Medicago arabica (L.) Huds. – Spotted Medick Family – Fabaceae Stems: Leaves: Stipules. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Fruits. Flowering – March – June. Habitat – Disturbed sites, waste places, lawns, fields, roadsides. Origin – Native to the Mediterranean region. Other information – This species can be found scattered throughout Alabama. The plant can be identified by … Read more
Lespedeza capitata Michx. – Roundhead Lespedeza Family – Fabaceae Stems: Leaves: Stipules. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Fruits. Flowering – August – October. Habitat – Flatwoods, savannahs, thickets, open woods. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found scattered throughout Alabama. The plant is easy to identify becasue of its … Read more
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf. Family – Iridaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: N/A Inflorescence: Spathe of the inflorescence. Flowers: Developing fruit. Flowering – March – July. Habitat – Glades, rocky open ground, openings of upland woods, roadsides, railroads. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This showy little species can be found in counties scattered across … Read more
Liatris pilosa (Ait.) Willd. – Shaggy Blazing-star Family – Asteraceae Stems: Base of plant. Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Involucre: Ray flowers: Absent. Disk flowers: Pappus and achenes. Flowering – July – October. Habitat – Flatwoods, open hammocks, sandhills, open woods. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This showy species can be found scattered … Read more
Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet – Wild Azelea Family – Ericaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: N/A Inflorescence: Flowers: Tubes of corollas. Flowering – March – May. Habitat – Moist wooded slopes, savannahs, swamp forests, stream banks, hammocks. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species is common throughout Alabama. The plant can be … Read more
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. – Prairie Mimosa Family – Fabaceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Fruits. Flowering – June – August. Habitat – Rocky open ground, thickets, glades, prairies, roadsides, railroads. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This species can be found throughout much of Alabama. The plant can be identified by … Read more
Lithospermum tuberosum Rugel ex DC. – Tuberous Gromwell Family – Boraginaceae Stems: Leaves: Basal leaves in-situ. Close-up of adaxial leaf surface showing pustulate-based hairs. Inflorescence: Flowers: Calyx. Flowering – March – June. Habitat – Bluff forests, mixed deciduous forests. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This little species can be found scattered … Read more
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam. Family – Haloragaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flower. Fruit. Flowering – June – October. Habitat – Bogs, savannahs, diches. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This little species can be found in a handful of southern counties. The plant can be identified by its habitat, pectinate leaves, … Read more
Oenothera fruticosa L. – Sundrops, Narrowleaf Evening Primrose Family – Onagraceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Ovary. Flowering – April – August. Habitat – Sandhills, flatwoods, hammocks, meadows, roadsides. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found throughout most of Alabama. The plant can be identified by … Read more
Houstonia procumbens (J.F. Gmel.) Standl – Innocence Family – Rubiaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: N/A Inflorescence: Flowers: Flowering – February – April. Habitat – Sandhills, dunes, flatwoods, hammocks, beach dunes. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This little species can be found in the southern counties of Alabama. The plant can be identified … Read more