Facelis retusa (Lam.) Sch. Bip. – Annual Trampweed Family – Asteraceae Stems: N/A Leaves: N/A Inflorescence: Involucre: N/A Ray flowers: Absent. Disk flowers: Flowering – March – June. Habitat – Waste places, disturbed sites, roadsides, fields, lawns. Origin – Native to South America. Other information – This weedy little species can be found in scattered … Read more
Tetragonotheca helianthoides L. – Squarehead Family – Asteraceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Involucre: Non-expanded flower head. Ray flowers: Disk flowers: Disk flowers close-up. Flowering – April – July. Habitat – Sandhills, open sandy woods. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This striking species can be found in the southern half of Alabama. … Read more
Lysimachia ciliata L. – Fringed Loosestrife Family – Primulaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Arrow shows fringed petiole. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Calyx… …Again. Flowering – May – August. Habitat – Mesic soils of slopes, floodplains, and coves. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This species can be found scattered throughout Alabama but seems to … Read more
Trillium cernuum L. – Nodding Trillium Family – Liliaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: N/A Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flowering – April – May. Habitat – Rich wooded slopes, alluvial woods. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This striking species has been reported in just three (perhaps one) Alabama counties. It is an uncommon species … Read more
Lupinus perennis L. – Sun-Dial Lupine Family – Fabaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Calyx. Flowering – March – May. Habitat – Sandhills, dry, open hammocks. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found in the southern 1/3 of Alabama. The plant can be identified by its … Read more
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill. – Poison Oak Family – Anacardiaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Leaflet. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flowering – April – May. Habitat – Sandhills, dry hammocks, thickets, old fields. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This species can be found throughout most of Alabama but is apparently absent from the most northern … Read more
Trillium lancifolium Raf. – Lanceleaf Wakerobin Family – Liliaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: N/A Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flowering – March – April. Habitat – Wooded slopes, ravines. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This species is found throughout much of Alabama. The plant is easy to identify becasue of its long, thin leaves … Read more
Eriocaulon compressum Lam. – Flattened Pipewort Family – Eriocaulaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Basal leaves. Sheathing leaf of flowering scape. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Involucre of flower head. Flowering – April – October. Habitat – Bogs, marshes, wet flatwoods, wet ditches. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found in … Read more
Stylodon carneus (Medik.) Moldenke – Carolina False Vervain Family – Verbenaceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flowering – April – July. Habitat – Xeric sandhills, dry hammocks, thin, sandy woods. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found mainly in the southern half of Alabama in counties that … Read more
Melica mutica Walter – Two-flower Melic Grass Family – Poaceae Stems: Node of stem. Leaves: Leaf base. Arrow shows ligule. Inflorescence: Flowers: Flowering – March – May. Habitat – Stream banks, wet hammocks, road banks. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This species can be found throughout Alabama and is fairly common. … Read more