Wildflowers of the United States

USWildflowers Family List for Kentucky 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
Agavaceae - Agave family	Manfreda virginica Eastern Agave, Virginian Agave, Eastern False Aloe, Rattlesnake-master
Alismataceae - Water-plantain family	Sagittaria latifolia Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead
Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family	Allium canadense Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic Allium cernuum Nodding Wild Onion, Nodding Onion, Allegheny Onion Nothoscordum bivalve False Garlic, Crowpoison
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
Apiaceae - Carrot family	Angelica triquinata Mountain Angelica, Filmy Angelica Daucus carota Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Erigenia bulbosa Harbinger-of-Spring, Pepper and Salt 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 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 Torilis arvensis Spreading Hedge Parsley, Field Hedge Parsley, Common Hedge Parsley
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 Asclepias viridis Antelope-Horn Milkweed, Green Antelopehorn, Spider Milkweed, Green Milkweed Vinca major Bigleaf Periwinkle, Large Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle 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
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 Antennaria solitaria Solitary Pussytoes, Singlehead Pussytoes Anthemis cotula Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Arnoglossum reniforme Great Indian Plantain Astranthium integrifolium Western Daisy, Entireleaf Western Daisy, Eastern Western Daisy 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 Chrysogonum virginianum Green and Gold Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Golden Aster Cichorium intybus Chicory Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle Conoclinium coelestinum Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Mistflower Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis major Greater Tickseed, Whorled Leaf Coreopsis, Forest Tickseed Coreopsis pubescens Hairy Coreopsis, Hairy Tickseed, Star Tickseed Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower Echinacea simulata Wavyleaf Purple Coneflower, Prairie Purple Coneflower, Glade 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 fistulosum Hollow Joe Pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Tubular Thoroughwort, Hollow-stemmed Joe-pye-weed Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Purple Boneset, Spotted Trumpetweed Eutrochium steelei Appalachian Joe Pye Weed, Steele's Eupatorium, Steele's Joe Pye Weed Grindelia squarrosa Curlycup Gumweed, Curlytop Gumweed Helenium amarum Bitterweed, Bitter Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks Helenium autumnale Autumn Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, False Sunflower, Staggerwort, Yellow Star Helenium flexuosum Purple-headed Sneezeweed, Purplehead Sneezeweed Helianthus angustifolius Swamp Sunflower, Narrow-leaf Sunflower Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol Helianthus atrorubens Purpledisk sunflower, Appalachian 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 Krigia dandelion Potato Dandelion, Potato Dwarfdandelion, Colonial Dwarf-dandelion Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce Lactuca floridana Woodland Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, False 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 Packera anonyma Small's Ragwort, Appalachian Ragwort, Southern Ragwort, Plain Ragwort Packera glabella Butterweed, Yellowtop, Cressleaf Groundsel, Floodplain 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 Ratibida pinnata Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Grayhead Coneflower 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 Silphium pinnatifidum Cutleaf Rosinweed, Cutleaf Prairie Dock, Tansy Rosinweed, Southern Dock Silphium trifoliatum Whorled Rosinweed, Three-leaved Rosinweed 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 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 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 Jeffersonia diphylla Twinleaf, Helmet Pod, Ground Squirrel Pea 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 officinale Houndstongue, Hound's Tongue, Gypsyflower Cynoglossum virginianum Wild Comfrey, Wild Hound's-tongue, Blue Houndstongue Lithospermum canescens Hoary Puccoon, Orange Puccoon, Indian Paint Lithospermum tuberosum Southern Stoneseed, Tuberous Stoneseed, Tuberous Gromwell Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells
Brassicaceae - Mustard family	Boechera laevigata Smooth Rockcress, Common Smooth Rock Cress Cardamine angustata Slender Toothwort Cardamine concatenata Cutleaf Toothwort Cardamine dissecta Forkleaf Toothwort, Thread Leafed Toothwort, Fineleaf 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 Leavenworthia exigua Tennessee Gladecress, Least Glade-cress, Pasture Gladecress, Kentucky Gladecress
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 Campanulastrum americanum Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower, Scarlet Lobelia Lobelia gattingeri Gattinger's 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 flava Yellow Honeysuckle, Pale Yellow Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima Sweet Breath of Spring, Fragrant Honeysuckle, Winter Honeysuckle, January Jasmine 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 Mononeuria patula Lime Barren Sandwort, Glade Sandwort, Pitcher's Stitchwort Saponaria officinalis Bouncing Bet, Common Soapwort, Crow Soap, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed Silene latifolia White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis Silene regia Royal Catchfly Silene rotundifolia Roundleaf Catchfly Silene stellata Starry Campion, Widow's Frill Silene virginica Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly Stellaria media Common Chickweed Stellaria pubera Star Chickweed Vaccaria hispanica Cowcockle, Cow Soapwort, Cowherb
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	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 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 Cornus foemina Stiff Dogwood, Southern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood
Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family	Hylotelephium telephioides Allegheny Stonecrop, Allegheny Live-for-ever Sedum pulchellum Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Widowscross, Lime Stonecrop, Pink Stonecrop 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 Eriophorum virginicum Virginia Cottongrass, Tawny Cottongrass, Rusty Cotton Grass
Diapensiaceae - Diapensia family	Galax urceolata Beetleweed, Galax, Wandplant, Wandflower, Coltsfoot
