Wildflowers of Central Virginia

This guide is a working list of wildflowers found around the Farmville area of central Virginia. The list includes mostly common, small to large herbaceous plants that flower at some time throughout the year and excludes most vines, shrubs, and trees. The guide area currently encompasses the ...more ↓

Pigeonwings ¹
Clitoria mariana

white clover ²
Trifolium repens

naked-flowered tick-trefoil ³
Hylodesmum nudiflorum

broad-leaved sweet pea ⁴
Lathyrus latifolius

Pencilflower ⁵
Stylosanthes viscosa

goat's rue ⁶
Tephrosia virginiana

Virginia strawberry ⁷
Fragaria virginiana

white avens ⁸
Geum canadense

swamp agrimony ⁹
Agrimonia parviflora

downy agrimony ¹⁰
Agrimonia pubescens

Beaked Agrimony ¹¹
Agrimonia rostellata

pinesap ¹²
Monotropa hypopitys

Indian pipe ¹³
Monotropa uniflora

American wintergreen ¹⁴
Pyrola americana

spotted wintergreen ¹⁵
Chimaphila maculata

pipsissewa ¹⁶
Chimaphila umbellata

trailing arbutus ¹⁵
Epigaea repens

common jewelweed ¹⁷
Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed ¹⁸
Impatiens pallida

clasping milkweed ¹⁹
Asclepias amplexicaulis

swamp milkweed ²⁰
Asclepias incarnata

common milkweed ²¹
Asclepias syriaca

butterfly milkweed ²²
Asclepias tuberosa

lesser periwinkle ²³
Vinca minor

partridgeberry ²⁴
Mitchella repens

azure bluet ²⁵
Houstonia caerulea

Rosepink ²⁶
Sabatia angularis

pennywort ²⁷
Obolaria virginica

eastern prickly pear ²⁸
Opuntia humifusa

star chickweed ²⁹
Stellaria pubera

common soapwort ³⁰
Saponaria officinalis

deptford pink ³¹
Dianthus armeria

Wild Pink ³²
Silene caroliniana

fire pink ³³
Silene virginica

Virginia spring beauty ³⁴
Claytonia virginica

strawberry bush ³⁵
Euonymus americanus

field thistle ²²
Cirsium discolor

pasture thistle ³⁶
Cirsium pumilum

bull thistle ³⁷
Cirsium vulgare

spotted knapweed ³⁸
Centaurea stoebe

chicory ³⁹
Cichorium intybus

common dandelion ⁴⁰
Taraxacum officinale

Hairy Hawkweed ⁴¹
Hieracium gronovii

rattlesnakeweed ⁴²
Hieracium venosum

woodland lettuce
Lactuca floridana

leafy elephant's-foot ⁴³
Elephantopus carolinianus

common elephant's-foot
Elephantopus tomentosus

Broadleaf Ironweed ¹⁵
Vernonia glauca

New York ironweed ⁴⁴
Vernonia noveboracensis

blue mistflower ⁴⁵
Conoclinium coelestinum

scaly blazing star ⁴⁶
Liatris squarrosa

white boneset ⁴⁷
Eupatorium album

tall boneset ⁴⁸
Eupatorium altissimum

dogfennel ⁴⁹
Eupatorium capillifolium

Godfrey's thoroughwort ⁵⁰
Eupatorium godfreyanum

hyssopleaf thoroughwort ⁵¹
Eupatorium hyssopifolium

common boneset ²⁹
Eupatorium perfoliatum

rough boneset
Eupatorium pilosum

roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium pubescens

round-leaved boneset ⁵¹
Eupatorium rotundifolium

late boneset ⁵²
Eupatorium serotinum

upland boneset ⁵³
Eupatorium sessilifolium

Torrey's Eupatorium
Eupatorium torreyanum

white snakeroot ⁵⁴
Ageratina altissima

smaller white snakeroot
Ageratina aromatica

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed ¹⁷
Eutrochium fistulosum

woman's tobacco ⁵⁵
Antennaria plantaginifolia

common yarrow ⁵⁶
Achillea millefolium

oxeye daisy ³⁰
Leucanthemum vulgare

late goldenrod ⁸
Solidago altissima

cut-leaf goldenrod ⁵⁷
Solidago arguta

silverrod ⁵⁸
Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod ⁸
Solidago caesia

slender goldenrod
Solidago erecta

broad-leaved goldenrod ⁸
Solidago flexicaulis

giant goldenrod ⁵⁹
Solidago gigantea

early goldenrod ⁴¹
Solidago juncea

Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago odora

Small's Goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod ⁶⁰
Solidago rugosa

showy goldenrod ⁶¹
Solidago speciosa

Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis nemoralis

annual fleabane ⁶²
Erigeron annuus

robin's-plantain ⁶³
Erigeron pulchellus

daisy fleabane ⁸
Erigeron strigosus

White Wood Aster ⁴⁴
Eurybia divaricata

Eastern Silver Aster ⁶⁴
Symphyotrichum concolor

Common Blue Wood Aster ⁴⁴
Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Bushy Aster ⁶⁵
Symphyotrichum dumosum

