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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 ↓

field thistle 1
Cirsium discolor
pasture thistle 2
Cirsium pumilum
bull thistle 3
Cirsium vulgare
spotted knapweed 4
Centaurea stoebe
chicory 5
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 6
Taraxacum officinale
Hairy Hawkweed 7
Hieracium gronovii
rattlesnakeweed 8
Hieracium venosum
woodland lettuce
Lactuca floridana
leafy elephant's-foot 9
Elephantopus carolinianus
common elephant's-foot
Elephantopus tomentosus
Broadleaf Ironweed 10
Vernonia glauca
New York ironweed 11
Vernonia noveboracensis
blue mistflower 12
Conoclinium coelestinum
scaly blazing star 13
Liatris squarrosa
white boneset 14
Eupatorium album
tall boneset 15
Eupatorium altissimum
dogfennel 16
Eupatorium capillifolium
Godfrey's thoroughwort 17
Eupatorium godfreyanum
hyssopleaf thoroughwort 18
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
common boneset 19
Eupatorium perfoliatum
rough boneset
Eupatorium pilosum
roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium pubescens
round-leaved boneset 18
Eupatorium rotundifolium
late boneset 20
Eupatorium serotinum
upland boneset 21
Eupatorium sessilifolium
Torrey's Eupatorium
Eupatorium torreyanum
white snakeroot 22
Ageratina altissima
smaller white snakeroot
Ageratina aromatica
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed 23
Eutrochium fistulosum
woman's tobacco 24
Antennaria plantaginifolia
common yarrow 25
Achillea millefolium
oxeye daisy 26
Leucanthemum vulgare
late goldenrod 27
Solidago altissima
cut-leaf goldenrod 28
Solidago arguta
silverrod 29
Solidago bicolor
bluestem goldenrod 27
Solidago caesia
slender goldenrod
Solidago erecta
broad-leaved goldenrod 27
Solidago flexicaulis
giant goldenrod 30
Solidago gigantea
early goldenrod 7
Solidago juncea
Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago odora
Small's Goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum
common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod 31
Solidago rugosa
showy goldenrod 32
Solidago speciosa
Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis nemoralis
annual fleabane 33
Erigeron annuus
robin's-plantain 34
Erigeron pulchellus
daisy fleabane 27
Erigeron strigosus
White Wood Aster 11
Eurybia divaricata
Eastern Silver Aster 35
Symphyotrichum concolor
Common Blue Wood Aster 11
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Bushy Aster 36
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Largeflower Aster
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
calico aster 37
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
late purple aster 8
Symphyotrichum patens
hairy white oldfield aster 38
Symphyotrichum pilosum
swamp aster 39
Symphyotrichum puniceum
wavy-leaf aster 40
Symphyotrichum undulatum
toothed white-topped aster
Sericocarpus asteroides
bear's foot 41
Smallanthus uvedalia
tickseed beggar-ticks
Bidens aristosa
Spanish needles 42
Bidens bipinnata
Nodding Beggarticks 43
Bidens cernua
threelobe beggarticks 44
Bidens comosa
swamp beggarticks 45
Bidens discoidea
devil's beggarticks 46
Bidens frondosa
lobed coreopsis 47
Coreopsis auriculata
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 48
Coreopsis lanceolata
plains coreopsis 49
Coreopsis tinctoria
tall coreopsis 50
Coreopsis tripteris
Whorled Coreopsis 51
Coreopsis verticillata
Green-and-gold 19
Chrysogonum virginianum
Purpledisk Sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens
pale sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus
woodland sunflower 27
Helianthus divaricatus
giant sunflower 52
Helianthus giganteus
harsh sunflower 8
Helianthus strumosus
Jerusalem artichoke 53
Helianthus tuberosus
black-eyed Susan 54
Rudbeckia hirta
wingstem 55
Verbesina alternifolia
Yellow Crownbeard 56
Verbesina occidentalis
wild quinine 27
Parthenium integrifolium
common sneezeweed 57
Helenium autumnale
Southern Sneezeweed 58
Helenium flexuosum
cardinal flower 25
Lobelia cardinalis
Southern Lobelia
Lobelia georgiana
Indian tobacco 59
Lobelia inflata
downy lobelia 8
Lobelia puberula
great blue lobelia 50
Lobelia siphilitica
pale-spiked lobelia 1
Lobelia spicata
clasping Venus's looking glass 60
Triodanis perfoliata

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