Common Spring Wildflowers of Virginia

This field guide has a few of the beautiful spring wildflowers one can find in Virginia.

Trout Lily

Erythronium americanum (Trout lily, Yellow trout lily, Yellow dogtooth violet) is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Liliaceae.

Wake-Robin

Trillium erectum, also known as wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium,Beth root, or stinking Benjamin, is a species of flowering plant native to the east and north-east of North America. It is a Spring ephemeral, an herbaceous perennial whose life-cycle is synchronised with that of the deciduous forests where it lives.

lesser yellow lady's slipper

Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as Yellow Lady's Slipper, Mocassin Flower, or Hairy Yellow Ladyslipper is a Lady's Slipper orchid found in North America.

Edited by Marie Studer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)