Archives: Native Plants

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)

Pickerelweed flowering along a freshwater edge in Plaisance National Park, Quebec. Photo: Cephas — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) is a true

Alaska Blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Alaska Blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium, including the plant long called Vaccinium alaskaense) is a

Kokiʻo ʻUla (Hibiscus kokio)

Red Hibiscus kokio flower cultivated at Hoolawa Farms on Maui. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Kokiʻo ʻula (Hibiscus kokio) is

Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens)

Allegheny monkeyflower bloom photographed in central New Jersey. Photo: Ksd5 — Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Allegheny monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens) turns a persistently damp garden edge into

Field Oxytrope (Oxytropis campestris)

Photo: NPS / Jacob W. Frank: Denali National Park and Preserve — Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. Field Oxytrope (Oxytropis campestris), also called field locoweed, is

Kou (Cordia subcordata)

Orange kou flowers with rounded fruits and broad leaves. Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Kou (Cordia subcordata) is a broad-crowned coastal tree with

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

White bloodroot flowers with yellow stamens in spring. Photo: UpstateNYer — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) announces spring with white flowers that

Hala (Pandanus tectorius)

Hīnano male hala flowers with pale fragrant bracts on Maui. Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Hala (Pandanus tectorius) is one

Wild-oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

Pale hanging flowers of sessile-leaved bellwort at Wayah Gap, North Carolina. Photo: Harlan B. Herbert, Bugwood.org — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 us. Wild-oats (Uvularia

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