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 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 Pyrola americana American Wintergreen, Round-leaved Pyrola, Rounded Shinleaf Rhododendron calendulaceum Flame Azalea Rhododendron canescens Florida Pinxter, Mountain Azalea, Pink Azalea, Hoary 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 cyathophora Wild Poinsettia, Mexican Fireplant, Fire on the Mountain, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia Euphorbia marginata Snow-on-the-Mountain, Mountain Snow Spurge 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 Centrosema virginianum Spurred Butterfly Pea, Climbing Butterfly Pea, Wild Blue Vine, Virginia Centro, Butterflypea Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant 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 Desmanthus illinoensis Prairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus 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 Mimosa microphylla Sensitive Briar, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar Orbexilum pedunculatum Sampson's Snakeroot, False Scurf-pea 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 incarnatum Crimson Clover, Italian Clover Trifolium pratense Red Clover, Cowgrass Trifolium repens White Clover Vicia caroliniana Wood Vetch, Carolina Vetch, Pale Vetch
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	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	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
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
Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family	Hypericum dolabriforme Glade St. John's Wort; Straggling St. Johnswort Hypericum frondosum Cedarglade St. Johnswort, Golden St. Johnswort, Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum gentianoides Pineweed, Orangegrass 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 domestica Blackberry Lily, Leopard Flower, Leopard Lily 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	Clinopodium glabellum Glade Savory, Glade Calamint, Glade Wild Basil, Ozark Calamint Collinsonia verticillata Whorled Horsebalm, Early Stoneroot 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 Salvia urticifolia Nettleleaf Sage, Wild Sage Scutellaria elliptica Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria integrifolia Helmet Flower, Hissopleaf Skullcap, Helmet Skullcap, Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria ovata Heartleaf 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	Camassia scilloides Wild Hyacinth; Atlantic Camas 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 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 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 flexipes White Trillium, Nodding Wakerobin, Bent White Trillium, Bent Trillium, Drooping Trillium, Declined Trillium Trillium grandiflorum Large-Flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Trillium Trillium luteum Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin Trillium sessile Toadshade Trillium Trillium sulcatum Southern Red Trillium, Barksdale Trillium, Furrowed Wakerobin 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
Loganiaceae - Logania family	Spigelia marilandica Indian Pink, Woodland Pinkroot, Worm grass
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	Amianthium muscitoxicum Fly Poison, Stagger Grass Chamaelirium luteum Fairy Wand, Devil's Bit, False Unicorn Root, Blazing Star, Grubroot, Squirrel Tail, Rattlesnake-root Stenanthium leimanthoides Pine Barren Death Camas
Melastomataceae - Melastome family	Rhexia mariana Maryland Meadow Beauty, Pale Meadow Beauty
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
Oleaceae - Olive family	Chionanthus virginicus Fringe-tree, White Fringetree, Old Man's Beard, Grancy graybeard
Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family	Gaura filipes Slenderstalk Beeblossom, Slender Gaura, Threadstalk Gaura Ludwigia alternifolia Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose Ludwigia decurrens Wingleaf Primrose-willow, Wingstem Water Primrose, Willow Primrose, Upright Primrose-willow Ludwigia peploides Creeping Water Primrose, Floating Primrose-Willow, 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 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 Listera australis Southern Twayblade 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 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 Buchnera americana Blue Hearts, American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts Castilleja coccinea Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush, Painted Cup, Prairie Fire Conopholis americana Squawroot, Bear's Purge, Bear Corn Dasistoma macrophylla Mullein Foxglove, Mullein Seymeria 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 grandis Large Yellow Wood Sorrel, Great Yellow Wood-Sorrel Oxalis macrantha Price's Wood Sorrel, Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel 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 Stylophorum diphyllum Wood Poppy, Celandine Poppy
Passifloraceae - Passion-flower family	Passiflora incarnata Purple Passionflower, Maypop
Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family	Mazus pumilus Japanese Mazus Mimulus alatus Sharpwing Monkey Flower, Winged Monkeyflower Phryma leptostachya Lopseed, American Lopseed
Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed family	Phytolacca americana American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet
Plantaginaceae - Plantain family	Collinsia verna Blue Eyed Mary, Spring Blue-eyed Mary, Eastern Blue Eyed Mary, Innocence, Lady-by-the-Lake Linaria vulgaris Butter-and-eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon 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 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	Phlox amoena Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox Phlox bifida Cleft Phlox, Glade Phlox, Ten-point Phlox, Sand Phlox, Starry Cleft 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 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	Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star, Prairie Pointers, Eastern Shooting Star, Pride of Ohio, Roosterheads Lysimachia quadrifolia Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia tonsa Appalachian Loosestrife, Southern Yellow Loosestrife, Southern 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 terniflora Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virginsbower, Leatherleaf Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis Clematis viorna Leather Vasevine, Leather Flower, Vasevine Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower, Devil's Darning Needles, Old Man's Beard Delphinium carolinianum Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur, Glade Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Pine Woods Larkspur 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 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 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 Sherardia arvensis Field Madder, blue fieldmadder, Spurwort
Sapindaceae - Soapberry family	Cardiospermum halicacabum Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed
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	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
Styracaceae - Storax family	Halesia tetraptera Mountain Silverbell, Carolina Silverbell, 4-wing Silverbell
Verbenaceae - Verbena family	Glandularia canadensis Rose Vervain, Rose Mock Vervain, Rose Verbena, Sweet William, Clump Verbena Phyla lanceolata Fogfruit, Lanceleaf Fogfruit, Northern Fogfruit Verbena simplex Narrowleaf Vervain, Simple Verbena 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 egglestonii Glade Violet, Eggleston's 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 93

Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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