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Requested: Plant range includes 'North Carolina'
 
Abies fraseri (Plant Profile) Abies fraseri
Photographer: Rob Nicholson

  Common Names: Fraser fir, Southern balsam fir
  Taxon Synonyms: Pinus fraseri
  Family: Pinaceae  (Pine Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Aeschynomene virginica (Plant Profile) Aeschynomene virginica
Photographer: Alan Griffith

  Common Names: sensitive joint-vetch, Virginia joint-vetch
  Taxon Synonyms: Aechynomene hispida, Aeschynomene aspera, Hedysarum virginicum
  Family: Fabaceae  (Bean Family)
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 
     
Amaranthus pumilus (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Seabeach amaranth, Seabeach pigweed
  Taxon Synonyms: Amaranthus pumulus
  Family: Amaranthaceae  (Amaranth Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Asplenium heteroresiliens (Plant Profile) Asplenium heteroresiliens
Photographer:

  Common Names: Carolina spleenwort fern, Wagner's spleenwort
  Family: Pteridophyta  (Ferns)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Buckleya distichophylla (Plant Profile) Buckleya distichophylla
Photographer: Tom Ward

  Common Names: piratebush
  Taxon Synonyms: Borya distichophylla
  Family: Santalaceae  (Sandalwood Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Cardamine longii  
  Common Names: Long's Bitter-cress
  Family: Brassicaceae  (Mustard or Crucifer Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     
Cardamine micranthera (Plant Profile) Cardamine micranthera
Photographer: Ron Lance

  Common Names: small-anthered bitter-cress
  Family: Brassicaceae  (Mustard or Crucifer Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Carex barrattii (Plant Profile) Carex barrattii
Photographer: Copyright Larry E. Morse

  Common Names: Barratt's sedge
  Taxon Synonyms: Carex littoralis
  Family: Cyperaceae  (Sedge Family)
    The New York Botanical Garden
 
     
Carex lutea (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Golden sedge, Sulfur Sedge
  Family: Cyperaceae  (Sedge Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Carex roanensis (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Roan Mountain sedge
  Family: Cyperaceae  (Sedge Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Collinsonia verticillata (Plant Profile) Collinsonia verticillata
Photographer: Brian Parsons

  Common Names: early stoneroot, whorled horse-balm, whorled stoneroot
  Taxon Synonyms: Hypogon verticillata, Micheliella verticillata
  Family: Lamiaceae  (Mint Family)
    The Holden Arboretum
 
     
Coreopsis latifolia (Plant Profile) Coreopsis latifolia
Photographer: Rob Sutter

  Common Names: broad-leaved tickseed
  Taxon Synonyms: Leiodon latifolius
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Diervilla rivularis (Plant Profile) Diervilla rivularis
Photographer: Rob Nicholson

  Common Names: hairy bush honeysuckle, Hairy bush-honeysuckle, mountain bush honeysuckle
  Taxon Synonyms: Diervilla sessilifolia var. rivularis
  Family: Caprifoliaceae  (Honeysuckle Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Diervilla sessilifolia (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Southern bush honeysuckle, Southern bush-honeysuckle
  Family: Caprifoliaceae  (Honeysuckle Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Echinacea laevigata (Plant Profile) Echinacea laevigata
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: smooth coneflower, smooth-purple coneflower
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Echinodorus parvulus (Plant Profile) Echinodorus parvulus
Photographer:

  Common Names: dwarf burhead, pygmy sword plant, small burhead
  Taxon Synonyms: Alisma tenellum, Echinodorus tenellus, Echinodorus tenellus var. parvulus, Helianthium parvulum
  Family: Alismataceae  (Water-plantain Family)
    Chicago Center for Endangered Plants
 
     
Eriocaulon parkeri (Plant Profile) Eriocaulon parkeri
Photographer: Bruce Sorrie

  Common Names: Parker's pipewort
  Family: Eriocaulaceae  (Pipewort Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     
Eupatorium resinosum (Plant Profile) Eupatorium resinosum
Photographer:

  Common Names: Pine Barrens Boneset
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Euphorbia purpurea (Plant Profile) Euphorbia purpurea
Photographer: John Lynch

