Wildflowers of the United States

USWildflowers Family List for Great Smoky Mountains National Park Click on the Family name for thumbnails of member species. Click on the species name for plant detail page w/photos
Acanthaceae - Acanthus family	Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina Wild Petunia
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
Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family	Allium canadense Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic Nothoscordum bivalve False Garlic, Crowpoison
Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family	Rhus copallinum Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Eastern Winged Sumac Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac, Scarlet Sumac Toxicodendron radicans Eastern Poison Ivy
Apiaceae - Carrot family	Angelica triquinata Mountain Angelica, Filmy Angelica Daucus carota Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Heracleum maximum American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip Osmorhiza longistylis Longstyle Sweetroot, Sweet Anise, Aniseroot Oxypolis rigidior Stiff Cowbane, Pig-potato, Common Water-Dropwort Thaspium barbinode Hairyjoint Meadow Parsnip Thaspium trifoliatum Smooth Meadow Parsnip, Woodland Meadow Parsnip, Yellow Meadow Parsnip, Purple Meadow Parsnip
Apocynaceae - Dogbane family	Asclepias quadrifolia Fourleaf Milkweed 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 quinatum Prester John, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Five-leaved Jack-in-the-Pulpit 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 Hexastylis arifolia Little Brown Jug, Arrowleaf Ginger Hexastylis shuttleworthii Largeflower Heartleaf, Shuttleworth's Ginger
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 Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantain-leaf Pussytoes, Woman's Tobacco Antennaria solitaria Solitary Pussytoes, Singlehead Pussytoes Arnoglossum reniforme Great Indian Plantain Bidens bipinnata Spanish Needles, Spanish Needles Beggars Ticks Carduus nutans Bristle Thistle, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle, Nodding Plumeless Thistle Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Golden Aster Cichorium intybus Chicory Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle Conoclinium coelestinum Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Mistflower Coreopsis major Greater Tickseed, Whorled Leaf Coreopsis, Forest Tickseed Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower Elephantopus carolinianus Carolina Elephant's foot, Leafy Elephantfoot Erigeron annuus Eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron pulchellus Robin's Plantain 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 maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Purple Boneset, Spotted Trumpetweed Eutrochium steelei Appalachian Joe Pye Weed, Steele's Eupatorium, Steele's Joe Pye Weed Helenium autumnale Autumn Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, False Sunflower, Staggerwort, Yellow Star Helianthus angustifolius Swamp Sunflower, Narrow-leaf Sunflower Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol Helianthus atrorubens Purpledisk sunflower, Appalachian sunflower 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 Hieracium venosum Rattlesnake Weed, Rattlesnake Hawkweed, Veiny Hawkweed Krigia biflora Two-flower Cynthia, Twoflower Dwarfdandelion, Orange Dwarf-dandelion Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce Lactuca floridana Woodland Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, False Lettuce Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce Oclemena acuminata Whorled Wood Aster, Whorled Aster, Mountain Aster, Sharp-leaved Aster Packera anonyma Small's Ragwort, Appalachian Ragwort, Southern Ragwort, Plain Ragwort 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 Rudbeckia fulgida Orange 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 Rugelia nudicaulis Rugelia, Rugel's Indian Plantain, Rugel's Ragwort, Winter Well Smallanthus uvedalius Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot, Yellow Leafcup, Uvedalia Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod Solidago curtisii Curtis' Goldenrod, Mountain Decumbent 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 Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Verbesina alternifolia Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed Verbesina occidentalis Yellow Crownbeard Verbesina virginica White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Iceplant, Virginia crownbeard Vernonia gigantea Tall Ironweed, Giant Ironweed, Ironweed
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 Diphylleia cymosa American Umbrella Leaf, Umbrella-leaf Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple
Bignoniaceae - Bignonia family	Bignonia capreolata Cross Vine, Trumpet Flower, Crossvine, Quarter Vine Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper, Cow Itch, Hell Vine, Devil's Shoestring
