Wildflowers of the United States

USWildflowers Family List for Connecticut Click on the Family name for thumbnails of member species. Click on the species name for plant detail page w/photos
Aceraceae - Maple family	Acer rubrum Red Maple, Swamp Maple, Soft Maple
Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family	Sambucus nigra ssp canadensis Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry, Red Elder, Rocky Mountain Elder, Scarlet Elderberry Viburnum acerifolium Maple Leaved Viburnum, Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum dentatum Southern Arrowwood, Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum lantanoides Hobblebush, Witch Hobble, Hobbleberry
Alismataceae - Water-plantain family	Sagittaria latifolia Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead
Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family	Allium canadense Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic
Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family	Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Squawbush, Skunkbush, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush Rhus copallinum Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Eastern Winged Sumac Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac, Scarlet Sumac Toxicodendron radicans Eastern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii Western Poison Ivy, Northern Poison Ivy
Apiaceae - Carrot family	Daucus carota Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master, Button Eryngo, Button Snakeroot, Yuccaleaf Eryngo Heracleum maximum American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip Osmorhiza longistylis Longstyle Sweetroot, Sweet Anise, Aniseroot
Apocynaceae - Dogbane family	Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed, Western Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed, Eastern Swamp Milkweed Asclepias quadrifolia Fourleaf Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed, Silkweed Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed Asclepias variegata White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed Vinca minor Small Periwinkle, Common Periwinkle, Dwarf Periwinkle, Lesser Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle
Araceae - Arum family	Arisaema dracontium Green Dragon, Dragonroot Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip, Jack in the Pulpit,
Araliaceae - Ginseng family	Panax trifolius Dwarf Ginseng, Ground Nut
Aristolochiaceae - Birthwort family	Asarum canadense Common Wild Ginger, Canadian Wild Ginger
Aspleniaceae - Spleenwort family	Asplenium rhizophyllum Walking Fern, American Walking Fern
Asteraceae - Aster family	Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow, Milfoil Ambrosia artemisiifolia Common Ragweed, Annual Ragweed, Small Ragweed, Roman Wormwood Ambrosia trifida Great Ragweed, Buffalo Weed, Horseweed, Giant Ragweed, Tall Ambrosia Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantain-leaf Pussytoes, Woman's Tobacco Anthemis cotula Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Bidens aristosa Bearded Beggarticks, Tickseed Sunflower, Bur Marigold Bidens bipinnata Spanish Needles, Spanish Needles Beggars Ticks Bidens pilosa Shepherd's Needles ,Spanish Needles, Romerillo, Common Beggar's-tick, Hairy Beggarticks, Cobbler's Pegs Carduus nutans Bristle Thistle, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle, Nodding Plumeless Thistle Centaurea cyanus Bachelor's Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Oxeye Daisy Cichorium intybus Chicory Cirsium horridulum Yellow Thistle, Common Yellow Thistle, Spiny Thistle, Bigspine Thistle, Southern Yellow Thistle, Horrible Thistle Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis pubescens Hairy Coreopsis, Hairy Tickseed, Star Tickseed Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower Erigeron annuus Eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron strigosus Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset, Common Boneset, Feverwort, Indian Sage, Wild Isaac Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium Eupatorium serotinum Late-Flowering Thoroughwort, Late-Flowering Boneset Eutrochium fistulosum Hollow Joe Pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Tubular Thoroughwort, Hollow-stemmed