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 ↓

great mullein ¹
Verbascum thapsus

smooth yellow false foxglove
Aureolaria flava

Appalachian oak-leech ²
Aureolaria laevigata

fern-leaved false foxglove ³
Aureolaria pedicularia

downy yellow false foxglove ⁴
Aureolaria virginica

purple false foxglove ⁵
Agalinis purpurea

slender false foxglove ³
Agalinis tenuifolia

common dittany
Cunila origanoides

lyreleaf sage ⁶
Salvia lyrata

wild bergamot ⁷
Monarda fistulosa

common selfheal ⁸
Prunella vulgaris

Helmet skullcap ⁹
Scutellaria integrifolia

side-flowering skullcap ¹⁰
Scutellaria lateriflora

Showy Skullcap ¹¹
Scutellaria serrata

henbit deadnettle ¹²
Lamium amplexicaule

red deadnettle ¹³
Lamium purpureum

Hoary Mountainmint ¹⁴
Pycnanthemum incanum

narrowleaf mountainmint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Carolina Wild Petunia ¹⁵
Ruellia caroliniensis

white turtlehead ¹⁶
Chelone glabra

Allegheny monkeyflower ¹⁷
Mimulus ringens

American lopseed ¹⁸
Phryma leptostachya

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Wildflowers of Central Virginia

great mullein 1 Verbascum thapsus

smooth yellow false foxglove Aureolaria flava

Appalachian oak-leech 2 Aureolaria laevigata

fern-leaved false foxglove 3 Aureolaria pedicularia

downy yellow false foxglove 4 Aureolaria virginica

purple false foxglove 5 Agalinis purpurea

slender false foxglove 3 Agalinis tenuifolia

common dittany Cunila origanoides

lyreleaf sage 6 Salvia lyrata

wild bergamot 7 Monarda fistulosa

common selfheal 8 Prunella vulgaris

Helmet skullcap 9 Scutellaria integrifolia

side-flowering skullcap 10 Scutellaria lateriflora

Showy Skullcap 11 Scutellaria serrata

henbit deadnettle 12 Lamium amplexicaule

red deadnettle 13 Lamium purpureum

Hoary Mountainmint 14 Pycnanthemum incanum

narrowleaf mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Carolina Wild Petunia 15 Ruellia caroliniensis

white turtlehead 16 Chelone glabra

Allegheny monkeyflower 17 Mimulus ringens

American lopseed 18 Phryma leptostachya