Delaware Wildflowers

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Click on a common name for a photo of the plant, or click on a month for photos taken in that month.



1 Rattlesnake Fern Botrypus virginianus
Honey-locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Necklace Chain Moss Leskea gracilescens
Two-leaf Bishop's-cap Mitella diphylla
Tall Hedge-mustard Sisymbrium altissimum
Winter Grape Vitis vulpina
Thunberg's Asiatic Hawk's-beard Youngia thunbergiana
2 Yellow Thistle Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum
Slender Blueflag Iris Iris prismatica
Northern Rein Orchid Platanthera flava var. herbiola
Pointed Blue-eyed-grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Lentil Vetch Vicia tetrasperma
3 Virginia Snakeroot Endodeca serpentaria
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine
Honey-locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
American Ginseng Panax quinquefolius
Giant Solomon's-seal Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
Winter Grape Vitis vulpina
4 Rattlesnake Fern Botrypus virginianus
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Butternut Juglans cinerea
Canada Moonseed Menispermum canadense
Sweet Cherry Prunus avium
Virginia Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
5 Carolina Nightshade Solanum carolinense var. carolinense
6 Maidenhair-fern Adiantum pedatum
Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Cutleaf Toothwort Cardamine concatenata
Canada Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
Virginia Snakeroot Endodeca serpentaria
Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus
Dog-fennel Thoroughwort Eupatorium capillifolium
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Osage Orange Maclura pomifera
Watercress Nasturtium officinale
Three-leaf Blackberry Rubus parvifolius
Japanese Spiraea Spiraea japonica
7 Poodle Moss Anomodon attenuatus
Southern Forest Bedstraw Galium circaezans var. circaezans
Small-flower Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum
Green-fringe Orchis Platanthera lacera
Giant Solomon's-seal Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius
Field Penny-cress Thlaspi arvense
Rabbit-foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Lentil Vetch Vicia tetrasperma
Winter Vetch Vicia villosa
8 Yellow Yam Dioscorea villosa
Slender Blueflag Iris Iris prismatica
Poor-man's Pepper-grass Lepidium virginicum subsp. virginicum
Creeping Loosestrife Lysimachia nummularia
Indian Cucumber-root Medeola virginiana
Tall White Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Softstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum
9 Bishops Goutweed Aegopodium podagraria
Green Dragon Arisaema dracontium
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense
Virginia Snakeroot Endodeca serpentaria
Fringed Quickweed Galinsoga quadriradiata
Blunt-leaf Bedstraw Galium obtusum subsp. obtusum
Many-flowered Pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
Golden Rain-tree Koelreuteria paniculata
Broadleaf Peavine Lathyrus latifolius
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Tall White Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Curly Dock Rumex crispus
10 Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia
Partridge-berry Mitchella repens
Elliptic Shinleaf Pyrola elliptica
Salt Marsh Sandspurry Spergularia salina
Virginia Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
11 Canada Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
Nipple-seed Plantain Plantago major
Elliptic Shinleaf Pyrola elliptica
12 Musk Thistle Carduus nutans
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense
Poison-hemlock Conium maculatum
Lance-leaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Virginia Snakeroot Endodeca serpentaria
Eastern Red-cedar Juniperus virginiana
European Privet Ligustrum vulgare
Eastern Prickly-pear Cactus Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa
English Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Crown Vetch Securigera varia
Michaux's Blue-eyed-grass Sisyrinchium mucronatum
American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans
Rabbit-foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Southern Arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
13 Fernleaf Yarrow Achillea filipendulina
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
Doubtful Knight's-spur Consolida ajacis
Lance-leaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Sweet-william Dianthus barbatus
Broadleaf Peavine Lathyrus latifolius
Swamp Loosestrife Lysimachia terrestris
White Mulberry Morus alba
Crown Vetch Securigera varia
Yucca Yucca filamentosa
14 Grass-pink Orchid Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
Canada Frostweed Crocanthemum canadense
Spoon-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia
Seven-angled Pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum
Ten-angle Pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare
White Avens Geum canadense
Pine Barren Sandwort Minuartia caroliniana
Waterlily Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata
Perennial Evening-primrose Oenothera perennis
Eastern Prickly-pear Cactus Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa
Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides
Sweet Cherry Prunus avium
Swamp Azalea Rhododendron viscosum
Kentucky Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus
Narrowleaf Cattail Typha angustifolia
Humped Bladderwort Utricularia gibba
15 Meadow Onion Allium canadense var. canadense
Field Garlic Allium vineale
American Strawberry-bush Euonymus americanus
Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata
Black-seed Plantain Plantago rugelii
Great Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
Northern Fox Grape Vitis labrusca
16 Grass-pink Orchid Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
White-top Fleabane Erigeron annuus
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion Krigia virginica
Pine Barren Sandwort Minuartia caroliniana
Waterlily Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata
Pointed Blue-eyed-grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Large Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon
17 Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides
Canada Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
Deptford-pink Dianthus armeria
Many-flowered Pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
American Lotus Nelumbo lutea
Green-fringe Orchis Platanthera lacera
Bitter Dock Rumex obtusifolius
18 White-top Fleabane Erigeron annuus
Alfalfa Medicago sativa
White Sweetclover Melilotus albus
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
20 Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima
Field Garlic Allium vineale
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine
Hollow-stem Joe-pye-weed Eutrochium fistulosum
Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora
Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria integrifolia
Tall Meadowrue Thalictrum pubescens
21 Southern Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea canadensis subsp. canadensis
American Bur-reed Sparganium americanum
22 Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Lance-leaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Spotted Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Leafy Bulrush Scirpus polyphyllus
Tall Meadowrue Thalictrum pubescens
Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica
23 Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis subsp. arvensis
Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Yellow Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis
Allegheny Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans
24 Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
Chicory Cichorium intybus
Deptford-pink Dianthus armeria
Madder Bedstraw Galium mollugo
Native Self-heal Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Elliptic Shinleaf Pyrola elliptica
Swamp Rose Rosa palustris
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
Meadow Goat's-beard Tragopogon dubius
25 Butter-and-eggs Linaria vulgaris
Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra
Rose Campion Silene coronaria
Spiny-leaf Sowthistle Sonchus asper
Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria
26 Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata
Flower-of-an-hour Hibiscus trionum
Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora
Green-fringe Orchis Platanthera lacera
28 Mayweed Anthemis cotula
Musk Thistle Carduus nutans
29 Purple Milkweed Asclepias purpurascens
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Alien St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum
Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis
Bushy Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia
Slender Mountain-mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Bog Yellowcress Rorippa palustris var. palustris
Gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
30 Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata
Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa
Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria integrifolia

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