🌸 venus' looking-glass 🌿 Triodanis perfoliata #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🏵️ carolina milkvine 🌿 Matelea carolinensis #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 glade calamint 🌿 Clinopodium glabellum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 glade larkspur 🌿 Delphinium carolinianum subsp. calciphilum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 gattinger's prairie-clover 🌿 Dalea gattingeri #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 tennessee marbleseed 🌿 Lithospermum molle very rare outside of the nashville basin; uncommon within #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 appalachian ragwort 🌿 Packera anonyma #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌹 carolina rose 🌿 Rosa carolina #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 bradbury beebalm 🌿 Monarda bradburiana #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 virginia groundcherry 🌿 Physalis virginiana #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 american columbo 🌿 Frasera caroliniensis these grow for years as just a rosette of leaves on the ground. when they bolt & put out flowers, they die thereafter #nativeplants #ecoregion71

💮 four-leaf milkweed 🌿 Asclepias quadrifolia peculiar distribution: two large, geographically distinct populations in the eastern usa separated by the wabash -> ohio -> mississippi river #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 large-flower valerian 🌿 Valeriana pauciflora in middle tn these grow on the eastern and western highland rims but not in the nashville basin #nativeplants #ecoregion71

💮 guyandotte beauty 🌿 Synandra hispidula one of my favorites an indicator of a relict forest #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 illinois woodsorrel 🌿 Oxalis illinoensis considerably more common here in middle tn than in illinois 🤭 #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 farkleberry 🌿 Vaccinium arboreum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 downy woodmint 🌿 Blephilia ciliata #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 may-plume 🌿 Maianthemum racemosum maianthemum -> may flower racemosome -> racemous ie has a raceme of flowers... but this is false! the inflorescence is a panicle 🔎 #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 two-flowered cynthia 🌿 Krigia biflora sometimes called "dwarf-dandelion;" it is not related to dandelions and also is like a lot bigger than a dandelion anyways ?? and cynthia is a nice name for a flower too imho #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 great waterleaf 🌿 Hydrophyllum appendiculatum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 hoary puccoon 🌿 Lithospermum canescens #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🏵️ wild columbine 🌿 Aquilegia canadensis #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 eastern western-daisy 🌿 Astranthium integrifolium presented without comment #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 tennessee milkvetch 🌿 Astragalus tennesseensis these ones don't grow ground-plums, they produce hairy pods that sorta look like milkweed fairly rare plant mostly only found in the nashville basin, though there are a few disjunct populations further afield #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 gattinger's lobelia 🌿 Lobelia gattingeri well i must have seen this one blooming one million times. still my fav lobelia though basically only found in the limestone cedar glades of the nashville basin #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 large yellow lady's-slipper 🌿 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens 😎 first time catching one in bloom like all the rest of the "first times" i've seen lately this one is also in a protected state natural area i've been to dozens and dozens of times over many years #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 limestone beardtongue 🌿 Penstemon tenuiflorus #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 yellow-fruit "horse-gentian" 🌿 Triosteum angustifolium ❌ not related to gentian (it's in the honeysuckle family) ✅ my first time seeing one in bloom #nativeplants #ecoregion71

💮 great white trillium 🌿 Trillium grandiflorum first time seeing one in bloom, we're on the very edge of their range here #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 doll's-eyes 🌿 Actaea pachypoda first time i've found these in bloom, usually i find the berries later on in summer. the raceme lengthens, the stems turn red, and the flowers grow into white berries, but their white stigmas turn black over time, resembling eyeballs #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🏵️ jack-in-the-pulpit 🌿 Arisaema triphyllum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 bear corn 🌿 Conopholis americana no chlorophyll, parasitic on oaks #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 mayapple 🌿 Podophyllum peltatum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 wherry's foamflower 🌿 Tiarella wherryi #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 southern anderson's tongue 🌿 Andersonglossum virginianum just kidding no one calls it that yet. known widely as southern wild comfrey (it is not related to comfrey) and southern hound's-tongue (it was formerly placed in the genus Cynoglossum = "dog tongue") #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🏵️ canadian lousewort 🌿 Pedicularis canadensis aka wood-betony, but it is not related to betony. Pedicularis derives from latin pediculus 'louse'; folklore maintains that livestock would catch lice if kept in pastures where plants of this genus grow #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 eastern shooting star 🌿 Primula meadia stunning flower with equally remarkable fragrance #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 longspur violet 🌿 Viola rostrata #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 cream violet 🌿 Viola striata #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 bird's foot violet 🌿 Viola pedata #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 hairy yellow violet 🌿 Viola pubescens #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 palm violet 🌿 Viola palmata #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌻 smooth yellow violet 🌿 Viola eriocarpa #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 glade violet 🌿 Viola egglestonii #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 virginia bluebells 🌿 Mertensia virginica #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 alabama azalea 🌿 Rhododendron alabamense i love azaleas btw fwiw imho #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🪻 dwarf larkspur 🌿 Delphinium tricorne #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 dwarf crested iris 🌿 Iris cristata smells amazing if you can get down to its level, they are quite short #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌼 wild strawberry 🌿 Fragaria virginiana #nativeplants #ecoregion71

🌸 glade phlox 🌿 Phlox bifida subsp. stellaria phlox smell so nice 😌 #nativeplants #ecoregion71