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 ↓

late goldenrod ¹
Solidago altissima

cut-leaf goldenrod ²
Solidago arguta

silverrod ³
Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod ¹
Solidago caesia

slender goldenrod
Solidago erecta

broad-leaved goldenrod ¹
Solidago flexicaulis

giant goldenrod ⁴
Solidago gigantea

early goldenrod ⁵
Solidago juncea

Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago odora

Small's Goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod ⁶
Solidago rugosa

showy goldenrod ⁷
Solidago speciosa

Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis nemoralis

annual fleabane ⁸
Erigeron annuus

robin's-plantain ⁹
Erigeron pulchellus

daisy fleabane ¹
Erigeron strigosus

White Wood Aster ¹⁰
Eurybia divaricata

Eastern Silver Aster ¹¹
Symphyotrichum concolor

Common Blue Wood Aster ¹⁰
Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Bushy Aster ¹²
Symphyotrichum dumosum

Largeflower Aster
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum

calico aster ¹³
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

late purple aster ¹⁴
Symphyotrichum patens

hairy white oldfield aster ¹⁵
Symphyotrichum pilosum

swamp aster ¹⁶
Symphyotrichum puniceum

wavy-leaf aster ¹⁷
Symphyotrichum undulatum

toothed white-topped aster
Sericocarpus asteroides

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Wildflowers of Central Virginia

late goldenrod 1 Solidago altissima

cut-leaf goldenrod 2 Solidago arguta

silverrod 3 Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod 1 Solidago caesia

slender goldenrod Solidago erecta

broad-leaved goldenrod 1 Solidago flexicaulis

giant goldenrod 4 Solidago gigantea

early goldenrod 5 Solidago juncea

Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora

Small's Goldenrod Solidago pinetorum

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod 6 Solidago rugosa

showy goldenrod 7 Solidago speciosa

Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis nemoralis

annual fleabane 8 Erigeron annuus

robin's-plantain 9 Erigeron pulchellus

daisy fleabane 1 Erigeron strigosus

White Wood Aster 10 Eurybia divaricata

Eastern Silver Aster 11 Symphyotrichum concolor

Common Blue Wood Aster 10 Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Bushy Aster 12 Symphyotrichum dumosum

Largeflower Aster Symphyotrichum grandiflorum

calico aster 13 Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

late purple aster 14 Symphyotrichum patens

hairy white oldfield aster 15 Symphyotrichum pilosum

swamp aster 16 Symphyotrichum puniceum

wavy-leaf aster 17 Symphyotrichum undulatum

toothed white-topped aster Sericocarpus asteroides