Boraginaceae - Borage family	Cynoglossum virginianum Wild Comfrey, Wild Hound's-tongue, Blue Houndstongue
Brassicaceae - Mustard family	Boechera laevigata Smooth Rockcress, Common Smooth Rock Cress Cardamine angustata Slender Toothwort Cardamine concatenata Cutleaf Toothwort Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bittercress, Hoary Bittercress, Lamb's Cress, Spring Cress, Flickweed
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 Campanulastrum americanum Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower, Scarlet Lobelia Lobelia inflata Inflated Lobelia, Indian Tobacco Lobelia puberula Downy 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
Caryophyllaceae - Pink family	Dianthus armeria Deptford Pink, Mountain Pink Saponaria officinalis Bouncing Bet, Common Soapwort, Crow Soap, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed Silene stellata Starry Campion, Widow's Frill Silene virginica Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly Stellaria media Common Chickweed Stellaria pubera Star Chickweed
Celastraceae - Bittersweet family	Euonymus americanus Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush. Euonymus atropurpureus Burningbush, Eastern Wahoo, Spindle Tree, Indian Arrow-Wood
Colchicaceae - Meadow Saffron Family	Prosartes lanuginosa Yellow Fairybells, Yellow Mandarin Prosartes maculata Nodding Mandarin, Spotted Mandarin, Spotted Fairybells
Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family	Commelina communis Asiatic Dayflower, Mouse Ears, Dew Herb Commelina virginica Virginia Dayflower Tradescantia subaspera Zigzag Spiderwort, Wideleaf Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana Virginia Spiderwort
Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family	Ipomoea coccinea Small Red Morning Glory, Redstar, Starflower, Scarlet Morningglory Ipomoea lacunosa Small White Morning Glory, Whitestar, Pitted Morningglory Ipomoea pandurata Wild Potato Vine, Man of the Earth, Wild Sweet Potato, Bigroot Morning Glory
Cornaceae - Dogwood family	Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood
Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family	Sedum ternatum Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop, Woods Stonecrop
Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family	Melothria pendula Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber, Squirting Cucumber Sicyos angulatus Bur Cucumber, Oneseed Bur Cucumber; Star Cucumber
Cuscutaceae - Dodder family	Cuscuta gronovii Dodder Vine, Scaldweed
Cyperaceae - Sedge family	Cymophyllus fraserianus Fraser's Sedge, Fraser's Cymophyllus Cyperus strigosus False Nutsedge, Strawcolored Flatsedge, Strawcolor Nutgrass
Diapensiaceae - Diapensia family	Galax urceolata Beetleweed, Galax, Wandplant, Wandflower, Coltsfoot
Dioscoreaceae - Yam family	Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam, Yam Root, Colic Root, Whorled Wild Yam
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 buxifolia Mountain Myrtle, Sand Myrtle Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel Leucothoe fontanesiana Highland Dog Hobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Fetterbush, Doghobble Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant Monotropsis odorata Sweet Pinesap, Pygmy Pipes, Carolina beechdrops, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes Rhododendron calendulaceum Flame Azalea Rhododendron catawbiense Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Rosebay,Purple Rhododendron 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 mercurialina Cumberland Spurge, Mercury Spurge
Fabaceae - Pea family	Albizia julibrissin Silk Tree, Mimosa 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 nictitans Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea Clitoria mariana Butterfly Pea, Atlantic pigeonwings 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 Lespedeza cuneata Sericea Lespedeza Medicago lupulina Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil Mimosa microphylla Sensitive Briar, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar Pueraria montana Kudzu, Vine-that-ate-the-South Senna marilandica Southern Wild Senna Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod, Sicklepod Senna, Java Bean, Blunt-leaf Senna, Chinese Senna, Arsenic Weed Stylosanthes biflora Pencil Flower, Endbeak Pencilflower, Sidebeak Pencilflower Tephrosia virginiana Goat's Rue, Virginia Tephrosia, Catgut, Hoary-pea, Rabbit-pea Thermopsis mollis Appalachian Goldenbanner, Downy Bush-pea, Allegheny Mountain Golden Banner, Piedmont Bush Pea, Soft-haired Thermopsis Trifolium campestre Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil Trifolium pratense Red Clover, Cowgrass Trifolium repens White Clover Vicia caroliniana Wood Vetch, Carolina Vetch, Pale Vetch
Fumariaceae - Fumitory family	Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra eximia Wild Bleeding Heart, Eastern Bleeding Heart, Turkey Corn
