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 ↓

showy orchis ¹
Galearis spectabilis

Large Whorled Pogonia ²
Isotria verticillata

false Solomon's-seal ³
Maianthemum racemosum

Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass ⁴
Sisyrinchium mucronatum

yellow star grass ⁵
Hypoxis hirsuta

yellow trout lily ⁶
Erythronium americanum

Carolina lily ⁷
Lilium michauxii

devil's bit ⁸
Chamaelirium luteum

perfoliate bellwort ⁹
Uvularia perfoliata

broadleaf arrowhead ⁵
Sagittaria latifolia

Jack-in-the-pulpit ¹⁰
Arisaema triphyllum

eastern skunk cabbage ¹¹
Symplocarpus foetidus

Asiatic dayflower ¹²
Commelina communis

pickerelweed ¹³
Pontederia cordata

White-tubed Colicroot ⁸
Aletris farinosa

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Wildflowers of Central Virginia

showy orchis 1 Galearis spectabilis

Large Whorled Pogonia 2 Isotria verticillata

false Solomon's-seal 3 Maianthemum racemosum

Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass 4 Sisyrinchium mucronatum

yellow star grass 5 Hypoxis hirsuta

yellow trout lily 6 Erythronium americanum

Carolina lily 7 Lilium michauxii

devil's bit 8 Chamaelirium luteum

perfoliate bellwort 9 Uvularia perfoliata

broadleaf arrowhead 5 Sagittaria latifolia

Jack-in-the-pulpit 10 Arisaema triphyllum

eastern skunk cabbage 11 Symplocarpus foetidus

Asiatic dayflower 12 Commelina communis

pickerelweed 13 Pontederia cordata

White-tubed Colicroot 8 Aletris farinosa