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Installment ArchivesProfile Trail, Grandfather Mountain State Park - May 2, 2011Daffodils, Fluttering and Dancing - April 12, 2011Lavender Fields Forever - March 16, 2011Winter's Beauty - December 31, 2010Summer Bloomers - June 21, 2010The Story of the 3 Bears - June 10, 2010Gray's Lily, not Gray's Anatomy! - June 8, 2010Dame's Rocket - May 17, 2010Alert - May 15, 2010Spring Finally Here! - May 14, 2010Spring! - April 4, 2010Winter Wildflowers and Weeds - January 6, 2010Autumn's Beauty - October 8, 2009Summertime! - June 15, 2009Great Smoky Mountain National Park - March 30, 2009Winter Interest - January 19, 2009The Unusual - September 30, 2008Yellow and Blue - September 17, 2008Summer's Brightest - August 5, 2008Ladies in Red - June 25, 2008Pinkshell Azalea - May 21, 2008The Joys of Spring - May 12, 2008Three Cheers for Spring - May 5, 2008Spring is pushing and shouting! - April 8, 2008Nothing is as beautiful as Spring! - March 28, 2008Signs of Spring - March 18, 2008Wildflower Alert 02.15.08 - February 15, 2008Heath or Heather? - November 27, 2007The Beauty of Fall Wildflowers - September 26, 2007Fall Favorites - September 10, 2007High Country Wildflowers - July 13, 2007Indian Paint Brush, a Rare Find - June 22, 2007Moccasin Flowers - June 15, 2007May Flowers! - May 1, 2007Wildflower Alert - April 23, 2007April! - April 4, 2007Skunk Cabbage - March 14, 2007Flying Wildflower - March 2, 2007Wildflower Update 12.01.06 - December 1, 2006Wildflower Alert - October 20, 2006Wildflower Alert - October 5, 2006Wildflower Alert 09.21.06 - September 21, 2006A Thought - September 6, 2006Wildflower Alert - August 20, 2006Wildflower Alert - August 17, 2006

Latest Update: July 25, 2011

I anxiously await July so I can search for Turks-Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) and Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii). The Carolina lily honors Andre' Michaux (1746-1802), a French botanist who explored extensively in North America. Turks-Cap lily is the tallest of the native Lilium species in our area, reaching as much as 8 ft. with 3-25 flowers per stalk, thus "superbum" or "superb". Enjoy!
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)


Flowers of Carolina Lily are sometimes more orange than Turk's-Cap Lily.


Carolina Lily: No green star in center. Very fragrant.