Perennial Wildflowers

Common

Common Name	Scientific Name	Bloom	Habitat
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Summer	Wet meadows
Butterfly Milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	Summer	Dry sandy openings
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Summer	Fields, edges
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Summer	Open fields
Green-headed Coneflower	Rudbeckia laciniata	Summer	Moist woods, edges
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	Summer-Fall	Streambanks, wet
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	Summer-Fall	Moist meadows
Joe-Pye Weed	Eutrochium dubium	Summer	Wet meadows
Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Summer-Fall	Moist edges
Common Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Summer	Wet meadows
Gray Goldenrod	Solidago nemoralis	Fall	Dry fields, openings
Sweet Goldenrod	Solidago odora	Fall	Dry open woods
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Fall	Moist meadows
Tickseed Coreopsis	Coreopsis spp.	Summer	Sandy openings
Garden Phlox	Phlox paniculata	Summer	Rich moist forests
Smooth Beardtongue	Penstemon laevigatus	Spring-Summer	Open woods
Dotted Horsemint	Monarda punctata	Summer	Sandy soils
Golden Alexander	Zizia aurea	Spring-Summer	Moist meadows
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Fall	Wet meadows
Wild Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Spring	Rocky woods, bluffs
Virginia Bluebells	Mertensia virginica	Spring	Floodplain forests
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	Summer	Moist soils
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Summer	Sandy fields (annual)
Lyre-leaf Sage	Salvia lyrata	Spring	Open woods, lawns
Swamp Sunflower	Helianthus angustifolius	Fall	Wet meadows
Common Violet	Viola sororia	Spring	Everywhere

Common Name	Scientific Name	Bloom	Habitat
Blue False Indigo	Baptisia australis	Spring	Open woods, edges
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Summer	Dry openings
Ironweed	Vernonia noveboracensis	Late Summer	Wet meadows
Blazing Star	Liatris pilosa	Fall	Dry sandy woods
Fire Pink	Silene virginica	Spring	Dry rocky woods
Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	Early Spring	Rich deciduous forests
Mayapple	Podophyllum peltatum	Spring	Mesic forests
Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum	Spring	Moist forests
Solomon's Seal	Polygonatum biflorum	Spring	Forest understory
False Solomon's Seal	Maianthemum racemosum	Spring	Mesic forests
Turtlehead	Chelone glabra	Late Summer	Streambanks
Rose Mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos	Summer	Tidal marshes, wet
Seashore Mallow	Kosteletzkya pentacarpos	Summer-Fall	Brackish marshes
Virginia Blue Flag	Iris virginica	Spring	Marshes, wet meadows
Dwarf Crested Iris	Iris cristata	Spring	Rich forest slopes
Lizard's Tail	Saururus cernuus	Summer	Swamp margins
Pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata	Summer	Shallow freshwater
Arrow Arum	Peltandra virginica	Spring-Summer	Tidal freshwater marsh
Monkeyflower	Mimulus ringens	Summer	Wet meadows
Maryland Wild Senna	Senna marilandica	Summer	Moist edges
Turk's Cap Lily	Lilium superbum	Summer	Wet meadows
Spatterdock	Nuphar advena	Summer	Ponds, slow water
American Lotus	Nelumbo lutea	Summer	Ponds, tidal fresh
Marsh Marigold	Caltha palustris	Spring	Wet woods, stream edges
Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis	Summer	Moist edges (annual)

Common Name	Scientific Name	Bloom	Habitat	Status
Sensitive Joint-vetch	Aeschynomene virginica	Summer	Tidal freshwater marshes	Federally Threatened / S2
Virginia Thistle	Cirsium virginianum	Summer	Bogs, seepage areas	G4 / S2
Red Milkweed	Asclepias rubra	Summer	Seepage bogs	S2-S3
Sundews	Drosera brevifolia, D. capillaris, D. rotundifolia	Summer	Seepage bogs	S2-S3
Purple Pitcher Plant	Sarracenia purpurea	Spring	Sphagnum bogs	S2
Large White Fringed Orchid	Platanthera blephariglottis	Summer	Seepage bogs	S2
Yellow Fringed Orchid	Platanthera ciliaris	Summer	Wet pine savannas	S3
Grass-pink Orchid	Calopogon tuberosus	Summer	Bogs, wet meadows	S3
Rose Pogonia	Pogonia ophioglossoides	Summer	Sphagnum bogs	S3
Small Spreading Pogonia	Cleistesiopsis bifaria	Summer	Acidic pine woods	G3G4 / S2
Coastal Rose-pink	Sabatia calycina	Summer	Brackish marshes	S3
Large Marsh-pink	Sabatia dodecandra	Summer	Brackish to fresh marshes	S3
Sundial Lupine	Lupinus perennis	Spring	Sandy pine-oak barrens	S3
Atamasco Lily	Zephyranthes atamasco	Spring	Moist forests, meadows	S3
Yellow Milkwort	Polygala lutea	Summer	Seepage bogs	S3
Harper's Fimbristylis	Fimbristylis perpusilla	Summer	Depression ponds	G2 — Globally Rare