Spring wildflowers on the Eno

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Wildflowers

Acalypha virginica	Three Seeded Mercury
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow	Used as an 'all-heal' medicinal herb, this plant is circumpolar and was familiar to early settlers. Colonizes roadside and field edges.
Aconitum uncinatum	Monkshood	Quite uncommon on the Eno and elsewhere in the central piedmont. The basal rosettes show up in late winter but this shade-loving plant has flower stems that don't elongate and bloom until very late in the summer, barely before frost.
Actaea pachypoda	Dolls Eye, Baneberry	Agalinis decemloba
Agalinis decemloba	Tenlobe Gerardia
A. purpurea	Purple Gerardia	A shrubby annual of the Figwort family that blooms in late summer and early fall. Found in open habitat such as powerlines and unmowed roadsides.
A. tenuifolia	Slenderleaf Gerardia
Agrimonia parviflora	Harvestlice
A. pubescens	Soft Agrimony
Agrostemma githago	Corn-cockle
Aletris farinosa	Stargrass, Colic-root
Alisma subcordatum	Water Plantain
Allium canadense	Meadow Garlic
A. vineale	Wild Garlic
Amaranthus species	Pigweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Annual Ragweed
A. trifida	Giant Ragweed
Amianthium muscaetoxicum	Fly-poison	A lily found in dry open woods. At one time, the bulbs were actually crushed and mixed with honey or syrup for fly poison.
Amphicarpa bracteata	Hog Peanut
Amsonia tabernaemontana	Blue Star	An early blooming plant of woods edges. Closely related to Indian Hemp, both being from the Dogbane family.
Anagallis arvensis	Scarlet Pimpernel
Aneilema keisak	Wartremoving Herb
Anemone lancifolia	Mountain Thimbleweed	Locally rare, being more common in the mountains.
A. virginiana	Thimbleweed	The common name is derived from the appearance of the seed head. There is one very rare look-alike in NC.
Angelica venenosa	Hairy Angelica
Antennaria plantaginifolia	Pussy-toes, Woman's Tobacco
A. solitaria	Pussy-toes
Anthemis cotula	Dog Fennel,
Apios americana	Groundnut
Aplectrum hyemale	Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve
Apocynum cannabinum	Indian Hemp
Aquilegia canadensis	Columbine	Along the Eno this plant can be found growing in the wild at Cox's Mountain. Frequently a cultivated garden plant.
Arabis Canadensis	Sicklepod
A. laevigata	Smooth Rockcress	Lesser Burdock
Arisaema dracontium	Green Dragon
A. triphyllum	Jack-in-the-pulpit	Denizens of low, swampy woods and edges, flowering in early spring.The bright red berries are very spectacular in the fall.
Aristolochia serpentaria	Birthwort
Arnica acaulis	Leopard's-bane	Early blooming (April) member of the Composite family. Common name means killer of leopards! Actually all parts of the plant are deemed poisonous to mammals.
Artemisia vulgaris	Common Wormwood
Aruncus dioicus	Goat's Beard
Asarum canadense	Deciduous Ginger
Asclepias amplexicaulis	Clasping Milkweed
A. incarnata	Swamp Milkweed
A. syriaca	Common Milkweed
A. tuberosa	Butterfly-weed
A. variegata	White Milkweed	Growing in open areas, this tall summer milkweed attracts numerous butterflies. The floss from the seedpods was collected for life jackets during World War II!
A. verticillata	Horsetail or Whorled Milkweed
A. viridiflora	Green Milkweed
Aster concolor	Eastern Silver Aster
A. divaricatus	Wood Aster
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