perfoliate Bellwort, Merry Bells
Uvularia perfoliata*
(Native) |
Bellwort: Sessileleaf Bellwort, Wild Oats
Uvularia sessilifolia
(Native) | Blanketflower: Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella*
(Native) | Buttercup: Bulbous Buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus
(Introduced) | Buttercup: Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot
Ranunculus abortivus*
(Native) |
Cat's Ear: Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion
Hypochaeris radicata*
(Introduced) | Cinquefoil : Dwarf Cinquefoil
Potentilla canadensis*
(Native) | Cinquefoil: Sulfur Cinquefoil, Roughfruit Cinquefoil
Potentilla recta*
(Introduced) | Clover: Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil
Trifolium campestre*
(Introduced) |
Coneflower: Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta*
(Native) | Coneflower: Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida*
(Native) | Coneflower: Green-headed Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata*
(Native) | Coneflower: Browneyed Susan, Thin-leaf Coneflower, Three-lobed Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba*
(Native) |
Crownbeard: Yellow Crownbeard
Verbesina occidentalis*
(Native) | Crownbeard: Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed
Verbesina alternifolia*
(Native) | Cymophyllus: Fraser's Sedge, Fraser's Cymophyllus
Cymophyllus fraserianus*
(Native) | Dandelion: Dandelion
Taraxacum officinal
(Introduced) |
Daylily: Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily
Hemerocallis fulva*
(Introduced) | Dogwood: Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida*
(Native) | Dwarf Dandelion: Two-flower Cynthia, Twoflower Dwarfdandelion
Krigia biflora
(Native) | Evening Primrose: Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis*
(Native) |
Fairybells: Yellow Fairybells, Yellow Mandarin
Disporum lanuginosum*
(Native) | Fawnlily: Trout Lily; Dogtooth Violet
Erythronium americanum*
(Native) | Fiddleneck: Common Fiddleneck, Menzie's Fiddleneck, Rancher's Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii*
(Native) | Fringed Orchid: Yellow Fringed Orchid, Orange Fringed Orchid
Platanthera ciliaris*
(Native) |
Goatsbeard: Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant
Tragopogon dubius*
(Introduced) | Goldenaster: Maryland Golden Aster
Chrysopsis mariana*
(Native) | Goldenaster - False: Camphorweed, Camphor Weed, False Goldenaster
Heterotheca subaxillaris*
(Native) | Goldenrod: Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis*
(Native) |
Goldenrod: Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod
Solidago altissima*
(Native) | Groundcherry: Virginia Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Lanceleaf Groundcherry, Hog Plum, Husk Tomato
Physalis virginiana*
(Native) | Hawkweed: Rattlesnake Weed, Rattlesnake Hawkweed, Veiny Hawkweed
Hieracium venosum*
(Native) | Honeysuckle: Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens*
(Native) |
Honeysuckle: Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica*
(Introduced) | Honeysuckle: Sweet Breath of Spring, Fragrant Honeysuckle, Winter Honeysuckle, January Jasmine
Lonicera fragrantissima*
(Introduced) | Indian Strawberry: Indian Strawberry, India Mockstrawberry
Duchesnea indica*
(Introduced) | Iris: Yellow Flag Iris, Paleyellow Iris, Yellow Iris, Water Flag
Iris pseudacorus*
(Introduced) |
Leafcup: Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot, Yellow Leafcup, Uvedalia
Smallanthus uvedalius*
(Native) | Lettuce: Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce
Lactuca canadensis*
(Native) | Lettuce: Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce
Lactuca serriola*
(Introduced) | Lousewort: Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
(Native) |
Mayweed: Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed
Matricaria discoidea*
(Introduced) | Meadow Parsnip: Hairyjoint Meadow Parsnip
Thaspium barbinode*
(Native) | Melothria: Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber, Squirting Cucumber
Melothria pendula*