Joe-pye-weed Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Purple Boneset, Spotted Trumpetweed Gaillardia pulchella Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel Grindelia squarrosa Curlycup Gumweed, Curlytop Gumweed Helenium autumnale Autumn Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, False Sunflower, Staggerwort, Yellow Star Helenium flexuosum Purple-headed Sneezeweed, Purplehead Sneezeweed Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol Helianthus debilis Dune Sunflower, Beach Sunflower, Cucumberleaf Sunflower, East Coast Dune Sunflower, Branching Sunflower Helianthus decapetalus Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petal Sunflower, Forest Sunflower, Pale Sunflower Helianthus microcephalus Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke, Jerusalem Sunflower, Sunchoke, Girasole Heterotheca subaxillaris Camphorweed, Camphor Weed, False Goldenaster Hieracium aurantiacum Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush Hieracium venosum Rattlesnake Weed, Rattlesnake Hawkweed, Veiny Hawkweed Hypochaeris radicata Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion Krigia biflora Two-flower Cynthia, Twoflower Dwarfdandelion, Orange Dwarf-dandelion Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Spike Gayfeather Matricaria discoidea Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed Mikania scandens Climbing Hempweed, Climbing Boneset Oclemena acuminata Whorled Wood Aster, Whorled Aster, Mountain Aster, Sharp-leaved Aster Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine, American Fever-few Polymnia canadensis Whiteflower Leafcup, White Bear's Foot, Smallflower Leafcup Prenanthes serpentaria Cankerweed, Lion's Foot, Snakeweed, Earthgall, Butterweed Ratibida columnifera Mexican Hat, Long-Headed Coneflower, Red Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Thimbleflower Ratibida pinnata Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Grayhead Coneflower Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Golden Glow Rudbeckia triloba Browneyed Susan, Thin-leaf Coneflower, Three-lobed Coneflower Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy Symphyotrichum patens Late Purple Aster, Spreading Aster Symphyotrichum pilosum Hairy White Oldfield Aster, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster, Downy Aster Tanacetum vulgare Common Tansy, Golden Buttons, Bitter Buttons, Cow Bitter, Garden Tansy Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Tragopogon dubius Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant
Balsaminaceae - Touch-me-not family	Impatiens capensis Jewelweed, Touch-me-not, Spotted jewelweed Impatiens pallida Pale Touch-me-not, Pale Snapweed
Berberidaceae - Barberry family	Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple
Bignoniaceae - Bignonia family	Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper, Cow Itch, Hell Vine, Devil's Shoestring
Boraginaceae - Borage family	Amsinckia menziesii Common Fiddleneck, Menzie's Fiddleneck, Rancher's Fiddleneck Cynoglossum officinale Houndstongue, Hound's Tongue, Gypsyflower Cynoglossum virginianum Wild Comfrey, Wild Hound's-tongue, Blue Houndstongue Echium vulgare Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed, Blue Devil, Blue Borage, Common Echium
Brassicaceae - Mustard family	Boechera laevigata Smooth Rockcress, Common Smooth Rock Cress Cardamine concatenata Cutleaf Toothwort Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bittercress, Hoary Bittercress, Lamb's Cress, Spring Cress, Flickweed Hesperis matronalis Dame's Rocket, Damask Violet, Night-scented Gilliflower, Queen's Gilliflower, Mother-of-the-evening, Summer Lilac
Cactaceae - Cactus family	Opuntia humifusa Eastern Prickly Pear, Low Prickly Pear Cactus, Devil's Tongue, Indian Fig, Common Eastern Prickly Pear
Calycanthaceae - Strawberry-shrub family	Calycanthus floridus Eastern Sweetshrub, Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Shrub, Sweet Bubby Bush
Campanulaceae - Bellflower family	Campanula divaricata Southern Harebell, Small Bonny Bellflower, Southern Bellflower, Southern Bluebell Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell, Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Blue Rain Flower, Heathbells, Witches Thimbles Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower, Scarlet Lobelia Lobelia inflata Inflated Lobelia, Indian Tobacco Lobelia kalmii Ontario Lobelia, Brook Lobelia, Bog Lobelia, Kalm's Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower Lobelia spicata Palespike Lobelia, Pale Spiked Lobelia Triodanis perfoliata Venus' Looking Glass, Clasping Bellwort, Clasping Venus' Looking Glass, Roundleaved Triodanis
Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family	Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Trumpet Honeysuckle Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry, Upright Snowberry Triosteum angustifolium Yellow Horse Gentian, Yellowfruit Horsegentian, Narrow-leaved Horse-gentian, Lesser Horse-gentian, Yellow Tinkers Weed
Caryophyllaceae - Pink family	Dianthus armeria Deptford Pink, Mountain Pink Saponaria officinalis Bouncing Bet, Common Soapwort, Crow Soap, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed Silene latifolia White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis Silene stellata Starry Campion, Widow's Frill Stellaria media Common Chickweed Stellaria pubera Star Chickweed Vaccaria hispanica Cowcockle, Cow Soapwort, Cowherb
Celastraceae - Bittersweet family	Euonymus atropurpureus Burningbush, Eastern Wahoo, Spindle Tree, Indian Arrow-Wood
Cleomaceae - Spiderflower Family	Peritoma serrulata Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Stinking Clover, Skunk Weed, Navajo Spinach
Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family	Commelina communis Asiatic Dayflower, Mouse Ears, Dew Herb Tradescantia virginiana Virginia Spiderwort
Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family	Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed Ipomoea coccinea Small Red Morning Glory, Redstar, Starflower, Scarlet Morningglory Ipomoea hederacea Ivyleaf Morning Glory, Entireleaf Morningglory, Small Morning Glory Ipomoea pandurata Wild Potato Vine, Man of the Earth, Wild Sweet Potato, Bigroot Morning Glory
Cornaceae - Dogwood family	Cornus canadensis Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood
Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family	Hylotelephium telephioides Allegheny Stonecrop, Allegheny Live-for-ever Sedum ternatum Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop, Woods Stonecrop
Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family	Sicyos angulatus Bur Cucumber, Oneseed Bur Cucumber; Star Cucumber
Cuscutaceae - Dodder family	Cuscuta gronovii Dodder Vine, Scaldweed
Cyperaceae - Sedge family	Cyperus strigosus False Nutsedge, Strawcolored Flatsedge, Strawcolor Nutgrass Eriophorum virginicum Virginia Cottongrass, Tawny Cottongrass, Rusty Cotton Grass
Dioscoreaceae - Yam family	Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam, Yam Root, Colic Root, Whorled Wild Yam
Equisetaceae - Horsetail family	Equisetum laevigatum Smooth Horsetail, Smooth Scouring Rush
Ericaceae - Heath family	Chimaphila maculata Spotted Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Striped Prince's Pine, Striped Prince's Plume, Dragon's Tongue Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus, Ground Laurel, Mayflower, Plymouth Mayflower Gaultheria procumbens Eastern Teaberry, American Wintergreen, Checkerberry Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant Pyrola americana American Wintergreen, Round-leaved Pyrola, Rounded Shinleaf Rhododendron calendulaceum Flame Azalea Rhododendron maximum Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Laurel, White Laurel Rhododendron periclymenoides Pink Azalea; Pinxter Flower
Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family	Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge, Blooming Spurge, Emetic Root Euphorbia marginata Snow-on-the-Mountain, Mountain Snow Spurge