  Common Names: Darlington's spurge, glade spurge, purple spurge
  Taxon Synonyms: Agaloma purpurea, Euphorbia darlingtonii, Galarhocus darlingtonii, Tithymalus darlingtonii
  Family: Euphorbiaceae  (Spurge Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     
Fothergilla major (Plant Profile) Fothergilla major
Photographer: Tom Ward

  Common Names: large witchhazel, mountain witch alder, mountain witchhazel
  Family: Hamamelidaceae  (Witch-hazel Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Geum geniculatum (Plant Profile) Geum geniculatum
Photographer: Rob Sutter

  Common Names: bent avens
  Family: Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Geum radiatum (Plant Profile) Geum radiatum
Photographer: William S. Justice

  Common Names: Appalachian avens, cliff avens, spreading avens
  Taxon Synonyms: Acomastylis radiata, Parageum radiata, Sieversia radiata
  Family: Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Hedyotis purpurea var. montana (Plant Profile) Hedyotis purpurea var. montana
Photographer: Nora Murdock

  Common Names: mountain bluet, Roan Mountain bluet
  Taxon Synonyms: Houstonia montana, Houstonia purpurea var. montana
  Family: Rubiaceae  (Madder Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Helianthus schweinitzii (Plant Profile) Helianthus schweinitzii
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: Schweinitz's sunflower
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Helonias bullata (Plant Profile) Helonias bullata
Photographer: Greg Wieland

  Common Names: swamp-pink
  Family: Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
    The New York Botanical Garden
 
     
Hudsonia montana (Plant Profile) Hudsonia montana
Photographer: E. LaVerne Smith

  Common Names: mountain golden-heather
  Taxon Synonyms: Hudsonia ericoides ssp montana
  Family: Cistaceae  (Rock-rose Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Ilex collina (Plant Profile) Ilex collina
Photographer: Rob Nicholson

  Common Names: Long-stalked Holly
  Taxon Synonyms: Nemopanthus collinus
  Family: Aquifoliaceae  (Holly Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Isotria medeoloides (Plant Profile) Isotria medeoloides
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  Common Names: Small Whorled Pogonia, Lesser Five Leaves, Little Five Leaves
  Taxon Synonyms: Arethusa medeoloides Pursh
  Family: Orchidaceae  (Orchid Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     
Kalmia cuneata (Plant Profile) Kalmia cuneata
Photographer: W.S. Justice

  Common Names: white-wicky
  Family: Ericaceae  (Heath Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Plant Profile) Leiophyllum buxifolium
Photographer: Tom Ward

  Common Names: sandmyrtle, sand-myrtle
  Family: Ericaceae  (Heath Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Liatris helleri (Plant Profile) Liatris helleri
Photographer: Rob Sutter

  Common Names: Heller's blazing-star, Heller's gay-feather
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Lilium grayi (Plant Profile) Lilium grayi
Photographer: Paul Somers

  Common Names: Gray's lily
  Family: Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Lilium pyrophilum  
  Common Names: Sandhills Lily
  Family: Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Lindera melissifolia (Plant Profile) Lindera melissifolia
Photographer: Joe Ditto

  Common Names: pondberry, Southern spicebush, swamp spicebush
  Taxon Synonyms: Benzoin melissifolium, Laurus melissifolia, Lindera melissifolium
  Family: Lauraceae  (Laurel Family)
    Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
 
     
Lobelia boykinii (Plant Profile) Lobelia boykinii
Photographer: Marj Boyer

  Common Names: Boykin's lobelia
  Family: Campanulaceae  (Bellflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Ludwigia ravenii  
  Common Names: Raven's Seedbox
  Family: Onagraceae  (Evening Primrose Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Lysimachia asperulifolia (Plant Profile) Lysimachia asperulifolia
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: dough-leaved loosestrife, roughleaf yellow loosestrife
  Family: Primulaceae  (Primrose Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Marshallia grandiflora (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: giant Barbara's button, large-flowered Barbara's-buttons, large-flowered marshallia, Monongahela Barbara's-buttons
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    The New York Botanical Garden
 
     
Muhlenbergia torreyana (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Torrey's dropseed, Torrey's muhly
  Taxon Synonyms: Sporobolus torreyanus
  Family: Poaceae  (Grass Family)
    The New York Botanical Garden
 