(Native) | Milkweed: Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa*
(Native) |
Mimosa: Silk Tree, Mimosa
Albizia julibrissin
(Introduced) | Mullein: Common Mullein, Great Mullein
Verbascum thapsus*
(Introduced) | Mullein: Moth Mullein
Verbascum blattaria
(Introduced) | Mullein Foxglove: Mullein Foxglove, Mullein Seymeria
Dasistoma macrophylla*
(Native) |
Partridge Pea: Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant
Chamaecrista fasciculata*
(Native) | Partridge Pea: Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista nictitans*
(Native) | Pearly Everlasting: Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea*
(Native) | Pond-lily: Yellow Pond Lily, Cowlily, Spatterdock
Nuphar lutea*
(Native) |
Prairie Coneflower: Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Grayhead Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata*
(Native) | Primrose-willow: Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose
Ludwigia alternifolia*
(Native) | Rattlesnakeroot: Cankerweed, Lion's Foot, Snakeweed, Earthgall, Butterweed
Prenanthes serpentaria*
(Native) | Rhododendron: Flame Azalea
Rhododendron calendulaceum
(Native) |
Rosinweed: Whorled Rosinweed, Three-leaved Rosinweed
Silphium trifoliatum*
(Native) | Senna: Southern Wild Senna
Senna marilandica*
(Native) | Senna: Sicklepod, Sicklepod Senna, Java Bean, Blunt-leaf Senna, Chinese Senna, Arsenic Weed
Senna obtusifolia*
(Native) | Sneezeweed: Bitterweed, Bitter Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks
Helenium amarum*
(Native) |
Sneezeweed: Purple-headed Sneezeweed, Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum*
(Native) | Spicebush: Northern Spicebush, Wild Allspice, Common Spicebush
Lindera benzoin*
(Native) | Spurge: Wild Poinsettia, Mexican Fireplant, Fire on the Mountain, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
(Native) | Squawroot: Squawroot
Conopholis americana*
(Native) |
Star Grass: Yellow Star Grass, Common Goldstar
Hypoxis hirsuta*
(Native) | Stoneseed: Southern Stoneseed, Tuberous Stoneseed, Tuberous Gromwell
Lithospermum tuberosum*
(Native) | Sunflower: Swamp Sunflower, Narrow-leaf Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius*
(Native) | Sunflower: Purpledisk sunflower, Appalachian sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens*
(Native) |
Sunflower: Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
Helianthus microcephalus*
(Native) | Sunflower: Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petal Sunflower, Forest Sunflower, Pale Sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus*
(Native) | Sunflower: Jerusalem Artichoke, Jerusalem Sunflower, Sunchoke, Girasole
Helianthus tuberosus*
(Native) | Sunflower: Dune Sunflower, Beach Sunflower, Cucumberleaf Sunflower, East Coast Dune Sunflower, Branching Sunflower
Helianthus debilis*
(Native) |
Sweetclover: Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis*
(Introduced) | Tickseed: Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata*
(Native) | Tickseed: Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris*
(Native) | Tickseed: Greater Tickseed, Whorled Leaf Coreopsis, Forest Tickseed
Coreopsis major*
(Native) |
Touch-me-not : Jewelweed, Touch-me-not, Spotted jewelweed
Impatiens capensis*
(Native) | Touch-me-not: Pale Touch-me-not, Pale Snapweed
Impatiens pallida*
(Native) | Trillium: Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin
Trillium luteum*
(Native) | Trumpet Creeper: Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
(Native) |
Tuliptree: Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia
Liriodendron tulipifera*
(Native) | Violet : Halberdleaf Yellow Violet, Halberd Leaf Yellow Violet
Viola hastata*
(Native) | Violet: Roundleaf yellow violet
Viola rotundifolia
(Native) | Witchhazel: American Witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana
(Native) |
Wood Poppy: Wood Poppy, Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum*
(Native) | Yellow Loosestrife: Whorled Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia*
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