Spring Wildflowers Are Here: Check Out this Helpful ID Guide! - Henderson County Center

Spring Wildflowers Are Here: Check Out this Helpful ID Guide!

— Written by Karen Blaedow | April 1, 2024 (Updated: April 1, 2024, 8:17 a.m.)

Local Wildflower Guide

For many hikers walking the trails and looking at plants goes hand in hand. Luckily every spring we get to follow the progression of wildflowers as we climb in elevation and it's always exciting to see what flower lies just beyond that next bend in the trail. The challenge sometimes is knowing what the flower is. Below is a list of wildflowers listed in alphabetical order by common name that hikers may encounter on their next adventure. To get a closer look at each flower click the picture to enlarge. Happy Hiking and Wildflower Hunting!

Birdfoot Violet-1

Bleeding Heart (white)-1

Bloodroot-1

Blue Cohosh-1

Common Blue Violet-1

Crested Dwarf Iris-1

Delphinium-1

Dog-hobble-1

Dutchman's-breeches-1

False Solomon's-seal-1

Fire Pink-1

Flame Azalea-1

Foam Flower-1

Golden Ragwort-1

Great Chickweed-1

Halberd-leaved Violet-1

Hepatica-1

Jack-in-the-pulpit-1

Meadow Parsnip-1

Perfoliate Bellwort-1

Pink Lady's Slipper-1

Plantain Pussytoes-1

Prostrate Bluets-1

Robin's-plantain-1

Rue Anemone-1

Showy Orchis-1

Solomon's-seal-1

Spring Beauty-1

Squaw-root-1

Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)-1

Toothwort-1

Trillium erectum (Wake Robin)-1

White Trillium-1

Wild Geranium-1

Wild Strawberry-1

Wildoats-1

Yellow Lady's Slipper-1

Yellow Trillium-1

Yellowroot-1

Photos by Karen Blaedow

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Karen Blaedow Extension Agent, Agriculture - Vegetable and Small Fruit

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