Plant of the Week
Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
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 thumbnail links below lead to previous Plant of the Week descriptions.
Indian Ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides)
Sweet Flag (Acorus americanus)
Threadleaf giant hyssop (Agastache rupestris)
Sugarstick (Allotropa virgata)
Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)
Red or Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Southwestern prickly poppy (Argemone pliecantha)
Jack-in-The-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Northern Wormwood (Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis)
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Wheel Milkweed (Asclepias uncialis)
American Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)
Scarlet Milkvetch (Astragalus coccineus)
Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)
Smooth Rockcress (Boechera laevigata)
Bryoandersonia Moss (Bryoandersonia illecebra)
Bug-on-a-stick moss (Buxbaumia viridis)
Red Maids (Calandrinia ciliata)
White Mariposa Lily (Calochortus eurycarpus)
Umpqua mariposa lily (Calochortus umpquaensis)
Butterfly Mariposa Lily (Calochortus venustus)
White Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala)
Eastern Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
Common Camas (Camassia quamash)
Wild Hyacinths (Camassia scillioides)
Tansyleaf Suncup (Camissonia tanacetifolia)
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Plantain-leaf sedge (Carex plantaginea)
Christ’s Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja christii)
Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis)
Tweedy's lewisia (Cistanthe tweedyi)
Purple clematis (Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis)
Bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)
Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt.)
Dwarf Dogwood (Cornus canadensis)
Pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Mountain Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium montanum)
Sacred thorn-apple (Datura wrightii)
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon austrofrigidum)
Spoon-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia)
Featherleaf Fleabane (Erigeron pinnatisectus)
Elegant Fawnlily (Erythronium elegans)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Spinystar (Escobaria vivipara)
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)
Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus sp.)
California Flannelbush (Fremontodendron californicum)
Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)
Mountain avens (Geum peckii)
Curlycup Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)
American Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana L.)
Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis)
Streambank Wild Hollyhock (Iliamna rivularis)
Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris)
Dwarf Iris (Iris verna)
Gordon’s Ivesia (Ivesia gordonii)
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)
Pygmy Bitterroot (Lewisia pygmaea)
Sacajawea's bitterroot (Lewisia sacajaweana)
Savanna blazing star (Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii)
Western Lily (Lilium occidentale)
Washington lily (Lilium washingtonianum)
Bog Spicebush (Lindera subcoriaceae)
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Twinberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)
Sundial or Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
Sabin's Lupine (Lupinus sabinianus)
Baldwyn's Milkvine (Matelea baldwyniana)
Stream bogmoss (Mayaca fluviatilis)
Short-styled Bluebell (Mertensia brevistyla)
Twinflower Sandwort (Minuartia obtusiloba)
Macfarlane's four-o-clock (Mirabilis macfarlanei)
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)
Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Indian Olive (Nestronia umbellula)
Shasta snow-wreath (Neviusia cliftonii)
Tufted evening-primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
Prickly Pear (Opuntia basilaris)
Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius)
Pale Poppy (Papaver alboroseum)
Lemonscent (Pectis angustifolia)
Simpson's Hedgehog Cactus (Pediocactus simpsonii)
Payette Beardtongue (Penstemon payettensis)
Large Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
Littlecup Penstemon (Penstemon sepalulus)
Yellow Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia)
Redwhisker clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra)
Appalachian Jacob's ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae)
Sticky Polemonium (Polemonium viscosum)
Gaywings (Polygala paucifolia Willd.)
Islay (Prunus ilicifolia)
Woodland Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea)
Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata)
Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii)
Rhodora (Rhododendron canadense)
Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum)
Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)
Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)
Delicious Raspberry (Rubus deliciosus)
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea)
Mimbres figwort (Scrophularia macrantha)
Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)
Scarlet Catchfly (Silene subciliata)
Fire Pink (Silene virginica)
Ouachita Goldenrod (Solidago ouachitensis)
Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Mountain Kittentails (Synthyris missurica)
Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Catesby’s Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum L.)
Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum)
Western White Trillium (Trillium ovatum var. ovatum)
Persistent Trillium (Trillium persistens)
Sweet white trillium (Trillium simile)
Vasey's Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)
Three Birds Orchid (Triphora trianthophora)
Ithuriel's Spear (Triteleia laxa)
Common bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
Nuttall's Violet (Viola nuttallii)
Birdfoot Violet (Viola pedata)
White Mule's Ears (Wyethia helianthoides)
Plants of the Winter Solstice
