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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 ↓

threelobe beggarticks 1
Bidens comosa
swamp beggarticks 2
Bidens discoidea
devil's beggarticks 3
Bidens frondosa
lobed coreopsis 4
Coreopsis auriculata
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 5
Coreopsis lanceolata
plains coreopsis 6
Coreopsis tinctoria
tall coreopsis 7
Coreopsis tripteris
Whorled Coreopsis 8
Coreopsis verticillata
Green-and-gold 9
Chrysogonum virginianum
Purpledisk Sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens
pale sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus
woodland sunflower 10
Helianthus divaricatus
giant sunflower 11
Helianthus giganteus
harsh sunflower 12
Helianthus strumosus
Jerusalem artichoke 13
Helianthus tuberosus
black-eyed Susan 14
Rudbeckia hirta
wingstem 15
Verbesina alternifolia
Yellow Crownbeard 16
Verbesina occidentalis
wild quinine 10
Parthenium integrifolium
common sneezeweed 17
Helenium autumnale
Southern Sneezeweed 18
Helenium flexuosum
cardinal flower 19
Lobelia cardinalis
Southern Lobelia
Lobelia georgiana
Indian tobacco 20
Lobelia inflata
downy lobelia 12
Lobelia puberula
great blue lobelia 7
Lobelia siphilitica
pale-spiked lobelia 21
Lobelia spicata
clasping Venus's looking glass 22
Triodanis perfoliata
wild geranium 23
Geranium maculatum
Narrow-leaved Sundrops 15
Oenothera fruticosa
great mullein 24
Verbascum thapsus
smooth yellow false foxglove
Aureolaria flava
Appalachian oak-leech 25
Aureolaria laevigata
fern-leaved false foxglove 26
Aureolaria pedicularia
downy yellow false foxglove 27
Aureolaria virginica
purple false foxglove 12
Agalinis purpurea
slender false foxglove 26
Agalinis tenuifolia
common dittany
Cunila origanoides
lyreleaf sage 28
Salvia lyrata
wild bergamot 29
Monarda fistulosa
common selfheal 30
Prunella vulgaris
Helmet skullcap 31
Scutellaria integrifolia
side-flowering skullcap 32
Scutellaria lateriflora
Showy Skullcap 33
Scutellaria serrata
henbit deadnettle 34
Lamium amplexicaule
red deadnettle 35
Lamium purpureum
Hoary Mountainmint 36
Pycnanthemum incanum
narrowleaf mountainmint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Carolina Wild Petunia 37
Ruellia caroliniensis
white turtlehead 38
Chelone glabra
Allegheny monkeyflower 19
Mimulus ringens
American lopseed 39
Phryma leptostachya
bloodroot 40
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 41
Dicentra cucullaria
Pale Corydalis 42
Corydalis flavula
red columbine 43
Aquilegia canadensis
rue anemone 44
Thalictrum thalictroides
Curlyheads 45
Clematis ochroleuca
autumn clematis 46
Clematis terniflora
virgin's-bower 47
Clematis virginiana
round-lobed hepatica 37
Anemone americana
black cohosh 48
Actaea racemosa
mayapple 49
Podophyllum peltatum
Carolina horse-nettle 25
Solanum carolinense
wild potato vine 50
Ipomoea pandurata
wild carrot 51
Daucus carota
hairy angelica 52
Angelica venenosa
dwarf ginseng 53
Panax trifolius
swamp rose mallow 54
Hibiscus moscheutos
Le Conte's Violet 18
Viola affinis
American Field Pansy 55
Viola bicolor
Canada violet 56
Viola canadensis
marsh blue violet 10
Viola cucullata
common blue violet 57
Viola sororia
cream violet 58
Viola striata
flowering spurge 59
Euphorbia corollata
common St. John's-wort 60
Hypericum perforatum
St. Andrews Cross 61
Hypericum hypericoides
Virginia bluebells 62
Mertensia virginica
Virginia heartleaf 63
Hexastylis virginica
violet woodsorrel 63
Oxalis violacea
slender yellow woodsorrel 64
Oxalis dillenii
upright yellow woodsorrel 65
Oxalis stricta
Slender toothwort 66
Cardamine angustata
bulbous cress 67
Cardamine bulbosa
cut-leaved toothwort 33
Cardamine concatenata
hairy bittercress 68
Cardamine hirsuta
bitter wintercress 69
Barbarea vulgaris
American alumroot 12
Heuchera americana
heartleaf foamflower 48
Tiarella cordifolia
Virginia saxifrage 16
Micranthes virginiensis

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