Wildflowers
of Central Virginia

This page  contain pictures and photographs of various species of Native Plants in Virginia.  I  use the word "wildflower" loosely to include non-flowering plants, with attractive reproductive structures, like ferns, and fern allies.  Family and species information are listed below the photographs. I will be adding more in the future but until I do check out some nifty botanical drawings by Sharon Morris Kincheloe.

 

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(Click on one of the images above or the links below for a larger image)
 

  1. One-Flowered Cancer Root --- Orobanche uniflora (Broomrape Family, Orobanchaceae)
  2. Field Horsetail --- Equisetum arvense (Horsetail family, Equisetaceae)
  3. Yellow Ladies Slipper --- Cypripedium calceolus (Orchid family, Orchidaceae)
  4. Pink Ladies Slipper -- Cypripedium acaule (Orchid family, Orchidaceae)
  5. Fiddleheads of Christmas Fern spp.
  6. Sundew -- Drosera rotundifolia (Sundewfamily, Droserasea)
  7. Dwarf Crested Iris --- Iris cristata (Iris family, Iridaceae)
  8. Jack-in-the-pulpit --- Arisaema triphyllum (Arum family, Araceae)
  9. Bleeding Heart -- Dicentra exima (Poppy Family, Papaveraceae)
  10. Azalea --- Rhododendron nudiflorum (Heath family, Ericaceae)
  11. Skunk Cabbage --- Symplocarpus foetidus, (Arum Family, Araceae)
  12. Wild Geranium -- Geranium maculatum, (Geranium family, Geraniaceae)
  13. Showy Orchis --- Orchis spectabilis (Orchid family, Orchidaceae)
  14.  Toad Shade --- Trillium sessile, (Lilly family, Liliaceae)
  15. Yellow Star Grass --- Hypoxis hirsuta (Amaryllis Family, Amaryllidaceae)
  16. Fringed Polygala --- Polygala paucifolia (Milkwort family, Polygalaceae)
  17. Adam and Eve Orchid --- Aplectrum hyemale (Orchid Family, Orchidaceae)
  18. Four Leaf Milkweed ---  Asclepias quadrifolia (Milkweed Family, Asclepiadaceae)

 

 
     

 

Plant Societies

Virginia Native Plant Society
Hardy Orchid Society
New England Wild Flower Society
 

Other Online Wildflower Guides

Stein's Virtual Herberarium
Wild Flower Photography by Joe and Monica Cook
Zen's WNC Nature Notebook
eNature.com