Plant Profile: Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
Karen Also known as seaside fleabane and beach aster, this herbaceous perennial is native to Oregon and California where it grows on beaches, coastal bluffs and dunes. It is a member…
Wildflowers: Coneflowers (Rudbeckia sp.) Native to New England
Karen Meyers Known as coneflowers and black-eyed-susans, the genus Rudbeckia is native to both damp woodlands and dry prairies of North America. It belongs to the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes…
Plant Profile: Beach Evening Primrose (Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia aka Oenothera californica)
Also called suncup, this short-lived herbaceous perennial is native to open dunes and sandy soils of coastal California, Baha California and Oregon. It is a member of the evening primrose…
Wildflowers: Camassia Native to the Southeast
Camassias are perennial bulbous plants in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, that also includes yucca, bluebell and spider plant. They are native to the US where they grow in moist meadows…
Plant Profile: Woolly Beach Heather (Hudsonia tomentosa)
This small evergreen shrub, also known as sand heather and poverty grass, is native to northeastern North America including parts of Canada, where it grows in pine barrens and on…
Wildflowers: Coneflowers (Rudbeckia sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
Known as coneflowers and black-eyed-susans, the genus Rudbeckia is native to both damp woodlands and dry prairies of North America. It belongs to the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes…
Plant Profile: Dwarf Palmetto Palm (Sabal minor)
Dwarf palmetto, also known as swamp palmetto, is native to the deep southeastern and south-central United States and northeastern Mexico where it grows in a variety of habitats, including maritime…
Wildflowers: Camassia Native to the Mid-Atlantic
Camassias are perennial bulbous plants in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, that also includes yucca, bluebell and spider plant. They are native to the US where they grow in moist meadows…
Plant Profile: Coastal Little Blue Stem Grass (Schizachyrium littorale aka Andropogon littoralis)
Also known as dune bluestem, seaside little bluestem, and shore little bluestem, this warm season perennial grass is native to dunes on the Atlantic and Gulf seacoast from Massachusetts to…
Wildflowers: Coneflowers (Rudbeckia sp) Native to the Southeast
Known as coneflowers and black-eyed-susans, the genus Rudbeckia is native to both damp woodlands and dry prairies of North America. It belongs to the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes…