Photinia serratifolia (Desf.) Kalkm. – Taiwanese Photinia Family – Rosaceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: Flowers: Flowering – March – May. Habitat – Roadsides, old homesites. Also cultivated. Origin – Native to Asia. Other information – This attractive species can be found cultivated throughout much of Alabama but is only found escaped in handful of counties. The … Read more
Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl – Clasping Heliotrope Family – Boraginaceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Infructescence. Flowering – April – October. Habitat – Disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads. Origin – Native to tropical America. Other information – This weedy but attractive species can be found scattered throughout Alabama. The plant can be identified by its sessile leaves, … Read more
Cyperus plukenetii Fern. – Plukenet’s Flatsedge Family – Cyperaceae Stems: Leaves: Leaf sheath. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flowering – July – October. Habitat – Sandhills, flatwoods, sandy woods and fields. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This species can be found in the southern portion of Alabama. The plant is similar to others … Read more
Trifolium lappaceum L. – Burdock Clover Family – Fabaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Stipule. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Fruiting calices. Flowering – March – August. Habitat – Weedy fields, roadsides, lawns. Origin – Native to Eurasia and Africa. Other information – This weedy introduced plant can be found in scattered counties throughout Alabama and is probably more … Read more
Ipomoea wrightii Gray – Wright’s Morning Glory Family – Convolvulaceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Calyx. Flowering – July – September. Habitat – Disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads, cultivated areas, thickets. Origin – Native to tropical America. Other information – This attractive yet weedy species is only reported in a small umber of Alabama counties but … Read more
Sericocarpus tortifolius (Michx.) Nees – Whitetop Aster Family – Asteraceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: Cluster of immature flowers. Involucre: Ray flowers: N/A Disk flowers: Flowering – August – October. Habitat – Sandhills, flatwoods, hammocks, old fields, sandy soils. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found in the southern … Read more
Luzula acuminata Raf. – Hairy Woodrush Family – Juncaceae Stems: N/A Leaves: Base of leaf blade. Inflorescence: Flowers: Flower close-up. Flowering – February – August. Habitat – Bluff forests, moist woods. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This little but distinctive species can be found mainly in the northern hlaf of Alabama … Read more
Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC. – Camphorweed Family – Asteraceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: N/A Involucre: Ray flowers: Absent. Disk flowers: Flowering – August – October. Habitat – Pastures, bogs, woodlands, ditches, swamps, floodplains, disturbed sites. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive species can be found scattered throughout Alabama. The plant can … Read more
Eriogonum tomentosum Michx. – Dogtongue Wild Buckwheat Family – Polygonaceae Stems: Leaves: Whorl of cauline leaves. Abaxial leaf surface. Inflorescence: N/A Flowers: Flower, side view. Flowering – July – September. Habitat – Sandhills, savannahs. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This showy species can be found in the most southern Alabama counties. … Read more
Packera anonyma (A.W. Wood) W.A. Weber & A. Love – Small’s Ragwort Family – Asteraceae Stems: Leaves: Inflorescence: Involucre: Ray flowers: Disk flowers: Flowering – April – June. Habitat – Meadows, hammocks, fields, pastures, disturbed sites, roadsides, railroads. Origin – Native to North America. Other information – This attractive and common species can be found … Read more