     
Narthecium americanum (Plant Profile) Narthecium americanum
Photographer: Frank Bramley

  Common Names: bog asphodel, yellow asphodel
  Taxon Synonyms: Abama americanum, Abama montana, Narthecium ossifragum var. americanum
  Family: Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 
     
Oxypolis canbyi (Plant Profile) Oxypolis canbyi
Photographer: Marj Boyer

  Common Names: Canby's cowbane, Canby's dropwort
  Family: Apiaceae  (Carrot Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Panicum hirstii (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Hirst's panic grass
  Taxon Synonyms: Dichanthelium hirstii, Panicum aciculare
  Family: Poaceae  (Grass Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     
Parnassia caroliniana (Plant Profile) Parnassia caroliniana
Photographer: L. Smith

  Common Names: Carolina grass-of-parnassus
  Family: Saxifragaceae  (Saxifrage Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Paxistima canbyi (Plant Profile) Paxistima canbyi
Photographer: William Cullina

  Common Names: Canby's mountain lover, Canby's mountain-lover, cliff-green
  Taxon Synonyms: Pachistima canbyi, Pachystima canbyi
  Family: Celastraceae  (Bittersweet Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Plantago cordata (Plant Profile) Plantago cordata
Photographer:

  Common Names: Heart-leaved plantain, king-root plantain
  Taxon Synonyms: Plantago canadensis, Plantago kentuckensis
  Family: Plantaginaceae  (Plantain Family)
    The Holden Arboretum
 
     
Poa paludigena (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: bog bluegrass, marsh bluegrass, marsh spear grass, Patterson's bluegrass, slender marsh bluegrass
  Taxon Synonyms: Poa sylvestris var. palustris
  Family: Poaceae  (Grass Family)
    The Holden Arboretum
 
     
Prunus alleghaniensis (Plant Profile) Prunus alleghaniensis
Photographer: Tom Ward

  Common Names: Alleghany plum, Allegheny plum, Allegheny sloe
  Family: Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Ptilimnium nodosum (Plant Profile) Ptilimnium nodosum
Photographer: Johnny Randall

  Common Names: Harperella, Piedmont bishop-weed
  Family: Apiaceae  (Carrot Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Pyxidanthera barbulata (Plant Profile) Pyxidanthera barbulata
Photographer: Dorothy Long

  Common Names: flowering moss, flowering pixie-moss, pixie-moss
  Taxon Synonyms: Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells
  Family: Diapensiaceae  (Diapensia Family)
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 
     
Rhexia aristosa (Plant Profile) Rhexia aristosa
Photographer:

  Common Names: awned meadowbeauty
  Family: Melastomataceae  (Melastome Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Rhododendron vaseyi (Plant Profile) Rhododendron vaseyi
Photographer: Tom Ward

  Common Names: pinkshell azalea, pink-shell Azalea
  Family: Ericaceae  (Heath Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Rhus michauxii (Plant Profile) Rhus michauxii
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: false poison sumac, Michaux's sumac
  Family: Anacardiaceae  (Sumac Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Sabatia kennedyana (Plant Profile) Sabatia kennedyana
Photographer: Dorothy Long

  Common Names: Plymouth gentian, Plymouth pink, Plymouth rose gentian
  Taxon Synonyms: Sabatia dodecandra var. kennedyana
  Family: Gentianaceae  (Gentian Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     
Sagittaria fasciculata (Plant Profile) Sagittaria fasciculata
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: bunched arrowhead, bunched brrowhead
  Family: Alismataceae  (Water-plantain Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Sarracenia oreophila (Plant Profile) Sarracenia oreophila
Photographer: Donald Schnell

  Common Names: green pitcher plant, green pitcher-plant
  Family: Sarraceniaceae  (Pitcher-plant Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii (Plant Profile) Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii
Photographer: Johnny Randall

  Common Names: Mountain sweet pitcher-plant, sweet pitcherplant
  Taxon Synonyms: Sarracenia jonesii
  Family: Sarraceniaceae  (Pitcher-plant Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Schwalbea americana (Plant Profile) Schwalbea americana
Photographer: Copyright Hugh and Carol Nourse