Fabaceae - Pea family	Amorpha fruticosa Indigobush, False Indigo Bush, Desert False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush Amphicarpaea bracteata American Hogpeanut Apios americana Groundnut, Potato Bean, Indian Potato, Virginia Potato, Wild Bean, Wild Sweet Potato Astragalus canadensis Canada Milkvetch, Little Rattlepod Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant Chamaecrista nictitans Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea Coronilla varia Crown Vetch, Purple Crown Vetch, Axseed, Hive Vine Desmodium nudiflorum Nakedflower Ticktrefoil, Naked-Flowered Tick Trefoil, Naked-stemmed Tick Clover Desmodium rotundifolium Round-Leaved Tick Trefoil, Round-Leaved Trailing Tick-Trefoil, Prostrate Ticktrefoil, Dollarleaf Lathyrus latifolius Perennial Pea, Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea Lespedeza cuneata Sericea Lespedeza Lotus corniculatus Bird's Foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch, Bloomfell, Cat's Clover, Crowtoes, Ground Honeysuckle Medicago lupulina Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil Melilotus albus White Sweetclover, White Melilot, Honey-Clover, Bokhara Clover Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover Pueraria montana Kudzu, Vine-that-ate-the-South Senna marilandica Southern Wild Senna Tephrosia virginiana Goat's Rue, Virginia Tephrosia, Catgut, Hoary-pea, Rabbit-pea Trifolium campestre Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil Trifolium incarnatum Crimson Clover, Italian Clover Trifolium pratense Red Clover, Cowgrass Trifolium repens White Clover
Fumariaceae - Fumitory family	Corydalis flavula Yellow Corydalis, Yellow Harlequin, Yellow Fumewort Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn, Wild turkey-pea, Turkey Corn, Colicweed, Ghost Corn, Lyre Flower Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches
Gentianaceae - Gentian family	Sabatia angularis Rose Pink, Bitterbloom, Square-stemmed Sabbatia, Rose Gentian
Geraniaceae - Geranium family	Erodium cicutarium Crane's Bill Geranium, Redstem Stork's Bill, Storksbill, Redstem Filaree, Heron's Bill Geranium carolinianum Carolina Geranium, Carolina Cranesbill Geranium dissectum Cutleaf Geranium, Cut-leaved Cranesbill Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium, Spotted geranium, Cranesbill
Hamamelidaceae - Witch-hazel family	Hamamelis virginiana American Witchhazel
Hydrangeaceae - Hydrangea family	Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark
Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family	Phacelia linearis Threadleaf Phacelia, Narrow Leaved Phacelia, Carson's Phacelia, Threadleaf Scorpionweed Phacelia purshii Miami Mist, Purple Scorpionweed
Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family	Hypericum frondosum Cedarglade St. Johnswort, Golden St. Johnswort, Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum gentianoides Pineweed, Orangegrass Hypericum punctatum Spotted St. Johnswort, Black Dotted St. Johnswort
Hypoxidaceae - African Potato family	Hypoxis hirsuta Yellow Star Grass, Common Goldstar
Iridaceae - Iris family	Iris domestica Blackberry Lily, Leopard Flower, Leopard Lily Iris prismatica Slender Blue Flag, Slender Blue Iris, Coastal Iris Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag Iris, Paleyellow Iris, Yellow Iris, Water Flag Sisyrinchium angustifolium Blue-eyed Grass, Stout Blue-eyed Grass, Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium mucronatum Needletip Blue-eyed Grass, Michaux's Blue-eyed-Grass, Slender Blue-eyed Grass, Narrow-Leaved Blue-eyed-Grass
Lamiaceae - Mint family	Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Haymaids, Creeping Charlie Isanthus brachiatus False Pennyroyal, Fluxweed, Glade Bluecurls Lamium amplexicaule Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle Lamium purpureum Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel Lycopus uniflorus Northern Bugleweed, Northern Water Horehound Monarda clinopodia White Bergamot, Basil Bee Balm Monarda didyma Crimson Bee Balm, Scarlet Bergamot, Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Perilla frutescens Beefsteak Plant, Beefsteak Mint, Perilla Mint Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Obedience Prunella vulgaris Heal-All, Common Selfheal Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint Salvia lyrata Lyreleaf Sage Scutellaria integrifolia Helmet Flower, Hissopleaf Skullcap, Helmet Skullcap, Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria parvula Small Skullcap, Dwarf Skullcap, Little Skullcap Teucrium canadense American Germander, Wood Sage, Canada Germander
Lauraceae - Laurel family	Lindera benzoin Northern Spicebush, Wild Allspice, Common Spicebush
