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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 ↓

pink lady's slipper 1
Cypripedium acaule
large twayblade 2
Liparis liliifolia
crane-fly orchid 3
Tipularia discolor
putty root 4
Aplectrum hyemale
Fall Coral-Root 4
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
nodding ladies' tresses 5
Spiranthes cernua
Slender Ladies' Tresses 4
Spiranthes lacera
downy rattlesnake plantain 6
Goodyera pubescens
small green wood orchid 4
Platanthera clavellata
showy orchis 7
Galearis spectabilis
Large Whorled Pogonia 8
Isotria verticillata
false Solomon's-seal 9
Maianthemum racemosum
Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass 10
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
yellow star grass 11
Hypoxis hirsuta
yellow trout lily 12
Erythronium americanum
Carolina lily 13
Lilium michauxii
devil's bit 14
Chamaelirium luteum
perfoliate bellwort 15
Uvularia perfoliata
broadleaf arrowhead 11
Sagittaria latifolia
Jack-in-the-pulpit 16
Arisaema triphyllum
eastern skunk cabbage 17
Symplocarpus foetidus
Asiatic dayflower 18
Commelina communis
pickerelweed 19
Pontederia cordata
White-tubed Colicroot 14
Aletris farinosa

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