  Common Names: American chaffseed, Chaffseed
  Taxon Synonyms: Schwalbea americana var. australis, Schwalbea australis
  Family: Scrophulariaceae  (Figwort Family)
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 
     
Shortia galacifolia  
  Common Names: Oconee-bells
  Family: Diapensiaceae  (Diapensia Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Sisyrinchium dichotomum (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: reflexed blue-eyed grass, white irisette
  Family: Iridaceae  (Iris Family)
    The North Carolina Arboretum
 
     
Solidago spithamaea (Plant Profile) Solidago spithamaea
Photographer: Rob Sutter

  Common Names: Blue Ridge goldenrod
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Solidago verna (Plant Profile) Solidago verna
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: spring goldenrod, spring golden-rod
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Solidago villosicarpa (Plant Profile)
  Common Names: Coastal Goldenrod
  Family: Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Spiraea virginiana (Plant Profile) Spiraea virginiana
Photographer: Copyright Hugh and Carol Nourse

  Common Names: Virginia spiraea, West Virginia spiraea
  Family: Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
    The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
     
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii (Plant Profile) Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
Photographer:

  Common Names: Pickering's dawnflower, Pickering's morning-glory
  Taxon Synonyms: Breweria pickeringii var. caesariense
  Family: Convolvulaceae  (Morning-glory Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Synandra hispidula (Plant Profile) Synandra hispidula
Photographer: Brian Parsons

  Common Names: Guyandotte beauty, Gyandotte beauty, hairy synandra, Wyandotte beauty
  Taxon Synonyms: Lamium hispidulum, Synandra grandiflora, Synandra hispidula, Torreya grandiflora
  Family: Lamiaceae  (Mint Family)
    The Holden Arboretum
 
     
Thalictrum cooleyi (Plant Profile) Thalictrum cooleyi
Photographer: Rob Gardner

  Common Names: Cooley's meadowrue
  Family: Ranunculaceae  (Buttercup Family)
    North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
     
Xerophyllum asphodeloides (Plant Profile) Xerophyllum asphodeloides
Photographer: Dorothy Long

  Common Names: beartongue, Eastern turkeybeard, grass-leaved helonias, mountain asphodel
  Taxon Synonyms: Helonias asphodeloides
  Family: Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
    New England Wild Flower Society
 
     


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Plant profiles funded by the U.S. Forest Service. Many of these species are currently NOT in the CPC National Collection.
 
 
Requested: Plant range includes 'North Carolina'

Abies fraseri     Plant Profile
  Fraser fir, Southern balsam fir
Taxon Synonyms: Pinus fraseri
Family:  Pinaceae  (Pine Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 

Abies fraseri
Photographer: Rob Nicholson

Aeschynomene virginica     Plant Profile
  sensitive joint-vetch, Virginia joint-vetch
Taxon Synonyms: Aechynomene hispida, Aeschynomene aspera, Hedysarum virginicum
Family:  Fabaceae  (Bean Family)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 

Aeschynomene virginica
Photographer: Alan Griffith

Amaranthus pumilus     Plant Profile
  Seabeach amaranth, Seabeach pigweed
Taxon Synonyms: Amaranthus pumulus
Family:  Amaranthaceae  (Amaranth Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
Asplenium heteroresiliens     Plant Profile
  Carolina spleenwort fern, Wagner's spleenwort
Family:  Pteridophyta  (Ferns)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Asplenium heteroresiliens
Photographer:

Buckleya distichophylla     Plant Profile
  piratebush
Taxon Synonyms: Borya distichophylla
Family:  Santalaceae  (Sandalwood Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Buckleya distichophylla
Photographer: Tom Ward

Cardamine longii      
  Long's Bitter-cress
Family:  Brassicaceae  (Mustard or Crucifer Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 
Cardamine micranthera     Plant Profile
  small-anthered bitter-cress
Family:  Brassicaceae  (Mustard or Crucifer Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 

Cardamine micranthera
Photographer: Ron Lance

Carex barrattii     Plant Profile
  Barratt's sedge
Taxon Synonyms: Carex littoralis
Family:  Cyperaceae  (Sedge Family)
The New York Botanical Garden
 

