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 ↓

blue mistflower ¹
Conoclinium coelestinum

scaly blazing star ²
Liatris squarrosa

white boneset ³
Eupatorium album

tall boneset ⁴
Eupatorium altissimum

dogfennel ⁵
Eupatorium capillifolium

Godfrey's thoroughwort ⁶
Eupatorium godfreyanum

hyssopleaf thoroughwort ⁷
Eupatorium hyssopifolium

common boneset ⁸
Eupatorium perfoliatum

rough boneset
Eupatorium pilosum

roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium pubescens

round-leaved boneset ⁷
Eupatorium rotundifolium

late boneset ⁹
Eupatorium serotinum

upland boneset ¹⁰
Eupatorium sessilifolium

Torrey's Eupatorium
Eupatorium torreyanum

white snakeroot ¹¹
Ageratina altissima

smaller white snakeroot
Ageratina aromatica

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed ¹²
Eutrochium fistulosum

woman's tobacco ¹³
Antennaria plantaginifolia

common yarrow ¹⁴
Achillea millefolium

oxeye daisy ¹⁵
Leucanthemum vulgare

late goldenrod ¹⁶
Solidago altissima

cut-leaf goldenrod ¹⁷
Solidago arguta

silverrod ¹⁸
Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod ¹⁶
Solidago caesia

slender goldenrod
Solidago erecta

broad-leaved goldenrod ¹⁶
Solidago flexicaulis

giant goldenrod ¹⁹
Solidago gigantea

early goldenrod ²⁰
Solidago juncea

Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago odora

Small's Goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod ²¹
Solidago rugosa

showy goldenrod ²²
Solidago speciosa

Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis nemoralis

annual fleabane ²³
Erigeron annuus

robin's-plantain ²⁴
Erigeron pulchellus

daisy fleabane ¹⁶
Erigeron strigosus

White Wood Aster ²⁵
Eurybia divaricata

Eastern Silver Aster ²⁶
Symphyotrichum concolor

Common Blue Wood Aster ²⁵
Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Bushy Aster ²⁷
Symphyotrichum dumosum

Largeflower Aster
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum

calico aster ²⁸
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

late purple aster ²⁹
Symphyotrichum patens

hairy white oldfield aster ³⁰
Symphyotrichum pilosum

swamp aster ³¹
Symphyotrichum puniceum

wavy-leaf aster ³²
Symphyotrichum undulatum

toothed white-topped aster
Sericocarpus asteroides

bear's foot ³³
Smallanthus uvedalia

tickseed beggar-ticks
Bidens aristosa

Spanish needles ³⁴
Bidens bipinnata

Nodding Beggarticks ³⁵
Bidens cernua

threelobe beggarticks ³⁶
Bidens comosa

swamp beggarticks ³⁷
Bidens discoidea

devil's beggarticks ³⁸
Bidens frondosa

lobed coreopsis ³⁹
Coreopsis auriculata

Lance-leaved Coreopsis ⁴⁰
Coreopsis lanceolata

plains coreopsis ⁴¹
Coreopsis tinctoria

tall coreopsis ⁴²
Coreopsis tripteris

Whorled Coreopsis ⁴³
Coreopsis verticillata

Green-and-gold ⁸
Chrysogonum virginianum

Purpledisk Sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens

pale sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus

woodland sunflower ¹⁶
Helianthus divaricatus

giant sunflower ⁴⁴
Helianthus giganteus

harsh sunflower ²⁹
Helianthus strumosus

Jerusalem artichoke ⁴⁵
Helianthus tuberosus

black-eyed Susan ⁴⁶
Rudbeckia hirta

wingstem ⁴⁷
Verbesina alternifolia

Yellow Crownbeard ⁴⁸
Verbesina occidentalis

wild quinine ¹⁶
Parthenium integrifolium

common sneezeweed ⁴⁹
Helenium autumnale

Southern Sneezeweed ⁵⁰
Helenium flexuosum

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Wildflowers of Central Virginia

blue mistflower 1 Conoclinium coelestinum

scaly blazing star 2 Liatris squarrosa

white boneset 3 Eupatorium album

tall boneset 4 Eupatorium altissimum

dogfennel 5 Eupatorium capillifolium

Godfrey's thoroughwort 6 Eupatorium godfreyanum

hyssopleaf thoroughwort 7 Eupatorium hyssopifolium

common boneset 8 Eupatorium perfoliatum

rough boneset Eupatorium pilosum

roundleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium pubescens

round-leaved boneset 7 Eupatorium rotundifolium

late boneset 9 Eupatorium serotinum

upland boneset 10 Eupatorium sessilifolium

Torrey's Eupatorium Eupatorium torreyanum

white snakeroot 11 Ageratina altissima

smaller white snakeroot Ageratina aromatica

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed 12 Eutrochium fistulosum

woman's tobacco 13 Antennaria plantaginifolia

common yarrow 14 Achillea millefolium

oxeye daisy 15 Leucanthemum vulgare

late goldenrod 16 Solidago altissima

cut-leaf goldenrod 17 Solidago arguta

silverrod 18 Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod 16 Solidago caesia

slender goldenrod Solidago erecta

broad-leaved goldenrod 16 Solidago flexicaulis

giant goldenrod 19 Solidago gigantea

early goldenrod 20 Solidago juncea

Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora

Small's Goldenrod Solidago pinetorum

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod 21 Solidago rugosa

showy goldenrod 22 Solidago speciosa

Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis nemoralis

annual fleabane 23 Erigeron annuus

robin's-plantain 24 Erigeron pulchellus

daisy fleabane 16 Erigeron strigosus

White Wood Aster 25 Eurybia divaricata

Eastern Silver Aster 26 Symphyotrichum concolor

Common Blue Wood Aster 25 Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Bushy Aster 27 Symphyotrichum dumosum

Largeflower Aster Symphyotrichum grandiflorum

calico aster 28 Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

late purple aster 29 Symphyotrichum patens

hairy white oldfield aster 30 Symphyotrichum pilosum

swamp aster 31 Symphyotrichum puniceum

wavy-leaf aster 32 Symphyotrichum undulatum

toothed white-topped aster Sericocarpus asteroides

bear's foot 33 Smallanthus uvedalia

tickseed beggar-ticks Bidens aristosa

Spanish needles 34 Bidens bipinnata

Nodding Beggarticks 35 Bidens cernua

threelobe beggarticks 36 Bidens comosa

swamp beggarticks 37 Bidens discoidea

devil's beggarticks 38 Bidens frondosa

lobed coreopsis 39 Coreopsis auriculata

Lance-leaved Coreopsis 40 Coreopsis lanceolata

plains coreopsis 41 Coreopsis tinctoria

tall coreopsis 42 Coreopsis tripteris

Whorled Coreopsis 43 Coreopsis verticillata

Green-and-gold 8 Chrysogonum virginianum

Purpledisk Sunflower Helianthus atrorubens

pale sunflower Helianthus decapetalus

woodland sunflower 16 Helianthus divaricatus

giant sunflower 44 Helianthus giganteus

harsh sunflower 29 Helianthus strumosus

Jerusalem artichoke 45 Helianthus tuberosus

black-eyed Susan 46 Rudbeckia hirta

wingstem 47 Verbesina alternifolia

Yellow Crownbeard 48 Verbesina occidentalis

wild quinine 16 Parthenium integrifolium

common sneezeweed 49 Helenium autumnale

Southern Sneezeweed 50 Helenium flexuosum