Liliaceae - Lily family	Clintonia borealis Blue-bead Lily, Yellow Corn Lily, Yellow Clintonia Hemerocallis fulva Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily, Mountain Lily Lilium superbum Turk's Cap Lily, Turban Lily, Lily Royal, Swamp Lily, American Tiger Lily Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's Seal, Feathery False Lily of the Valley, Solomon's Plume Maianthemum stellatum Starry False Solomon's Seal, Starry False Lily of the Valley, Starflower False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Plume Medeola virginiana Indian Cucumber Root Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's Seal Trillium erectum Red Trillium, Stinking Benjamin, Red Wakerobin, Wet Dog Trillium, Purple Wakerobin Trillium grandiflorum Large-Flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Trillium Trillium undulatum Painted Trillium, Painted Wakerobin, Painted Lady Uvularia grandiflora Large-flowered Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata Perfoliate Bellwort, Merry Bells Uvularia sessilifolia Sessileleaf Bellwort, Wild Oats
Lycopodiaceae - Club-moss family	Diphasiastrum digitatum Southern Ground Cedar, Fan Clubmoss, Running Pine, Running Ground Cedar
Lythraceae - Loosestrife family	Cuphea viscosissima Blue Waxweed, Clammy Cuphea, Tarweed Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife, Rosy Strife, Kill Weed
Magnoliaceae - Magnolia family	Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia
Malvaceae - Mallow family	Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp Rose Mallow, Crimsoneyed Rosemallow, Marshmallow, Woolly Rose Mallow, Hairy-fruited Hibiscus
Melanthiaceae - False-Hellebore Family	Chamaelirium luteum Fairy Wand, Devil's Bit, False Unicorn Root, Blazing Star, Grubroot, Squirrel Tail, Rattlesnake-root
Nelumbonaceae - Indian lotus	Nelumbo lutea American Lotus, Water Lotus, Water Chinquapin, Yellow Lotus
Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family	Nuphar lutea Yellow Pond Lily, Cowlily, Spatterdock Nymphaea odorata American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily
Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family	Chamerion angustifolium Fireweed, Narrow-leaf fireweed, Willow Herb, Rosebay Willow Herb, Blooming Sally Clarkia pulchella Pinkfairies, Ragged Robin, Deerhorn Clarkia, Beautiful Clarkia Ludwigia alternifolia Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose, Evening Star, Sun Drop Oenothera speciosa Pink Ladies, Showy Evening Primrose, Pink Primrose
Orchidaceae - Orchid family	Aplectrum hyemale Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve Calopogon tuberosus Common Grass Pink, Bearded Pink, Swamp Pink, Tuberous Grass Pink, Meadow Gift Cypripedium acaule Pink Ladyslipper, Moccasin Flower Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow Ladyslipper, Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper, Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, Small Flowered Yellow Lady's Slipper Galearis spectabilis Showy Orchis, Showy Orchid, Purple-hooded Orchid, Gay Orchid, Purple Orchis, Two-leaved orchis Goodyera pubescens Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake Orchid, Adder's Violet, Net-leaf Plantain Malaxis unifolia Green Adder's Mouth Platanthera ciliaris Yellow Fringed Orchid, Orange Fringed Orchid Platanthera clavellata Small Green Wood Orchid, Club-Spur Orchid, Green Rein Orchid, Wood Orchid, Small Woodland Orchid Platanthera psycodes Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Bog-orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Rose Crested Orchid, Beard Flower, Sweet Crest Orchid Spiranthes lacera Ladies' Tresses, Northern Slender Lady's Tresses, Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses Triphora trianthophoros Three Bird Orchid, Threebirds, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap
Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family	Agalinis tenuifolia Slender Gerardia, Slenderleaf False Foxglove Castilleja coccinea Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush, Painted Cup, Prairie Fire Conopholis americana Squawroot, Bear's Purge, Bear Corn Epifagus virginiana Beechdrops, Cancer Drops, Clapwort, Virginia Broomrape Melampyrum lineare Cow Wheat, Narrowleaf Cow-Wheat, Appalachian Cow-Wheat Orobanche uniflora One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape Pedicularis canadensis Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort
Osmundaceae - Royal Fern Family	Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern
Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family	Oxalis dillenii Slender Yellow Woodsorrel, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Dillen's Oxalis Oxalis montana Mountain Wood Sorrel, Northern Wood Sorrel. Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel
Papaveraceae - Poppy family	Eschscholzia californica California Poppy Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon
Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family	Mazus pumilus Japanese Mazus Mimulus alatus Sharpwing Monkey Flower, Winged Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Yellow Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower Phryma leptostachya Lopseed, American Lopseed
Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed family	Phytolacca americana American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet
Plantaginaceae - Plantain family	Linaria dalmatica Dalmation Toadflax, Broadleaf Toadflax Linaria vulgaris Butter-and-eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon Nuttallanthus canadensis Blue Toadflax, Canada Toadflax, Oldfield Toadflax Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Mississippi Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus slope Beardtongue Plantago lanceolata Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain, Ribwort, Buckhorn, Ribgrass Plantago virginica Virginia Plantain, Dwarf Plantain, Southern Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Paleseed Indianwheat
Polemoniaceae - Phlox family	Collomia linearis Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Louisiana Phlox Phlox paniculata Fall Phlox; Garden phlox Phlox pilosa Downy Phlox
Polygalaceae - Milkwort family	Polygala cruciata Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort, Candy Root Polygala nuttallii Nuttall's Milkwort
Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family	Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed, Crimson Beauty, Mexican bamboo, Japanese Fleece Flower, Reynoutria Persicaria amphibia Water Knotweed, Swamp Smartweed, Water Smartweed Persicaria punctata Dotted Smartweed, Dotted Knotweed, Water Smartweed Persicaria virginiana Virginia Knotweed, Jumpseed
Pontederiaceae - Pickerelweed Family	Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed, Lanceleaf Pickerelweed, Heartleaf Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush
Portulacaceae - Purslane family	Claytonia caroliniana Carolina Spring Beauty, Wide-leaved Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica Virginia Spring Beauty, Narrow-leaved Spring Beauty
Primulaceae - Primrose family	Lysimachia quadrifolia Whorled Loosestrife
Pteridaceae - Maidenhair Fern family	Adiantum pedatum Northern Maidenhair, Five-Fingered Maidenhair Fern
Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family	Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry, Doll's Eyes Anemone acutiloba Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Liverleaf, Liverwort Anemone americana Round-lobed Hepatica, Liverleaf Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone, Nightcaps, Twoleaf Anemone Anemone virginiana Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone Aquilegia canadensis Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Columbine Cimicifuga racemosa Black Cohosh, Black Bugbane, Black Baneberry, Black Snakeroot, Fairy Candle Clematis occidentalis Western Virgin's Bower, Western Blue Virginsbower, Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis, Purple Virgin's-bower Clematis terniflora Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virginsbower, Leatherleaf Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower, Devil's Darning Needles, Old Man's Beard Hydrastis canadensis Goldenseal, Orangeroot Ranunculus abortivus Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup Thalictrum revolutum Skunk Meadow Rue, Waxyleaf Meadowrue, Purple Meadow-rue Thalictrum thalictroides Rue Anemone, Anemone Meadow-rue Xanthorhiza simplicissima Shrub Yellowroot
Rhamnaceae - Buckthorn family	Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball, Mountain Sweet, Redroot