Carex barrattii
Photographer: Copyright Larry E. Morse

Carex lutea     Plant Profile
  Golden sedge, Sulfur Sedge
Family:  Cyperaceae  (Sedge Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
Carex roanensis     Plant Profile
  Roan Mountain sedge
Family:  Cyperaceae  (Sedge Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 
Collinsonia verticillata     Plant Profile
  early stoneroot, whorled horse-balm, whorled stoneroot
Taxon Synonyms: Hypogon verticillata, Micheliella verticillata
Family:  Lamiaceae  (Mint Family)
The Holden Arboretum
 

Collinsonia verticillata
Photographer: Brian Parsons

Coreopsis latifolia     Plant Profile
  broad-leaved tickseed
Taxon Synonyms: Leiodon latifolius
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Coreopsis latifolia
Photographer: Rob Sutter

Diervilla rivularis     Plant Profile
  hairy bush honeysuckle, Hairy bush-honeysuckle, mountain bush honeysuckle
Taxon Synonyms: Diervilla sessilifolia var. rivularis
Family:  Caprifoliaceae  (Honeysuckle Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 

Diervilla rivularis
Photographer: Rob Nicholson

Diervilla sessilifolia     Plant Profile
  Southern bush honeysuckle, Southern bush-honeysuckle
Family:  Caprifoliaceae  (Honeysuckle Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 
Echinacea laevigata     Plant Profile
  smooth coneflower, smooth-purple coneflower
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Echinacea laevigata
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Echinodorus parvulus     Plant Profile
  dwarf burhead, pygmy sword plant, small burhead
Taxon Synonyms: Alisma tenellum, Echinodorus tenellus, Echinodorus tenellus var. parvulus, Helianthium parvulum
Family:  Alismataceae  (Water-plantain Family)
Chicago Center for Endangered Plants
 

Echinodorus parvulus
Photographer:

Eriocaulon parkeri     Plant Profile
  Parker's pipewort
Family:  Eriocaulaceae  (Pipewort Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 

Eriocaulon parkeri
Photographer: Bruce Sorrie

Eupatorium resinosum     Plant Profile
  Pine Barrens Boneset
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Eupatorium resinosum
Photographer:

Euphorbia purpurea     Plant Profile
  Darlington's spurge, glade spurge, purple spurge
Taxon Synonyms: Agaloma purpurea, Euphorbia darlingtonii, Galarhocus darlingtonii, Tithymalus darlingtonii
Family:  Euphorbiaceae  (Spurge Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 

Euphorbia purpurea
Photographer: John Lynch

Fothergilla major     Plant Profile
  large witchhazel, mountain witch alder, mountain witchhazel
Family:  Hamamelidaceae  (Witch-hazel Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 

Fothergilla major
Photographer: Tom Ward

Geum geniculatum     Plant Profile
  bent avens
Family:  Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Geum geniculatum
Photographer: Rob Sutter

Geum radiatum     Plant Profile
  Appalachian avens, cliff avens, spreading avens
Taxon Synonyms: Acomastylis radiata, Parageum radiata, Sieversia radiata
Family:  Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 

Geum radiatum
Photographer: William S. Justice

Hedyotis purpurea var. montana     Plant Profile
  mountain bluet, Roan Mountain bluet
Taxon Synonyms: Houstonia montana, Houstonia purpurea var. montana
Family:  Rubiaceae  (Madder Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 

Hedyotis purpurea var. montana
Photographer: Nora Murdock

Helianthus schweinitzii     Plant Profile
  Schweinitz's sunflower
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Helianthus schweinitzii
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Helonias bullata     Plant Profile
  swamp-pink
Family:  Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
The New York Botanical Garden
 

Helonias bullata
Photographer: Greg Wieland

Hudsonia montana     Plant Profile
  mountain golden-heather
Taxon Synonyms: Hudsonia ericoides ssp montana
Family:  Cistaceae  (Rock-rose Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 

Hudsonia montana
Photographer: E. LaVerne Smith

Ilex collina     Plant Profile
  Long-stalked Holly
Taxon Synonyms: Nemopanthus collinus
Family:  Aquifoliaceae  (Holly Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 

