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What’s in Bloom?

October 7, 2024

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Indian blanket and lanceleaf blanket flower are at peak bloom in the fall.

Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) and lanceleaf blanket flower (Gaillardia aestivalis ‘Grape Sensation’) are at peak bloom in the fall. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Appalachian blazing star with Maryland golden aster

Appalachian blazing star (Liatris squarrulosa) with Maryland golden aster (Chrysopsis mariana). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Variegated fritillary caterpillar on purple passionflower vine.

Variegated fritillary caterpillar on purple passionflower vine. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here’s What’s Blooming This Week

Small-leaf white snakeroot

Ageratina aromatica

Small-leaf white snakeroot

Climbing aster

Ampelaster carolinianus

Climbing aster

'Jin Dai' aster

Aster tataricus ‘Jin Dai’

Dwarf tatarian aster

* exotic

Tiny tubular 5-petaled flowers in clusters in the upper leaf axils and stem tips from May to September. Flowers are white to greenish-white

Boltonia asteroides

White doll’s daisy

Lesser calamint

Calamintha nepeta

Lesser calamint

* exotic

Prairie poppy mallow

Callirhoe involucrata

Prairie poppy mallow

* central U.S.

Maryland golden aster

Chrysopsis mariana

Maryland golden aster

Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush
Georgia savory

Clinopodium georgianum

Georgia savory

Wild ageratum

Conoclinium coelestinum

Wild ageratum/mistflower

Palmleaf thoroughwort
Conoclinium greggii
Gregg’s mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort
* native to southwestern U.S.
Lanceleaf tickseed

Coreopsis lanceolata

Lanceleaf tickseed

Tall tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed
Whorled tickseed

Coreopsis verticillata

Whorled tickseed

American dittany

Cunila origanoides

American dittany/wild oregano

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Boneset

Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

small white flowers
Eurybia divaricatus
White wood aster
Light Pink sparse petals around a dark red center.

Gaillardia aestivalis ‘Grape Sensation’

Lanceleaf blanketflower

Pink petals with yellow tips around a yellow and burgundy center.

Gaillardia pulchella

Indian blanket

Beeblossom

Gaura lindheimeri ‘Belleza Dark Pink’

Beeblossom

* Texas

Geranium 'Dilys'

Geranium ‘Dilys’

Hardy geranium

* exotic

Red rose mallow

Hibiscus coccineus

Red rose mallow

Seashore mallow

Kosteletzkya virginica

Seashore mallow

Seashore mallow

Kosteletzkya virginica ‘Immaculate’

Seashore mallow

The inflorescence is made up of rose-purple fluffy disc flowers in small groups on terminal spikes. Blooms late summer into fall.

Liatris microcephala

Dwarf gayfeather

Blazing star

Liatris scariosa

Devil’s bite

Pink purple flowers

Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii

Nieuwland’s blazing star

* northeastern U.S.
Appalachian blazing star

Liatris squarrulosa

Appalachian blazing star

Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
‘Cedar Lane’, ‘Major Wheeler’,
and ‘John Clayton’

Honeysuckle

Spotted horsemint

Monarda punctata

Spotted horsemint

Prairie goldenrod

Oligoneuron album

Prairie goldenrod

Wild quinine

Parthenium integrifolium 

Wild quinine

Purple passionflower vine

Passiflora incarnata

Purple passionflower vine

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

1 inch pale purple to rose flowers borne in a showy terminal spike. The corolla is swollen at the throat, the upper lip is domed, the lower lip spreading with three lobes. Blooms from July to October.
Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’
Obedient plant
Narrowleaf silkgrass

Pityopsis graminifolia

Narrowleaf silkgrass

Appalachian mountain mint

Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Appalachian mountain mint

Loomis' mountain mint

Pycnanthemum loomisii

Loomis’ mountain mint

Short-toothed mountain mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

Short-toothed mountain mint

Narrow-leaf mountain mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Narrow-leaf mountain mint

Virginia mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Virginia mountain mint

Orange coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Orange coneflower

Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Brown-eyed susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Brown-eyed susan

Hoary skullcap

Scutellaria incana

Hoary skullcap

Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant

Solidago bicolor

White goldenrod

Bluestem goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Bluestem goldenrod

'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod

Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’

Rough-leaf goldenrod

Solar Cascade goldenrod

Solidago shortii ‘Solar Cascade’

Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Showy goldenrod

Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'

Stokesia laevis
‘Peachie’s Pick’

Stokes’ aster

Eastern silvery aster

Symphyotrichum concolor

Eastern silvery aster

Blue wood aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Blue wood aster

Heath aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides
‘Snowflurry’

Heath aster

Clasping American aster

Symphyotrichum patens

Clasping American aster

Frost aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Frost aster

Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard

Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
Threadleaf ironweed