North Carolina Wildflowers

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Dicotyledon Families

Buttercups, Poppies, & Relatives

Pipe Vine - Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia macrophylla)
Fragrant Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
Leather Vasevine (Clematis viorna)
Virgin's Bower - Devil's Darning Needles (Clematis virginiana)
Mayapple - Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)

Nettles, Pinks, & Relatives

Carolina Spring Beauty (Claytonia caroliniana)
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
Bouncing Bet - Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
Fire Pink (Silene virginica)
Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
Star Chickweed - Giant Chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)
Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)
Fringed Bindweed (Polygonum cilinode)
Pink Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum)

St. Johnsworts, Mallows, & Sundews

Golden St. Johnswort (Hypericum frondosum)
Pineweed - Orangegrass (Hypericum gentianoides)
Clasping-Leaf St. Johnswort (Hypericum gymnanthum)
Common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)
Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)

Violets & Relatives

Wild Pansy (Viola rafinesquii)
Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)
Halberdleaf Yellow Violet (Viola hastata)
Lanceleaf Violet (Viola lanceolata)
Yellow Woodland Violet (Viola pubescens)
Roundleaf Yellow Violet (Viola rotundifolia)
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Downy Violet (Viola fimbriatula)
Birdfoot Violet (Viola pedata)
Pale Violet - Cream Violet (Viola striata)
Passionflower - Maypops - Passion Vine (Passiflora incarnata)

Mustards

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Winter Cress - Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
Field Mustard - Turnip (Brassica rapa)
Bitter Cress (Cardamine clematitis)
Cutleaf Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)
Honesty - Money Plant (Lunaria annua)

Heaths & Relatives

Mountain Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra acuminata)
Round-Leaved Pyrola (Pyrola rotundifolia)
Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)
Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)
Catawba Rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)

Primroses & Relatives

Galax - Beetleweed (Galax urceolata)
Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris)

Sedums, Saxifrages, & Roses

Wild Stonecrop - Mountain Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
Wild Live-Forever (Sedum telephioides)
Small-Flowered Alumroot (Heuchera parviflora)
Bishop's Cap - Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
Mountain Saxifrage (Saxifraga michauxii)
Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Bowman's Root (Porteranthus trifoliatus)
Dwarf Cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis)
Sulphur Cinquefoil - Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
Carolina Rose - Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)
Purple-Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
Steeplebush - Hardhack (Spiraea tomentosa)
Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica)
Appalachian Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Beans or Peas

Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia)
Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula)
Milk Pea (Lespedeza intermedia)
Sericea (Lespedeza cuneata)
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus)
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Wood Vetch (Vicia caroliniana)
Narrow-Leaved Vetch (Vicia angustifolia)
Smooth Vetch (Vicia dasycarpa)

Evening Primroses & Relatives

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Biennial Gaura (Gaura biennis)
Primrose Willow (Ludwigia decurrens)
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)
Maryland Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana)

Spurges & Relatives

Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

Milkworts & Relatives

New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)

Geraniums & Relatives

Mountain Wood Sorrel (Oxalis montana)
Common Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Spotted Touch-Me-Not - Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Pale Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens pallida)

Ginsengs & Carrots

Mountain Angelica - Filmy Angelica (Angelica triquinata)
Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
Queen Anne's Lace - Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
Hairyjoint Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium barbinode)
Mountain Golden Alexanders (Zizia trifoliata)

Gentians, Milkweeds, & Relatives

Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis)
Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
Bluntleaf Milkweed - Curly Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
Poke Milkweed - Tall Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Fourleaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly Weed - Pleurisy-Root (Asclepias tuberosa)

Morning Glories & Relatives

Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium)
Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense)
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Small Red Morning Glory (Ipomoea coccinea)
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata)
Glade Phacelia (Phacelia dubia)

Mints & Relatives

Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Downy Wood Mint (Blephilia ciliata)
Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Eastern Bergamot (Monarda bradburiana)
Basil Bee Balm (Monarda clinopodia)
Crimson Bee Balm - Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
Heal All - Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
Wild Basil (Satureja vulgaris)
Loomis' Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum loomisii)
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Hyssopleaf Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia)
Southern Showy Skullcap (Scutellaria psudoserrata)
Smooth Hedge Nettle - Common Hedge Nettle (Stachys tenuifolia)
American Germander - Wood Sage (Teucrium canadense)

Figworts & Relatives

Smooth Purple Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea)
Smooth False Foxglove (Aureolaria laevigata)
Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula)
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Cow Wheat (Melampyrum lineare)
Square-Stemmed Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Wood Betony - Forest Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)
Longsepal Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus)
Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Squaw Root - Cancer Root (Conopholis americana)
Bird's-Eye Speedwell (Veronica persica)
Trumpet Creeper - Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans)

Bellflowers & Madders

Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Rough Buttonweed (Diodia teres)
Purple Bluets (Houstonia purpurea)
Quaker Ladies - Innocence (Houstonia caerulea)

Honeysuckles & Relatives

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Witch Hobble - Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides)

Asters or Sunflowers

Yarrow - Milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Plantainleaf Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)
Sweet-Scented Indian Plantain (Cacalia suaveolens)
Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus)
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Pasture Thistle (Cirsium pumilum)
Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)
Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Lobed Tickseed (Coreopsis auriculata)
Whorled Coreopsis (Coreopsis major)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Leafy Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus)
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)
Late-Flowering Thoroughwort (Eupatorium serotinum)
Rabbit Tobacco - Sweet Everlasting (Gnaphalium obtusifolium)
Purple Cudweed (Gamochaeta purpurea)
Autumn Sneezeweed - Common Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Purple-Headed Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum)
King Devil (Hieracium caespitosum)
Rattlesnake Weed (Hieracium venosum)
Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod - Wreath Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)

Monocotyledon Families

Water Plantains & Arums

Broadleaf Arrowhead - Duck Potato (Sagittaria latifolia)
Plantainleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria platyphylla)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit - Indian Turnip (Arisaema triphyllum)

Spiderworts & Relatives

Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

Sedges, Grasses, & Relatives

Frank's Sedge (Carex frankii)
False Nutsedge (Cyperus strigosus)
American Bur Reed (Sparganium americanum)
Common Cattail - Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Cotton-Grass (Eriophorum virginicum)

Lilies, Irises, & Relatives

Colicroot - White Stargrass (Aletris farinosa)
Nodding Wild Onion (Allium cernuum)
Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum)
Fairy Wand - Devil's Bit (Chamaelirium luteum)
Speckled Wood Lily - White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata)
American Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majuscula)
Yellow Mandarin - Fairybells (Disporum lanuginosum)
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
Common Daylily - Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Gray's Lily (Lilium grayi)
Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii)
Turk's-Cap Lily (Lilium superbum)
Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
Bluebottle (Muscari neglectum)
Smooth Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
Solomon's Plume - False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina racemosa)
Hairy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
Red Trillium - Stinking Benjamin (Trillium erectum)
Large-Flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)
Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
Wild Oats - Sessileleaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)
Death Camas (Zigadenus leimanthoides)
Yellow Stargrass (Hypoxis hirsuta)
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata)
Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

Orchids

Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens)
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
Yellow Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera)
Green-Lipped Ladies' Tresses - Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lacera)
Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis)
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