Wildflowers of California Woods Nature Preserve- List By Common Name
Click on the plants common name to see a color photograph taken within the preserve. A short description will provide technical and historical information for each plant.
Agrimony- Agrimonia pubescens
American Ginseng- Panax quinquefolius
Appendaged Waterleaf- Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
Asiatic Dayflower- Commelina communis
Beechdrops- Epifagus virginiana
Biennial Gaura- Gaura biennis
Black Bindweed- Polygonum convolvulus
Blue Cohosh- Caulophyllum thalictroides
Black Medic- Medicago lupulina
Bloodroot- Sanguinaria canadensis
Bluets- Houstonia caerulea
Blue-Eyed Grass- Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue-Eyed Mary- Collinsia verna
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod- Solidage caesia
Broad-Leaf Waterleaf- Hydrophyllum canadense
Butterfly Weed- Asclepias tuberosa
Canada Goldernrod- Solidago canadensis
Canada Thistle- Cirsium arvense
Canada Violet- Viola canadensis
Carolina Cranesbill- Geranium carolinianum
Celadine Poppy (Wood Poppy)- Stylophorum diphyllum
Chicory- Cichorium intybus
Common (Philadelphia) Fleabane- Erigeron philadelphicus
Common Blue Violet- Viola sororia
Common Chickweed- Stellaria media
Common Dandelion- Taraxacum officinale
Common Milkweed- Asclepias syriaca
Common Mullein- Verbascum thapsus
Confederate Violet- Viola sororia f. priceana
Cream Violet- Viola striata
Cut-Leaf Toothwort- Cardamine concatenata
Downy Yellow Violet- Viola pubescens
Drooping Trillium- Trillium flexipes
Dutchmans Breeches- Dicentra cucullaria
Dwarf Larkspur- Delphinium tricorns
Enchanters Nightshade- Circaea quadrisulcata
Evening Primrose- Oenothera biennis
False Solomons Seal (Solomons Plume)- Smilacina racemosa
Few-Flowered Tick-trefoil- Desmodium pauciflorum
Field Speedwell- Veronica agrestis
Foxglove Beardtongue- Pentstemon digitalis
Fragrant Bedstraw- Galium triflorum
Garlic Mustard- Alliaria officinalis
Goatsbeard- Aruncus dioicus
Great Alexanders- Zizia aurea
Golden Ragwort- Senicio aureus
Grass-Leaved Goldenrod- Solidago graminifolia
Gray Field Speedwell- Veronica polita
Great Lobelia- Lobelia siphilitica
Great Ragweed- Ambrosia trifida
Great Solomons Seal- Polygonatum canaliculatum
Green Dragon- Arisaema dracontium
Ground Ivy (Gill Over the Ground)- Glechoma hederacea
Hairy Aster- Aster pilosus var. pilosus
Hairy Rock Cress- Arabis hirsuta
Hairy Ruellia- Tuellia caroliniensis
Hairy Wood Mint- Blephilis hirsuta
Hairy Wood Rush- Luzula pilosa
Harbinger of Spring- Erigenia bulbosa
Heal-All- Prunella vulgaris
Heart-Leaved Aster- Aster cordifolius
Hoary Tick-trefoil- Desmodium canescens
Hog Peanut- Amphicarpa bracteata
Honewort- Cryptotaenia canadensis
Hooked Crowfoot- Ranunculus recurvatus
Hop Clover- Trifolium agrarium
Horse-Nettle- Solanum carolinense
Indian Hemp- Apocynum cannabinum
Indian Pipe- Monotropa uniflora
Indian Strawberry- Duchesnea indica
Jack-In-The-Pulpit- Arisaema triphyllum
Joe-Pye Weed- Eupatorium purpureum
Jumpseed (Virginia Knotweed)- Tovara virginiana
Lady's Thumb- Polygonum persicaria
