South Carolina Wildflowers by Color and Season
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SOUTH CAROLINA WILDFLOWERS *Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron) BY COLOR AND SEASON Mountain Camelia (Stewartia ovata) Dwarf Witch Alder (Fothergilla gardenii) Revised 10/2007 by Mike Creel *Wild Plums (Prunus angustifolia, americana) 155 Cannon Trail Road Flatwoods Plum (Prunus umbellata) Lexington, SC 29073 *Shadberry or Sarvis Tree (Amelanchier arborea, obovata) Phone: (803) 359-2717 E-mail: [email protected] Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) Yellowwood Tree (Cladratis kentuckeana) Silverbell Tree (Halesia carolina, etc.) IDENTIFY PLANTS BY COLOR, THEN Evergreen Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana) SEASON . Common ones in bold print. Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis, marshalli, etc.) Storax (Styrax americana, grandifolia) Wild Crabapple (Malus angustifolia) WHITE Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina) SPRING WHITE Dec. 1 to May 15 SUMMER WHITE May 15 to Aug. 7 *Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco) *Swamp Spiderlily (Hymenocallis crassifolia) Carolina Anemone (Anemone caroliniana) Rocky Shoals Spiderlily (Hymenocallis coronaria) Lance-leaved Anemone (Anemone lancifolia) Colic Root (Aletris farinosa) Meadow Anemone (Anemone canadensis) Fly-Poison (Amianthium muscaetoxicum) American Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) Angelica (Angelica venosa) Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata) Ground Nut Vine (Apios americana) Sandwort (Arenaria caroliniana) Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabium) American Bugbane (Cimicifuga americana) Sand Milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) Cohosh Bugbane (Cimicifuga racemosa) White Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriacia Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) *Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) Giant Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) White-topped Asters (Aster paternus, etc.) Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) Piedmont Aster (Aster commixtus) Fairy Bells (Disporum maculatum) False Indigo (Baptisia alba, etc.) *Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) *Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron pulchella) White Clover (Trifolium repens) Indian-Physic (Gillenia stipulata) *Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) White Bracted Sedge (Dichromena colorata) Liverleaf (Heptica americana) Spurge Nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus) Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris) Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthum) Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Speckled Wood Lily(Clintonia umbellulata) Meadow Rue (Thalictrum anemonella) Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata) Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum tomentosum) Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) Wild Cotton (Hibiscus aculeatus) Black Snakeroot (Cimicifuga racemosa) Smooth Hibiscus (Hibiscus palustris) Windflower (Thalictrum thalictroides) Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) Swamp Violet (Viola lanceolata) Hatpins (Eriocaulon compressum, etc.) White Violet (Viola canadensis) Hyptis (Hyptis alata) May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum) Barbara's Buttons (Marshallia obovata) White Clover (Trifolium repens) Bunchflower (Melanthium hybridum) Thrift (Phlox nivalis) Mountain Bee Balm (Monarda clinopodia) White Bracted Sedge (Dichromena latifolia, colorata) Sandhill Heather (Polygonella americana) Wood Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) White Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana) Allegheny Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) Isopyrum (Isopyrum biternatum) Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) Sun Bonnets (Chaptalia tomentosa) White Sabatia (Sabatia quadrangula, difformis) Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) Sida (Sida rhombifolia) Partridgeberry (Michella repens) Miniglory Vine (Stylisima patens) Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum) Needleleaf Miniglory (Stylisima pickeringii) Toothwort (Dentaria diphylla, laciniata) Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum incanum) Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) Thinleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) SHRUBS/TREES Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum) Spanish Bayonets (Yucca aloifolia) Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiiza claytonii, longistylis) Spanish Dagger (Yucca gloriosa Twisted Stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius) *Bear Grass (Yucca filamentosa) Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides) Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Indian Cucumber Root (Medeolia virginica) Fetterbush (Lyonia mariana, lucida) Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) *Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) Colic Root (Aletris farinosa) Smooth Azalea (Rhododendron arborescens) SHRUBS/TREES Hammocksweet Azalea (Rhododendron serrulatum) *Coast Azalea (Rhododendrum atlanticum) Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum) Gooseberry Bush (Vaccinium stamineum) Yellow Water Iris (Iris psuedacorus) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Polygala (Polygala lutea, cymosa, ramosa, etc.) Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerfolium) Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron) Yellow Violets (Viola hastata, rotundifolia, etc.) Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata) Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum) Climbing Hydrangea (Decumaria barbara) Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis europaea) Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Little Bellwort (Uvularia sesilifolia, etc.) Hercules Club (Aralia spinosa) Grand Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Swamp Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) (Catalpa Tree (Catalpa speciosa) SHRUBS/TREES Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus) Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) Sweet Bay Tree (Magnolia virginica) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Sourwood Tree (Oxydendron arboreum) *Horse Sugar (Symplocos tinctoria) Sparkleberry Tree (Vaccinium arboreum) *Tulip Poplar Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Wild Raisin Tree (Viburnum nudum) *Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) SUMMER YELLOW May 15 to Aug. 7 *Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) FALL WHITE Aug. 15 to Nov. 24 (frost) Sticky Foxglove (Aureolaria pectinata) *Sandhill Heather (Polygonella americana, polygama) *Smooth Foxglove (Aureolaria flava. etc.) White Boneset (Eupatorium album, etc.) Yellow Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium, compositifolium) *Greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) *Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum montanum, etc.) Tickseed Sunflowers (Bidens bipinnata, etc.) *Cottonweed (Froelichia floridana) Partridge Pea (Cassia fascisculata) White-topped Asters (Aster paternus, solidagineus, etc.) Callliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) Woodland Aster (Aster divaricatus) Eared Coreopsis (Coreopsis auriculata) Frost Aster (Aster pilosus) Grand Coreopsis (Coreopsis major) Calico Aster (Aster lateriflorus) Whorled Coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata) Small-flowered White Asters (Aster vimineus) Rattlebox (Crotalaria spectabilis) Other White Asters (Aster infirmus, simplex, umbellatus, Cucumberleaf Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) acuminatus) Helenium (Helenium flexuosum, etc.) Bushy Aster (Aster dumosus) Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) Silverrod (Solidago bicolor) Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) Bluebead Lily (Clintonia borealis) Wild Cotton (Hibiscus aculeatus) Four-leaved Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) White Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba) Creeping St. John's Wort (Hypericum lloydii) White Bracted Sedge (Dichromena latifolia, colorata) Yellow Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) *Striped Gentian (Gentiana villosa, decora) Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum tomentosum) Sun Drops (Oenothera fruticosa) Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora) *Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia compressa) Marsh Fleabane (Pluchea foetida) Bear's Foot (Polymnia uvedalia) *Fragrant Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes cernua) Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) Giant Spiral-Orchid (Spiranthes longilabris) Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) *Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis virginiana) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Indian Plantain (Cacalia lanceolata, atriplicifolia, etc.) Yellow Meadow Beauty (Rhexia lutea) Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia caroliniana, etc.) Butterweed (Senecio smalli, etc.) Hemp Vine (Mikania scandens) Golden Pea (Thermopsis villosa) Summer Farewell (Dalea pinnata) Sun Rose (Helianthemum canadense, carolinianum etc Morning Glories (Ipomoea stolonifera, lacunosa) SHRUBS/TREES SHRUBS/TREES St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum, stans, etc.) *Salt Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia, angustifolia, etc.) St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides) YELLOW FALL YELLOW Aug.15 to Nov. 24 (frost) SPRING YELLOW Dec. 1 to May 15 Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis) Sour Clover (Melilotus indica) Buttercups (Ranunculus repens, septrionalis, etc.) *Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis, pallida) Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) Rattlesnake Root (Prenanthes serpentaria, autumnalis) Butterweed (Senecio smallii, etc.) Honeycomb Head (Balduina uniflora, atropurpurea) *Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) Green Eyes (Berlandiera pumila) Swamp Jessamine (Gelsemium rankinii) Wingstem (Verbesina occidentalis, etc.) Yellow Honeysuckle (Lonicera flava) Bear's Foot (Polymnia uvedalia) Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) Swamp Jessamine (Gelsemium rankinii) *Green and Gold (Chrysogonum australe) *Maryland Golden Aster Chrysopsis mariana) Spring Goldenrod (Solidago verna) Cottony Golden Aster (Chrysopsis gossypina) *Leopard's Bane (Arnica acaulis) Grass-leaved Golden Aster (C. graminifolia) False Indigo (Baptisia lanceolata,