Ilex collina
Photographer: Rob Nicholson

Isotria medeoloides     Plant Profile
  Small Whorled Pogonia, Lesser Five Leaves, Little Five Leaves
Taxon Synonyms: Arethusa medeoloides Pursh
Family:  Orchidaceae  (Orchid Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 

Isotria medeoloides
Photographer:

Kalmia cuneata     Plant Profile
  white-wicky
Family:  Ericaceae  (Heath Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Kalmia cuneata
Photographer: W.S. Justice

Leiophyllum buxifolium     Plant Profile
  sandmyrtle, sand-myrtle
Family:  Ericaceae  (Heath Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Leiophyllum buxifolium
Photographer: Tom Ward

Liatris helleri     Plant Profile
  Heller's blazing-star, Heller's gay-feather
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Liatris helleri
Photographer: Rob Sutter

Lilium grayi     Plant Profile
  Gray's lily
Family:  Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Lilium grayi
Photographer: Paul Somers

Lilium pyrophilum      
  Sandhills Lily
Family:  Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
Lindera melissifolia     Plant Profile
  pondberry, Southern spicebush, swamp spicebush
Taxon Synonyms: Benzoin melissifolium, Laurus melissifolia, Lindera melissifolium
Family:  Lauraceae  (Laurel Family)
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
 

Lindera melissifolia
Photographer: Joe Ditto

Lobelia boykinii     Plant Profile
  Boykin's lobelia
Family:  Campanulaceae  (Bellflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Lobelia boykinii
Photographer: Marj Boyer

Ludwigia ravenii      
  Raven's Seedbox
Family:  Onagraceae  (Evening Primrose Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
Lysimachia asperulifolia     Plant Profile
  dough-leaved loosestrife, roughleaf yellow loosestrife
Family:  Primulaceae  (Primrose Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Lysimachia asperulifolia
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Marshallia grandiflora     Plant Profile
  giant Barbara's button, large-flowered Barbara's-buttons, large-flowered marshallia, Monongahela Barbara's-buttons
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
The New York Botanical Garden
 
Muhlenbergia torreyana     Plant Profile
  Torrey's dropseed, Torrey's muhly
Taxon Synonyms: Sporobolus torreyanus
Family:  Poaceae  (Grass Family)
The New York Botanical Garden
 
Narthecium americanum     Plant Profile
  bog asphodel, yellow asphodel
Taxon Synonyms: Abama americanum, Abama montana, Narthecium ossifragum var. americanum
Family:  Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 

Narthecium americanum
Photographer: Frank Bramley

Oxypolis canbyi     Plant Profile
  Canby's cowbane, Canby's dropwort
Family:  Apiaceae  (Carrot Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Oxypolis canbyi
Photographer: Marj Boyer

Panicum hirstii     Plant Profile
  Hirst's panic grass
Taxon Synonyms: Dichanthelium hirstii, Panicum aciculare
Family:  Poaceae  (Grass Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 
Parnassia caroliniana     Plant Profile
  Carolina grass-of-parnassus
Family:  Saxifragaceae  (Saxifrage Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Parnassia caroliniana
Photographer: L. Smith

Paxistima canbyi     Plant Profile
  Canby's mountain lover, Canby's mountain-lover, cliff-green
Taxon Synonyms: Pachistima canbyi, Pachystima canbyi
Family:  Celastraceae  (Bittersweet Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Paxistima canbyi
Photographer: William Cullina

Plantago cordata     Plant Profile
  Heart-leaved plantain, king-root plantain
Taxon Synonyms: Plantago canadensis, Plantago kentuckensis
Family:  Plantaginaceae  (Plantain Family)
The Holden Arboretum
 

Plantago cordata
Photographer:

Poa paludigena     Plant Profile
  bog bluegrass, marsh bluegrass, marsh spear grass, Patterson's bluegrass, slender marsh bluegrass
Taxon Synonyms: Poa sylvestris var. palustris
Family:  Poaceae  (Grass Family)
The Holden Arboretum
 
Prunus alleghaniensis     Plant Profile
  Alleghany plum, Allegheny plum, Allegheny sloe
Family:  Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 

Prunus alleghaniensis
Photographer: Tom Ward

Ptilimnium nodosum     Plant Profile
  Harperella, Piedmont bishop-weed
Family:  Apiaceae  (Carrot Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Ptilimnium nodosum
Photographer: Johnny Randall

