Wildflowers of the United States

USWildflowers Family List for Oregon Click on the Family name for thumbnails of member species. Click on the species name for plant detail page w/photos
Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family	Sambucus nigra ssp cerulea Western Blue Elder, Blue Elderberry Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry, Red Elder, Rocky Mountain Elder, Scarlet Elderberry
Alismataceae - Water-plantain family	Sagittaria latifolia Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead
Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family	Allium acuminatum Tapertip Onion, Hooker's Onion Allium cernuum Nodding Wild Onion, Nodding Onion, Allegheny Onion Allium simillimum Simil Onion, Dwarf Onion
Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family	Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Squawbush, Skunkbush, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac, Scarlet Sumac Toxicodendron rydbergii Western Poison Ivy, Northern Poison Ivy
Apiaceae - Carrot family	Daucus carota Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Heracleum maximum American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip Torilis arvensis Spreading Hedge Parsley, Field Hedge Parsley, Common Hedge Parsley
Apocynaceae - Dogbane family	Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed, Silkweed Vinca major Bigleaf Periwinkle, Large Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle
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 Anthemis cotula Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Balsamorhiza sagittata Arrowleaf Balsamroot Bidens pilosa Shepherd's Needles ,Spanish Needles, Romerillo, Common Beggar's-tick, Hairy Beggarticks, Cobbler's Pegs Blepharipappus scaber Rough Eyelashweed, Blepharipappus, Rough Blepharipappus Carduus nutans Bristle Thistle, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle, Nodding Plumeless Thistle Centaurea cyanus Bachelor's Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Chaenactis douglasii Dusty Maidens, Douglas' Dustymaiden, Chaenactis, Douglas False Yarrow Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Oxeye Daisy Cichorium intybus Chicory Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis Crepis intermedia Limestone Hawksbeard, Smallflower Hawksbeard Erigeron annuus Eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron bloomeri Scabland Fleabane, Bloomer's Daisy, Bloomer's Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron strigosus Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane Grindelia squarrosa Curlycup Gumweed, Curlytop Gumweed Helenium autumnale Autumn Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, False Sunflower, Staggerwort, Yellow Star Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke, Jerusalem Sunflower, Sunchoke, Girasole Hieracium aurantiacum Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush Hypochaeris radicata Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce Matricaria discoidea Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy 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 Tridax procumbens Coatbuttons, Tridax Daisy, Tridax, Cadillo Chisaca Wyethia helianthoides White Mule's Ears, White Wyethia, White-rayed Wyethia
Berberidaceae - Barberry family	Mahonia repens Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping Barberry
Boraginaceae - Borage family	Amsinckia menziesii Common Fiddleneck, Menzie's Fiddleneck, Rancher's Fiddleneck Cynoglossum officinale Houndstongue, Hound's Tongue, Gypsyflower Echium vulgare Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed, Blue Devil, Blue Borage, Common Echium Lithospermum ruderale Western Stoneseed, Columbia Puccoon, Yellow Puccoon
Brassicaceae - Mustard family	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 Stanleya pinnata Desert Prince's Plume, Golden Prince's Plume, Golden Desert Plume, Sentinel Of The Plains Streptanthus cordatus Heartleaf Twistflower, Heart-Leaved Jewelflower
Campanulaceae - Bellflower family	Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell, Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Blue Rain Flower, Heathbells, Witches Thimbles Triodanis perfoliata Venus' Looking Glass, Clasping Bellwort, Clasping Venus' Looking Glass, Roundleaved Triodanis
Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family	Lonicera utahensis Utah Honeysuckle, Red Twinberry, and Fly Honeysuckle Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry, Upright Snowberry
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 Stellaria media Common Chickweed Vaccaria hispanica Cowcockle, Cow Soapwort, Cowherb
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
Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family	Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed
Cornaceae - Dogwood family	Cornus canadensis Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood
Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family	Sedum leibergii Leiberg Stonecrop Sedum stenopetalum Wormleaf Stonecrop, Narrow-leaved Sedum
Cuscutaceae - Dodder family	Cuscuta gronovii Dodder Vine, Scaldweed
Cyperaceae - Sedge family	Cyperus strigosus False Nutsedge, Strawcolored Flatsedge, Strawcolor Nutgrass
Dipsacaceae - Teasel family	Dipsacus sativus Teasel, Indian Teasel, Fuller's Teasel
Equisetaceae - Horsetail family	Equisetum laevigatum Smooth Horsetail, Smooth Scouring Rush
Ericaceae - Heath family	Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant
Fabaceae - Pea family	Amorpha fruticosa Indigobush, False Indigo Bush, Desert False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush Astragalus canadensis Canada Milkvetch, Little Rattlepod Coronilla varia Crown Vetch, Purple Crown Vetch, Axseed, Hive Vine Lathyrus latifolius Perennial Pea, Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea Lotus corniculatus Bird's Foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch, Bloomfell, Cat's Clover, Crowtoes, Ground Honeysuckle Lupinus argenteus Silvery Lupine, Silver Stem Lupine 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 Thermopsis montana Mountain Goldenbanner, Mountain Thermopsis, False Lupin, Golden pea, Buckbean Trifolium campestre Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil Trifolium eriocephalum Woolly Head Clover, Hairy Head Clover, Cascade Clover, Cusick's Clover, Martin's Clover, Fuzzyleaf Clover Trifolium incarnatum Crimson Clover, Italian Clover Trifolium pratense Red Clover, Cowgrass Trifolium repens White Clover
Fumariaceae - Fumitory family	Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches
Gentianaceae - Gentian family	Gentiana calycosa Explorer's Gentian, Mountain Bog Gentian, Rainier Pleated 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 viscosissimum Sticky Purple Geranium, Sticky Wild Geranium
Hydrangeaceae - Hydrangea family	Philadelphus lewisii Lewis' Mock Orange, Indian Arrowwood, Syringa, California Mock Orange
Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family	Hydrophyllum capitatum Ballhead Waterleaf, Cat's Breeches, Dwarf Waterleaf Phacelia hastata Silverleaf Phacelia, Timberline Phacelia, Mountain Phacelia Phacelia linearis Threadleaf Phacelia, Narrow Leaved Phacelia, Carson's Phacelia, Threadleaf Scorpionweed
Iridaceae - Iris family	Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag Iris, Paleyellow Iris, Yellow Iris, Water Flag
Lamiaceae - Mint family	Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Haymaids, Creeping Charlie Lamium amplexicaule Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle Lamium purpureum Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel Lycopus uniflorus Northern Bugleweed, Northern Water Horehound Monarda didyma Crimson Bee Balm, Scarlet Bergamot, Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Prunella vulgaris Heal-All, Common Selfheal Scutellaria angustifolia Narrowleaf Skullcap, Small-flowered Skullcap Teucrium canadense American Germander, Wood Sage, Canada Germander
Liliaceae - Lily family	Calochortus bruneaunis Bruneau Mariposa Lily, Pinyon Mariposa Camassia quamash Small Camas, Quamash Erythronium grandiflorum Yellow Avalanche Lily, Glacier Lily Fritillaria pudica Yellowbells, Yellow Fritillary, Yellow Missionbells, Gold Bell Hemerocallis fulva Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily 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 Trillium ovatum Western Trillium, Western White Trillium, Pacific Trillium, Oettinger's Trillium Trillium petiolatum Idaho Trillium, Long-petioled Trillium, Purple Trillium, Round Leaf Trillium, Purple Wakerobin Triteleia grandiflora Large-flowered Triplet-lily, Douglas' Brodiaea, Wild Hyacinth
Linaceae - Flax family	Linum lewisii Wild Blue Flax, Lewis Flax, Prairie Flax
Lythraceae - Loosestrife family	Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife, Rosy Strife, Kill Weed
Melanthiaceae - False-Hellebore Family	Toxicoscordion paniculatum Foothill Death Camas, Foothills Deathcamas, Panicled Death Camas, Sand-corn
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 peploides Creeping Water Primrose, Floating Primrose-Willow, Water-primrose Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose, Evening Star, Sun Drop Oenothera pallida Pale Evening Primrose, White Evening Primrose, Pale-Stemmed Evening Primrose
Orchidaceae - Orchid family	Calypso bulbosa Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Venus Slipper, Angel Slipper, Deer's Head Orchid Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow Ladyslipper, Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper, Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, Small Flowered Yellow Lady's Slipper
Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family	Castilleja linariifolia Wyoming Paintbrush, Narrow-leaved Indian Paintbrush, Desert Paintbrush Orobanche uniflora One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape Pedicularis centranthera Dwarf Lousewort, Spring Lousewort, Great Basin Lousewort, Wood Betony
Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family	Oxalis dillenii Slender Yellow Woodsorrel, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Dillen's Oxalis Oxalis oregana Redwood Sorrel, Oregon Wood Sorrel, Oregon Oxalis Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel
Paeoniaceae - Peony family	Paeonia brownii Western Peony
Papaveraceae - Poppy family	Eschscholzia californica California Poppy
Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family	Mazus pumilus Japanese Mazus Mimulus guttatus Yellow Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower Mimulus nanus Dwarf Purple Mimulus, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower
Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed family	Phytolacca americana American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet
Plantaginaceae - Plantain family	Collinsia parviflora Blue-eyed Mary, Maiden Blue Eyed Mary, Smallflower Blue Eyed Mary 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 deustus Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland penstemon, Hot-rock Beardtongue Penstemon payettensis Payette Beardtongue, Payette Penstemon Plantago lanceolata Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain, Ribwort, Buckhorn, Ribgrass Plantago virginica Virginia Plantain, Dwarf Plantain, Southern Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Paleseed Indianwheat Synthyris missurica Tailed Kittentails, Mountain Kittentails, Mountain Kittentoes
Polemoniaceae - Phlox family	Collomia grandiflora Large Flowered Collomia, Grand Collomia, Mountain Collomia Collomia linearis Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet Ipomopsis aggregata Scarlet Gilia, Scarlet Skyrocket, Scarlet Trumpet, Skunk Flower Phlox diffusa Spreading Phlox Polemonium pulcherrimum Showy Jacob's Ladder, Jacob's Ladder, Skunky Polemonium, Skunkleaf Polemonium
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
Pontederiaceae - Pickerelweed Family	Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed, Lanceleaf Pickerelweed, Heartleaf Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush
Portulacaceae - Purslane family	Claytonia lanceolata Lanceleaf Spring Beauty, Western Spring Beauty Claytonia perfoliata Miner's Lettuce, Indian Lettuce, Winter Purslane
Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family	Anemone piperi Piper's Anemone, Windflower Clematis hirsutissima Vase-flower, Sugarbowl, Leather-flower, Hairy Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia Western Clematis, Western White Clematis, Western Virgin's Bower, Creek Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Pepper Vine Clematis occidentalis Western Virgin's Bower, Western Blue Virginsbower, Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis, Purple Virgin's-bower Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus glaberrimus Sagebrush Buttercup, Shiny-leaved Buttercup, Early Buttercup, Elliptical Buttercup Thalictrum occidentale Western Meadow-rue, Western Meadowrue, Meadow Rue Trautvetteria caroliniensis Tassel Rue, False Bugbane, Carolina Bugbane
Rosaceae - Rose family	Agrimonia gryposepala Tall Hairy Agrimony, Common Agrimony, Hooked Agrimony, Tall Hairy Grooveburr Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard, Eastern Goatsbeard, Bride's Feathers Dasiphora fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil, Shrubby Five-finger, Golden Hardhack Duchesnea indica Indian Strawberry, India Mockstrawberry Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Potentilla recta Sulfur Cinquefoil, Roughfruit Cinquefoil Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry Rosa canina Dog Rose, Dog Brier, Common Briar Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose Rosa woodsii Woods Rose, Common Wild Rose, Mountain Rose Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet, Salad burnet, Garden burnet
Rubiaceae - Madder family	Sherardia arvensis Field Madder, blue fieldmadder, Spurwort
Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family	Lithophragma parviflorum Smallflower Woodland-star Mitella stauropetala Smallflower Miterwort, Side-flowered miterwort
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
Solanaceae - Potato family	Datura stramonium Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet Solanum carolinense Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato Solanum dulcamara Climbing Nightshade, Bittersweet Nightshade, Woody Nightshade, European Bittersweet, Fellenwort, Blue Nightshade
Violaceae - Violet family	Viola canadensis Canada Violet Viola lanceolata Lanceleaf Violet, Bog White Violet, Strapleaf Violet Viola purpurea Goosefoot Violet, Goosefoot Yellow Violet, Mountain Violet

Number of Families represented 56

Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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