Small bouquet of pale Virginia Pennywort flowers sprouting amongst leaf litter
Virginia Pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
WNC 04.09.26
I just knew this had to be a cute little parasite...I was right! There's a parasitic plant "look" that's hard to explain but I know it when I know it.
#spring #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #parasiticplant
Hairy Solomon's seal with a cascade of subtle green flowers from the end of the plant to the stem in increasing progress of blooming
Hairy Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
WNC 04.09.26
#ncwildflowers #nativeplants #spring
Two small white wood anemone flowers with soft green leaves fanned out below.
Wood Anemonemonemonemonemone (Anemonoides quinquefolia)
WNC 04.09.26
#spring #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #woodanemone
Red Trillium backlit by warm sunshine and standing proud amongst leaf litter
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
WNC 04.09.26
#trillium #spring #nativeplants #ncwildflowers
Bloodroot in bloom with one fully opened flower featuring layered bright white petals. To other flowers are in the process of opening.
Small bloodroot flower in the shade of a bloodroot leaf backlit by the sun
Met these as buds a couple days ago and circled back to catch them in bloom - first time seeing bloodroot flower.
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
03.13.26 Asheville NC
#kodakpixpro #spring #nativeplants #ncwildflowers #wildflowers
Single dimpled trout lily with the sun illuminating its bright yellow petals and purple-motted leaves.
You'll probably be seeing a lot of these from me - I've visited them thrice in the last week.
Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum)
03.13.26 Bent Creek NC
#kodakpixpro #spring #nativeplants #ncwildflowers
Small white spiranthes orchid blooms spiraled upon a green stalk in a fall forest.
Lesser Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes ovalis erostellata)
10.13.25 Bent Creek NC
#kodakpixpro #orchidsinsitu #orchids #fallflowers #ncwildflowers
Photo of downy rattlesnake plantain in bloom, an orchid with a green stalk and small white flowers clustered up the stalk
Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
WNC, July 2025
#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #orchidsinsitu #orchid
Crane-fly orchid stalk full of purple and green blooms
Crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor)
WNC, July 2025
#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #orchids #tipulariadiscolor #craneflyorchid #orchidsinsitu
Ink sketch of a six-petaled lily in bloom, spotted mandarin, with the scientific name below.
Spotted Mandarin (Prosartes maculata)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #lily #spottedmandarin
Purple flower of Pigeonwings with darker purple stippling and a white stripe down the center.
Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana)
WNC, July 2025
#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #pigeonwings
Silver spotted Skipper butterfly perched on the pink blooms of beebalm
Eastern Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus clarus) on Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa)
WNC, July 2025
#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #silverspottedskipper #butterfly #bergamot
Ink drawing of wild geranium in bloom with the scientific name below
Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Ink ok sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #geranium #wildgeranium
Blooming Canadian lousewort with yellow and red gradient flowers
Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)
WNC, May 2025
#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #canadianlousewort
Black cohosh plume with bright white blooms backlit in a forest
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)
WNC, June 2025
#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #blackcohosh
Black and white sketch of bear corn in bloom
Bear corn (Conopholis americana)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #parasiticplant #bearcorn
Trillium rugelli in bloom
Southern nodding wakerobin (Trillium rugelii)
WNC, April 2025
#kodakpixpro #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #trillium #trilliumrugelii
Mayapple in bloom on a forest floor
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
WNC, April 2025
#ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #kodakpixpro #mayapple
The Bidens is looking mighty pretty along the roadsides in Piedmont North Carolina. Flowering plants from seeds collected and spread in my backyard last fall are a jungle of yellow attracting tiger, spicebush, and parsley swallowtails, plus monarch butterflies. #NCWildflowers #butterflies #Bidens
Ink sketch of fire pink in bloom with some bloomed out flowers
Fire pink (Silene virginica)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart
Ink sketch of orange fringed orchid in bloom
Orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #orchidart #orchids
Ink sketch of Turks cap lily in bloom with the scientific name to one side
Turk's-cap lily (Lilium superbum)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #lily
Flash photo of a wild hydrangea in bloom
Hydrangea sp.
WNC, June 2025
#wnc #nativeplants #hydrangea #ncwildflowers
Ink drawing of a small green wood orchid plume in bloom
Small green wood orchid (Platanthera clavellata)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #orchids #orchidart #platanthera #platantheraclavellata
Cluster of great rhododendrons in bloom
Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
WNC, June 2025
#kodakpixpro #wnc #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #rhododendron #azalea
Two backlit, bright red fire pink blooms in dappled light
Fire Pink (Silene virginica)
WNC, June 2025
#kodakpixpro #wnc #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #firepink #silenevirginica
Closeup of striped wintergreen in bloom
Striped wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
WNC, June 2025
#kodakpixpro #wnc #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #stripedwintergreen #wintergreen
Ink sketch of Rock Harlequin with the scientific name below
Rock Harlequin (Capnoides sempervirens)
Ink on sketchbook paper.
#ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart
#inksketch #sketchbook #rockharlequin #capnoidessempervirens
Portrait of a Spotted Mandarin flower in full bloom in an Appalachian forest.
Spotted Mandarin (Prosartes maculata)
WNC, April 2025
#ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #kodakpixpro #lily #spottedmandarin #prosartesmaculata
Portrait of a pink and yellow bell shaped bloom of Rock Harlequin
Rock harlequin (Capnoides sempervirens)
WNC, June 2025
#rockharlequin #mountainplants #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #kodakpixpro #capnoidessempervirens