Large-Bracted Tick-trefoil- Desmodium cuspidatum
Large-Leaved Waterleaf- Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
Lesser Celandine- Ranunculus ficaria
Lily-Leaved Twayblade- Liparis lillifolia
Long-Bristled Smartweed- Polygonum cespitosum
Lopseed- Phryma leptostachya
Mayapple- Podophyllum peltatum
Mistflower- Eupatorium coelestinum
Multiflora Rose- Rosa multiflora
Ohio Spiderwort- Tradescantia ohiensis
Ox-Eye Daisy- Chrysantehemum leucanthemum
Ox-Eye Sunflower- Heliopsis helianthoides
Pale Touch-Me-Not (Pale Jewelweed)- Impatiens pallida
Pennsylvania Bittercress- Cardamine pensylvlanica
Pennsylvania Sedge- Carax pennsylvanica
Piedmont Bedstraw- Galium pedemontana
Pink Wild Bean- Strophostyles umbellata
Poison Ivy- Rhus radicans
Pokeweed- Phytolacca americana
Purple Cress- Cardamine douglassii
Purple Dead Nettle- Lamium purpureum
Purple Houstonia- Houstonia purpurea
Purple Phacelia- Phacelia bipinnatifida
Purple Rocket- Iodanthus pinnatifidus
Rattlesnake Root- Prenanthes altissima
Red Clover- Trifolium pratense
Rue Anemone- Anemonella thalictroides
Sessile Trillium- Trillium sessile
Sharp-Lobed Hepatica- Hepatica acutiloba
Sharp-Winged Monkeyflower- Mimulus alatus
Shooting Star- Dodocatheon meadia
Small-Flowered Crowfoot- Ranunculus abortivus
Smooth Rock Cress- Arabis laevigata
Smooth Tick-trefoil- Desmodium laevigatum
Snowdrops- Galanthus nivalus
Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Spotted Jewelweed)- Impatiens capensis
Spring Beauty- Claytonia virginica
Spring Cress- Cardamine bulbosa
Squawroot- Conopholis americana
Squirrel Corn- Dicentra canadensis
Star of Bethlehem- Ornithogalum umbellatum
Starry Chickweed- Stellaria pubera
Stinging Nettle- Urtica dioica
Sweet Cicely- Osmorhiza claytoni
Synandra- Synandra hispidula
Tall Bellflower- Campanula americana
Tall Ironweed- Veronia altissima
Twinleaf- Jeffersonia diphylla
Two-Leaved Toothwort- Dentaria diphylla
Valerian- Valeriana pauciflora
Veined Skullcap- Scutellaria nervosa
Venus' Looking-Glass- Triodanis perfoliata
Virginia Bluebells- Mertensia virginica
White Avens- Geum canadense
White Baneberry- Actaea pachypoda
White Campion- Silene latifolia
White Clover- Trifoium repens
White Snakeroot- Eupatorium rugosum
White Trout Lily- Erythronium albidum
White Vervain- Verbena urticifolia
Wild Asparagus- Asparagus officinalis
Wild Bergamot- Monarda fistulosa
Wild Blue Phlox- Phlox divaricata
Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace)- Daucus carota
Wild Chervil- Anthriscus sylvestris
Wild Garlic- Allium canadense
Wild Geranium- Geranium maculatum
Wild Ginger- Asarum canadense
Wild Hyacinth- Camassia scilloides
Wild Leek- Allium tricoccum
Wild Licorice- Galium circaeazans
Wild Stonecrop- Sedum ternatum
Wingstem (Sunflower)- Actinomeris alternifolia
Winter Aconite- Eranthus hyemalis
Yellow Corydalis- Corydalis flavula
Yellow Goatsbeard- Trogopogon dubius
Yellowrocket- Barbarea vulgaris
Yellow Trillium- Trillium luteum
Yellow Trout Lily- Erythronium americanum
Yellow Wood-Sorrel- Oxalis europaea
Zigzag Goldenrod- Solidago flaxicaulis
Zigzag Spiderwort- Tradescantia subaspera