USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers

Plant of the Week

Plant of the Week

Spotted Sandmat (Chamaesyce maculata).
Spotted Sandmat (Chamaesyce maculata)

Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. A field of wildflowers or colorful plants upon a lush forest floor is a beautiful sight, but so is a single flower or scattered plants growing upon what at first glance may appear to be a dry and desolate landscape.

Each week Celebrating Wildflowers features a different wildflower found on our national forests and grasslands. Enjoy them here as well as throughout Celebrating Wildflowers.

The Plant of the Week descriptions are organized alphabetically by genus and species:

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Red Maids
Red Maids (Calandrinia ciliata)

White Mariposa Lily, Calochortus eurycarpus.
White Mariposa Lily (Calochortus eurycarpus)

Umpqua mariposa lily, Calochortus umpquaensis
Umpqua mariposa lily (Calochortus umpquaensis)

Butterfly Mariposa Lily
Butterfly Mariposa Lily (Calochortus venustus)

White Marsh Marigold
White Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala)

Eastern Sweetshrub, Calycanthus floridus.
Eastern Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)

Common Camas.
Common Camas (Camassia quamash)

wild hyacinth.
Wild Hyacinths (Camassia scillioides)

Tansyleaf Suncup
Tansyleaf Suncup (Camissonia tanacetifolia)

harebell.
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Heartleaf Bittercress (Cardamine cordifolia).
Heartleaf Bittercress (Cardamine cordifolia)

plantain-leaf sedge.
Plantain-leaf sedge (Carex plantaginea)

Native Sedge (Carex vernacula).
Native Sedge (Carex vernacula)

Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).
Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea)

Christs Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja christii.
Christ’s Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja christii)

Pale painted cup (Castilleja septentrionalis)
Pale painted cup (Castilleja septentrionalis)

Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense).
Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense)

Mountain Mahogany
Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)

turtlehead, Chelone glabra.
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Desert willow flowers.
Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis)

Soap Plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)
Soap Plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)

Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata).
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)

Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri).
Pitcher’s Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)

Tweedy's lewisia, Cistanthe tweedyi.
Tweedy's lewisia (Cistanthe tweedyi)

Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistes bifaria)
Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistes bifaria)

Purple clematis (Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis)
Purple clematis (Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis)

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata)
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata)

Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii)
Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii)

bluebead lily, Clintonia borealis.
Bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)

Birdbill Dayflower (Commelina dianthifolia).
Birdbill Dayflower (Commelina dianthifolia)

American Cancer-root (Conopholis americana).
American Cancer-root (Conopholis americana)

Golden Tickseed, Coreopsis tinctoria.
Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt.)

Dwarf dogwood, Cornus canadensis.
Dwarf Dogwood (Cornus canadensis)

Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii).
Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)

Plateau Yellow Miner’s Candle (Cryptantha flava).
Plateau Yellow Miner’s Candle (Cryptantha flava)

pink lady's slipper, Cypripedium acaule.
Pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

Clustered Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium fasciculatum)
Clustered Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium fasciculatum)

Mountain Lady's Slipper
Mountain Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium montanum)

Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae).
Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae)

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Last modified: December 17, 2012