Pyxidanthera barbulata     Plant Profile
  flowering moss, flowering pixie-moss, pixie-moss
Taxon Synonyms: Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells
Family:  Diapensiaceae  (Diapensia Family)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 

Pyxidanthera barbulata
Photographer: Dorothy Long

Rhexia aristosa     Plant Profile
  awned meadowbeauty
Family:  Melastomataceae  (Melastome Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Rhexia aristosa
Photographer:

Rhododendron vaseyi     Plant Profile
  pinkshell azalea, pink-shell Azalea
Family:  Ericaceae  (Heath Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 

Rhododendron vaseyi
Photographer: Tom Ward

Rhus michauxii     Plant Profile
  false poison sumac, Michaux's sumac
Family:  Anacardiaceae  (Sumac Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Rhus michauxii
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Sabatia kennedyana     Plant Profile
  Plymouth gentian, Plymouth pink, Plymouth rose gentian
Taxon Synonyms: Sabatia dodecandra var. kennedyana
Family:  Gentianaceae  (Gentian Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 

Sabatia kennedyana
Photographer: Dorothy Long

Sagittaria fasciculata     Plant Profile
  bunched arrowhead, bunched brrowhead
Family:  Alismataceae  (Water-plantain Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Sagittaria fasciculata
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Sarracenia oreophila     Plant Profile
  green pitcher plant, green pitcher-plant
Family:  Sarraceniaceae  (Pitcher-plant Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Sarracenia oreophila
Photographer: Donald Schnell

Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii     Plant Profile
  Mountain sweet pitcher-plant, sweet pitcherplant
Taxon Synonyms: Sarracenia jonesii
Family:  Sarraceniaceae  (Pitcher-plant Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii
Photographer: Johnny Randall

Schwalbea americana     Plant Profile
  American chaffseed, Chaffseed
Taxon Synonyms: Schwalbea americana var. australis, Schwalbea australis
Family:  Scrophulariaceae  (Figwort Family)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 

Schwalbea americana
Photographer: Copyright Hugh and Carol Nourse

Shortia galacifolia      
  Oconee-bells
Family:  Diapensiaceae  (Diapensia Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 
Sisyrinchium dichotomum     Plant Profile
  reflexed blue-eyed grass, white irisette
Family:  Iridaceae  (Iris Family)
The North Carolina Arboretum
 
Solidago spithamaea     Plant Profile
  Blue Ridge goldenrod
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Solidago spithamaea
Photographer: Rob Sutter

Solidago verna     Plant Profile
  spring goldenrod, spring golden-rod
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Solidago verna
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Solidago villosicarpa     Plant Profile
  Coastal Goldenrod
Family:  Asteraceae  (Sunflower Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 
Spiraea virginiana     Plant Profile
  Virginia spiraea, West Virginia spiraea
Family:  Rosaceae  (Rose Family)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
 

Spiraea virginiana
Photographer: Copyright Hugh and Carol Nourse

Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii     Plant Profile
  Pickering's dawnflower, Pickering's morning-glory
Taxon Synonyms: Breweria pickeringii var. caesariense
Family:  Convolvulaceae  (Morning-glory Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
Photographer:

Synandra hispidula     Plant Profile
  Guyandotte beauty, Gyandotte beauty, hairy synandra, Wyandotte beauty
Taxon Synonyms: Lamium hispidulum, Synandra grandiflora, Synandra hispidula, Torreya grandiflora
Family:  Lamiaceae  (Mint Family)
The Holden Arboretum
 

Synandra hispidula
Photographer: Brian Parsons

Thalictrum cooleyi     Plant Profile
  Cooley's meadowrue
Family:  Ranunculaceae  (Buttercup Family)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
 

Thalictrum cooleyi
Photographer: Rob Gardner

Xerophyllum asphodeloides     Plant Profile
  beartongue, Eastern turkeybeard, grass-leaved helonias, mountain asphodel
Taxon Synonyms: Helonias asphodeloides
Family:  Liliaceae  (Lily Family)
New England Wild Flower Society
 

Xerophyllum asphodeloides
Photographer: Dorothy Long



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