Rosaceae - Rose family	Agrimonia gryposepala Tall Hairy Agrimony, Common Agrimony, Hooked Agrimony, Tall Hairy Grooveburr Agrimonia parviflora Southern Agrimony, Harvest Lice, Swamp Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony Amelanchier laevis Allegheny Serviceberry, Smooth Serviceberry Dasiphora fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil, Shrubby Five-finger, Golden Hardhack Duchesnea indica Indian Strawberry, India Mockstrawberry Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Geum canadense White Avens, Canada Avens Geum donianum Southern Barren Strawberry, Appalachian Barren Strawberry, Small-petaled Barren Strawberry Potentilla canadensis Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla recta Sulfur Cinquefoil, Roughfruit Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Common Cinquefoil, Decumbent Five-finger, Old Field Cinquefoil Prunus americana American Plum, Wild Plum Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry Rosa canina Dog Rose, Dog Brier, Common Briar Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose Rosa palustris Swamp Rose, Marsh Rose Rosa setigera Prairie Rose, Climbing Rose, Climbing Prairie Rose, Climbing Wild Rose, Illinois Rose, Michigan Rose Rubus argutus Sawtooth Blackberry, Southern Blackberry, Highbush Blackberry Rubus flagellaris Northern Dewberry, Common Dewberry Rubus odoratus Purple-flowering Raspberry, Thimbleberry Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet, Salad burnet, Garden burnet Spiraea alba White Meadowsweet, Narrowleaf Meadowsweet, Eastern Meadowsweet, Broadleaf Meadowsweet
Rubiaceae - Madder family	Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush, Common Buttonbush, Button Ball, Riverbush, Honey-bells, Button Willow Diodia teres Rough Buttonweed, Poor Joe Diodia virginiana Virginia Buttonweed, Large Buttonweed, Poor Joe Houstonia caerulea Quaker Ladies, Azure Bluet, Bluets Houstonia purpurea Venus' Pride, Large Bluet, Large Houstonia, Summer Bluet, Purple Bluet Mitchella repens Partridgeberry, Partridge Berry, Sqaw Vine, Eyeberry Sherardia arvensis Field Madder, blue fieldmadder, Spurwort
Sapindaceae - Soapberry family	Cardiospermum halicacabum Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed
Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family	Mitella diphylla Miterwort, Bishop's Cap Tiarella cordifolia Heartleaf Foamflower, False Miterwort, Coalwort, Coolwort, False Bitterroot
Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family	Chelone lyonii Red Turtlehead, Pink Turtlehead, Lyon's Turtlehead, Appalachian Turtlehead Verbascum blattaria Moth Mullein Verbascum thapsus Common Mullein, Great Mullein, Cowboy Toilet Paper, Flannel-plant Veronica anagallis-aquatica Water Speedwell, Sessile Water-speedwell, Brook-pimpernell, Blue Water Speedwell Veronica persica Bird's Eye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell, Birdeye Speedwell, Winter Speedwell
Smilacaceae - Greenbrier family	Smilax herbacea Smooth Carrionflower, Jacob's Ladder, Common Carrion-flower
Solanaceae - Potato family	Datura stramonium Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet Datura wrightii Sacred Datura, Sacred Thorn-apple, Indian Apple, Angel Trumpet Physalis virginiana Virginia Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Lanceleaf Groundcherry, Hog Plum, Husk Tomato Solanum carolinense Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato Solanum dulcamara Climbing Nightshade, Bittersweet Nightshade, Woody Nightshade, European Bittersweet, Fellenwort, Blue Nightshade
Staphyleaceae - Bladdernut family	Staphylea trifolia American Bladdernut
Verbenaceae - Verbena family	Glandularia canadensis Rose Vervain, Rose Mock Vervain, Rose Verbena, Sweet William, Clump Verbena Verbena simplex Narrowleaf Vervain, Simple Verbena Verbena urticifolia White Vervain, Nettle-leaf Verbena
Violaceae - Violet family	Hybanthus concolor Green Violet, Eastern Greenviolet Viola blanda Sweet White Violet Viola canadensis Canada Violet Viola lanceolata Lanceleaf Violet, Bog White Violet, Strapleaf Violet Viola palmata Wood Violet, Early Blue Violet, Trilobed Violet Viola pedata Bird's-foot violet Viola pubescens Downy Yellow Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet, Yellow Forest Violet Viola rostrata Long-spurred violet Viola sororia Common Blue Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Meadow Violet

Number of Families represented 83

Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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