Georgia owes its diversity of wildflowers in part to its range of habitats, from the mountains of the southern Appalachians, down through the hilly piedmont region, into the flat coastal plain, and then finally to the swampy coast. If you visit enough of these places at the right time, it soon becomes apparent that the state contains many beautiful species of wildflowers. This set of 25 photos is a sampling of some of my favorite species from the state of Georgia.
Red-ring Milkweed (Asclepias variegata) — Cobb County
Yellow Colic Root (Aletris lutea) — Camden County
Scarlet Calamint (Clinopodium coccineum) — Emanuel County
Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) — Bartow County
Eastern Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) — Catoosa County
Showy Orchid (Galearis spectabilis) — Union County
Bowman’s Root (Gillenia trifoliata) — Lumpkin County
Common Bluet (Houstonia caerulea) — Douglas County
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) — Union County
Dwarf Violet Iris (Iris verna) — Walker County
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) — Glynn County
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) — Walker County
Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima) — Appling County
Maryland Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana) — Charlton County
Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens) — Walker County
Rose of Plymouth (Sabatia stellaris) — McIntosh County
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) — Cobb County
Fire Pink (Silene virginica) — Cobb County
Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) — Appling County
Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) — Paulding County
Celadine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) — Walker County
Catesby’s Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) — Dawson County
Writer, educator, and avid student of nature. My new book is “The Stickler’s Guide to Science in the Age of Misinformation”. See more at www.philipbouchard.com.