Gentianaceae - Gentian family	Gentiana saponaria Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells Gentiana villosa Pale Gentian, Striped Gentian, Sampsons Snakeroot Obolaria virginica Pennywort, Virginia Pennywort Sabatia angularis Rose Pink, Bitterbloom, Square-stemmed Sabbatia, Rose Gentian
Geraniaceae - Geranium family	Geranium carolinianum Carolina Geranium, Carolina Cranesbill Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium, Spotted geranium, Cranesbill
Grossulariaceae - Currant family	Itea virginica Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Willow, Tassel-white
Hamamelidaceae - Witch-hazel family	Hamamelis virginiana American Witchhazel
Hippocastanaceae - Horse-Chestnut Family	Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye, Yellow Horsechestnut, Common Buckeye
Hydrangeaceae - Hydrangea family	Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark
Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family	Hydrophyllum canadense Broad-leaf Waterleaf ; Bluntleaf Waterleaf, Maple-leaf Waterleaf Phacelia bipinnatifida Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia Phacelia dubia Glade Phacelia, Smallflower Phacelia, Appalachian Phacelia, Central Basin Phacelia, Small-flowered Scorpionweed Phacelia fimbriata Fringed Phacelia, White Fringed Phacelia, Fringed Scorpion-Weed, Blue Ridge Phacelia, Mountain Phacelia Phacelia purshii Miami Mist, Purple Scorpionweed
Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family	Hypericum hypericoides ssp multicaule Reclining St. Andrew's Cross, Multi-stem St. Andrew's-cross, Low St. John's-wort, Straggling St. John's-wort, Decumbent St. Andrew's Cross Hypericum punctatum Spotted St. Johnswort, Black Dotted St. Johnswort
Hypoxidaceae - African Potato family	Hypoxis hirsuta Yellow Star Grass, Common Goldstar
Iridaceae - Iris family	Iris cristata Crested Dwarf Iris Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag Iris, Paleyellow Iris, Yellow Iris, Water Flag Iris verna Dwarf Violet Iris, Vernal Iris, Spring Iris, Upland Dwarf Iris Sisyrinchium angustifolium Blue-eyed Grass, Stout Blue-eyed Grass, Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Lamiaceae - Mint family	Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Haymaids, Creeping Charlie 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 elliptica Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria integrifolia Helmet Flower, Hissopleaf Skullcap, Helmet Skullcap, Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria ovata Heartleaf 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 Clintonia umbellulata White Clintonia, Clinton's Lily, Speckled Woodlily Convallaria majuscula American Lily of the Valley Erythronium americanum Trout Lily, Yellow Dogtooth Violet, Yellow Adder's Tongue, Yellow Trout-Lily Erythronium umbilicatum Dimpled Trout Lily, Dimpled Dogtooth Violet, Southern Appalachian Trout Lily 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 Medeola virginiana Indian Cucumber Root Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's Seal Trillium catesbaei Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin, Rose Trillium Trillium cuneatum Little Sweet Betsy, Purple Toadshade, Large Toadshade, Wedge-petal Trillium, Bloody Butcher Trillium erectum Red Trillium, Stinking Benjamin, Red Wakerobin, Wet Dog Trillium, Purple Wakerobin Trillium grandiflorum Large-Flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Trillium Trillium luteum Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin Trillium simile Sweet White Trillium, Jeweled Wakerobin, Confusing Trillium Trillium undulatum Painted Trillium, Painted Wakerobin, Painted Lady Uvularia grandiflora Large-flowered Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata Perfoliate Bellwort, Merry Bells Uvularia puberula Mountain Bellwort, Carolina Bellwort, Appalachian Bellwort, Coastal Bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia Sessileleaf Bellwort, Wild Oats
Loganiaceae - Logania family	Spigelia marilandica Indian Pink, Woodland Pinkroot, Worm grass
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	Amianthium muscitoxicum Fly Poison, Stagger Grass Chamaelirium luteum Fairy Wand, Devil's Bit, False Unicorn Root, Blazing Star, Grubroot, Squirrel Tail, Rattlesnake-root
Melastomataceae - Melastome family	Rhexia mariana Maryland Meadow Beauty, Pale Meadow Beauty
Oleaceae - Olive family	Chionanthus virginicus Fringe-tree, White Fringetree, Old Man's Beard, Grancy graybeard
Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family	Ludwigia alternifolia Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose, Evening Star, Sun Drop
Orchidaceae - Orchid family	Aplectrum hyemale Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve Cleistesiopsis bifaria Upland Spreading Pogonia, Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia, Small Spreading Pogonia, Small Rosebud Orchid, Funnel Crest 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 Spiranthes lacera Ladies' Tresses, Northern Slender Lady's Tresses, Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses Tipularia discolor Tipularia, Cranefly Orchid, Crippled Cranefly Orchid Triphora trianthophoros Three Bird Orchid, Threebirds, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap
Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family	Agalinis tenuifolia Slender Gerardia, Slenderleaf False Foxglove Aureolaria pectinata Southern Fernleaf False Foxglove, Southern Oak-leech, Cut-leaved Gerardia, Combleaf Yellow 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
Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family	Oxalis dillenii Slender Yellow Woodsorrel, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Dillen's Oxalis Oxalis grandis Large Yellow Wood Sorrel, Great Yellow Wood-Sorrel Oxalis montana Mountain Wood Sorrel, Northern Wood Sorrel. Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel
Papaveraceae - Poppy family	Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon
Passifloraceae - Passion-flower family	Passiflora incarnata Purple Passionflower, Maypop
Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family	Mazus pumilus Japanese Mazus Mimulus alatus Sharpwing Monkey Flower, Winged Monkeyflower
Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed family	Phytolacca americana American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet
Plantaginaceae - Plantain family	Nuttallanthus canadensis Blue Toadflax, Canada Toadflax, Oldfield Toadflax Penstemon canescens Eastern Gray Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Mississippi Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus slope Beardtongue
Polemoniaceae - Phlox family	Phlox amoena Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox Phlox carolina Carolina Phlox, Summer Phlox, Thickleaf Phlox, Giant Phlox Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Louisiana Phlox Phlox glaberrima Smooth Phlox, Marsh Phlox Phlox paniculata Fall Phlox; Garden phlox
Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family	Persicaria punctata Dotted Smartweed, Dotted Knotweed, Water Smartweed
Portulacaceae - Purslane family	Claytonia caroliniana Carolina Spring Beauty, Wide-leaved Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica Virginia Spring Beauty, Narrow-leaved Spring Beauty
Primulaceae - Primrose family	Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star, Prairie Pointers, Eastern Shooting Star, Pride of Ohio, Roosterheads Lysimachia quadrifolia Whorled Loosestrife
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 viorna Leather Vasevine, Leather Flower, Vasevine Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower, Devil's Darning Needles, Old Man's Beard Delphinium tricorne Dwarf Larkspur, Spring Larkspur 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 Trautvetteria caroliniensis Tassel Rue, False Bugbane, Carolina Bugbane 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 Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard, Eastern Goatsbeard, Bride's Feathers 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 Porteranthus trifoliatus Bowman's Root, False Ipecac, Fawn's Breath, Dropwort, Indian Hippo Potentilla canadensis Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Common Cinquefoil, Decumbent Five-finger, Old Field Cinquefoil Prunus americana American Plum, Wild Plum 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
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 Houstonia pusilla Tiny Bluet, Small Bluet, Least Bluet Houstonia serpyllifolia Creeping Bluet, Mountain Bluet, Thymeleaf Bluet, Appalachian Bluet, Michaux's Bluets Mitchella repens Partridgeberry, Partridge Berry, Sqaw Vine, Eyeberry
Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family	Astilbe biternata Appalachian False Goat's Beard, False Goatsbeard, Heuchera villosa Mapleleaf Alumroot, Hairy Alum Root, Rough Heuchera Micranthes micranthidifolia Brook Lettuce, Mountain Lettuce, Branch Lettuce, Lettuceleaf Saxifrage, Deer Tongue Micranthes petiolaris Michaux's Saxifrage, Mountain Saxifrage Micranthes virginiensis Early Saxifrage, Virginia Saxifrage, Everlasting, Lungwort, Sweet Wilson 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
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 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
Styracaceae - Storax family	Halesia tetraptera Mountain Silverbell, Carolina Silverbell, 4-wing Silverbell
Verbenaceae - Verbena family	Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry, French Mulberry Verbena urticifolia White Vervain, Nettle-leaf Verbena
Violaceae - Violet family	Hybanthus concolor Green Violet, Eastern Greenviolet Viola bicolor Field Pansy, Wild Pansy, Johnny Jump-up Viola blanda Sweet White Violet Viola canadensis Canada Violet Viola hastata Halberdleaf Yellow Violet, Halberd Leaf Yellow 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 Viola tripartita Three-parted Yellow Violet, Threepart Violet, Wedge-leaf Yellow Violet

Number of Families represented 79

Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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