Wildflowers in the Smoky Mountains
The Smoky Mountains offer some 1600 flowering plants as well as 4000 nonflowering.
Click on the name of the flower for photo
Photos by Terri McLean
| Asters Beebalm Birdfoot violet Brown-Eyed Susan Bleeding heart Bloodroot Butterfly weed Camellia Canadian violet Cardinal flower Chickweed Chicory Clinton’s lily Columbine Cone flower Crested dwarf iris Day lily Dogwood Dutchman britches Dutchman’s pipe Fire pink Flame azalea Fringed phacelia Gary’s lily Glade spurge Healall Hepaticas Horse nettle Indian paintbrush Indian-pink Indian pipe Ironweed (tall) Jack in the pulpit Jewel weed Lady slipper (pink) Lady slipper (white) Lady slipper (yellow) Ladies Mantle Larkspur Mountain catchfly |
Morning glory Mountain bittercress Mountain Camellia Mountain laurel Ox eye daisy Passion flower Pipsissewa Purple fringed orchid Purple phacelia Rhododendron Rock skullcap Rose-pink Rose mallow Rugel’s ragwort Showy orchis Skullcap Spreading aven Spring beauty Spurred butterfly pea Squaw-root Squirrel corn Star grass Stonecrop Sweet shrub Tall Bell Flower Toothwort Trillium-white Trillium-white Erect Trillium-yellow Trout lily Turk’s cap Turtlehead Virginia bluebell Virginia spirea Wild Bergomat Wild geranium Wild golden glow Wild Rose Wood sorrel Woodland Poppy Yellow Star Grass |
Flowering park species that are threatened or endangered, that are candidates for federal listing.
Spreading aven (Geum radiatum)
Virginia spirea (Spirea Virginiana)
Mountain bittercress (Cardamine clematitis)
Glade spurge (Euphorbia purpurea)
Fraser’s loosestrife (lysimachia fraseri)
Gary’s lily (Lilium gray)
Rugel’s ragwort (Rugelia nubicaulis)
Rock skullcap (Sctellaria saxatalis)
Mountain catchfly (Silene ovate)
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Best Motor Trails for Wildflowers Little river road Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail Cingmans Dome Road Balsam
Mountain Road
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Best Trails for Wildflowers Deep Creek Trail Kanati Fork Trail Little River Trail Cove Hardwoods Nature Trail Porter Creel Trail Chestnut Top Trail
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Brown-Eyed Susan
Brown-Eyed Susan
Bloodroot
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(Sanguinaria canadensis) Bloodroot
Crested dwarf iris
Dogwood
Dogwood
Fire pink
Fire pink
(Rhododendron Calendulaceum) Flame Azalea
The Flame Azalea blooms from April to July depending on elevation in
Smoky Mountains. These pictures where taken in late April at lower
elevation. Mountain people identify this as wild honeysuckle.
Ladies
Mantle
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Ladies Mantel
Mountain
Camellia
(Stewartia ovata) Mountain Camellia
The large white flowers of this small tree, when seen from a distance,
sometimes cause it to be mistaken for late flowering dogwood.
Trillium-white
erect
Trillium-white erect
Trillium-yellow
Trillium-yellow
Squaw-root
Squaw-root
Sweet shrub
Sweet shrub
Virginia bluebell
Virginia bluebell
Woodland Poppy
Woodland Poppy
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis birsuta)
