Aug 07 2013
Seaside Buckwheat[Eriogonum latifolium] found near the Point Vincente Interpretive Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on 7 August 2013. It’s a member of the Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family. The Daily Breeze, 10 August 2013, page D4, states that this shrub is “a widely encountered native plant” and “Buckwheat is known as a pseudograin since, although it is …
Aug 07 2013
Bristly Oxtongue[Picris echioides] found in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on 7 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Donald Moore Gales’ Handbook of Wildflowers, Weeds, Wildlife, and Weather of the South Bay and Palos Verdes Peninsula, page 168, states that it blooms from March to winter and is a common weed in …
Aug 04 2013
Japanese Meadowsweet [Spiraea japonica] found on the Mountains-to-Sea trail near the old Rattlesnake Lodge off Blue Ridge Parkway on 4 August 2013. It’s a shrub that’s a member of the Rose (Rosaceae) family. The National Park Service states that it was introduced from Asia as an ornamental plant and is extremely invasive. USDA Plants Listing: …
Aug 02 2013
Common Plantain[Plantago major] found off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Folk Art Center, on 2 August 2013. It’s a member of the Plantain (Plantaginaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 398-399 states that it blooms from spring to fall and is an “abundant weed of lawns, waste places and roadsides.” USDA Plants Listing: Plantago major …
Aug 02 2013
Shaggy Soldier or Quickweed[Galinsoga quadriradiata] found off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Folk Art Center, on 2 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 284-285 states that it blooms in summer and fall and is a “common weed of gardens.” It also names it just “Galinsoga” and …
Aug 02 2013
Small Woodland Sunflower [Helianthus microcephalus] found off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Folk Art Center, on 2 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 390-391 states that it blooms in summer and fall in moist thickets. USDA Plants Listing: Helianthus microcephalus
Aug 01 2013
Beaked Agrimony[Agrimonia rostellata] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway in South Asheville, just off the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 1 August 2013. It’s a member of the Rose (Rosaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 236-237 states that it blooms in summer and early fall in woods and thickets. USDA Plants Listing: Agrimonia rostellata
Jul 27 2013
Shrubby St. Johnswort [Hypericum prolificum] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway in South Asheville, just off the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 27 July 2013. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 294-295 states that it blooms in summer and can be found in pastures and on rocky slopes and it also lists it under its older synonym Hypericum spathulatum. …
Jul 25 2013
American Cancer-Root [Conopholis americana] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 437, along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 25 July 2013. It’s a member of the Broom-rape (Orobanchaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 18-19, says its yellow flowers bloom in late spring and is a “parasite on tree roots, especially oaks.” The guide lists it’s older …
Jul 25 2013
Green-Headed Coneflower or Cutleaf Coneflower[Rudbeckia laciniata] found near mile marker 437 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Glassy Mine Overlook, on 25 July 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 376-377, says it blooms in summer and fall in swamps and moist thickets. USDA Plants Listing: https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=RULA3