Largeflower Aster
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum

calico aster ⁶⁶
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

late purple aster ⁴²
Symphyotrichum patens

hairy white oldfield aster ⁶⁷
Symphyotrichum pilosum

swamp aster ⁶⁸
Symphyotrichum puniceum

wavy-leaf aster ⁶⁹
Symphyotrichum undulatum

toothed white-topped aster
Sericocarpus asteroides

bear's foot ²
Smallanthus uvedalia

tickseed beggar-ticks
Bidens aristosa

Spanish needles ⁷⁰
Bidens bipinnata

Nodding Beggarticks ⁷¹
Bidens cernua

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Wildflowers of Central Virginia

Pigeonwings 1 Clitoria mariana

white clover 2 Trifolium repens

naked-flowered tick-trefoil 3 Hylodesmum nudiflorum

broad-leaved sweet pea 4 Lathyrus latifolius

Pencilflower 5 Stylosanthes viscosa

goat's rue 6 Tephrosia virginiana

Virginia strawberry 7 Fragaria virginiana

white avens 8 Geum canadense

swamp agrimony 9 Agrimonia parviflora

downy agrimony 10 Agrimonia pubescens

Beaked Agrimony 11 Agrimonia rostellata

pinesap 12 Monotropa hypopitys

Indian pipe 13 Monotropa uniflora

American wintergreen 14 Pyrola americana

spotted wintergreen 15 Chimaphila maculata

pipsissewa 16 Chimaphila umbellata

trailing arbutus 15 Epigaea repens

common jewelweed 17 Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed 18 Impatiens pallida

clasping milkweed 19 Asclepias amplexicaulis

swamp milkweed 20 Asclepias incarnata

common milkweed 21 Asclepias syriaca

butterfly milkweed 22 Asclepias tuberosa

lesser periwinkle 23 Vinca minor

partridgeberry 24 Mitchella repens

azure bluet 25 Houstonia caerulea

Rosepink 26 Sabatia angularis

pennywort 27 Obolaria virginica

eastern prickly pear 28 Opuntia humifusa

star chickweed 29 Stellaria pubera

common soapwort 30 Saponaria officinalis

deptford pink 31 Dianthus armeria

Wild Pink 32 Silene caroliniana

fire pink 33 Silene virginica

Virginia spring beauty 34 Claytonia virginica

strawberry bush 35 Euonymus americanus

field thistle 22 Cirsium discolor

pasture thistle 36 Cirsium pumilum

bull thistle 37 Cirsium vulgare

spotted knapweed 38 Centaurea stoebe

chicory 39 Cichorium intybus

common dandelion 40 Taraxacum officinale

Hairy Hawkweed 41 Hieracium gronovii

rattlesnakeweed 42 Hieracium venosum

woodland lettuce Lactuca floridana

leafy elephant's-foot 43 Elephantopus carolinianus

common elephant's-foot Elephantopus tomentosus

Broadleaf Ironweed 15 Vernonia glauca

New York ironweed 44 Vernonia noveboracensis

blue mistflower 45 Conoclinium coelestinum

scaly blazing star 46 Liatris squarrosa

white boneset 47 Eupatorium album

tall boneset 48 Eupatorium altissimum

dogfennel 49 Eupatorium capillifolium

Godfrey's thoroughwort 50 Eupatorium godfreyanum

hyssopleaf thoroughwort 51 Eupatorium hyssopifolium

common boneset 29 Eupatorium perfoliatum

rough boneset Eupatorium pilosum

roundleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium pubescens

round-leaved boneset 51 Eupatorium rotundifolium

late boneset 52 Eupatorium serotinum

upland boneset 53 Eupatorium sessilifolium

Torrey's Eupatorium Eupatorium torreyanum

white snakeroot 54 Ageratina altissima

smaller white snakeroot Ageratina aromatica

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed 17 Eutrochium fistulosum

woman's tobacco 55 Antennaria plantaginifolia

common yarrow 56 Achillea millefolium

oxeye daisy 30 Leucanthemum vulgare

late goldenrod 8 Solidago altissima

cut-leaf goldenrod 57 Solidago arguta

silverrod 58 Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod 8 Solidago caesia

slender goldenrod Solidago erecta

broad-leaved goldenrod 8 Solidago flexicaulis

giant goldenrod 59 Solidago gigantea

early goldenrod 41 Solidago juncea

Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora

Small's Goldenrod Solidago pinetorum