Plant Portraits

Plant Portraits — video-based study of individual plant species

A-B-C — D-E-F — G-H-I — J-K-L — M-N-O — P-Q-R — S-T-U — V-W-X — Y-Z

A – B – C

Acer rubrum (Red maple)
Actaea racemosa (Black cohosh)
Aesculus pavia (Red buckeye)
Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine)
Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed)
Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry lily)
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)
Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry)
Calycanthus floridus (Carolina allspice)
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy bittercress)
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus)
Cercis canadensis (Redbud)
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Common chickweed (Stellaria media)
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Cornus florida (Flowering dogwood)
Cynoglossum virginianum (Wild comfrey)
Cypripredium acaule (Pink lady’s slipper)

D – E – F

Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Dioscorea villosa (Wild yam)
Dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower)
English plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
False solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
Fire pink (Silene virginica)
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

G – H – I

Galearis spectabilis (Showy orchis)
Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground ivy)
Golden ragwort (Packera aurea)
Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)
Hemerocallis fulva (Daylily)
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule)
Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
Iris cristata (Dwarf crested iris)
Isotria verticillata (Large whorled pogonia)

J – K – L

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain laurel)
Lamium amplexicaule (Henbit)
Large whorled pogonia (Isotria verticillata)
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye daisy)
Liriodendron tulipifera (Yellow poplar)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco)
Lonicera sempervirens (Coral honeysuckle)
Lyre-leaved sage (Salvia lyrata)

M – N – O

Maianthemum racemosum (False solomon’s seal)
Mountain bellwort (Uvularia puberula)
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Oenothera biennis (Evening primrose)
Oxalis stricta (Yellow wood sorrel)
Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood)

P – Q – R

Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny spurge)
Packera aurea (Golden ragwort)
Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree)
Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed)
Pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain)
Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
Princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet everlasting)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

S – T – U

Salvia lyrata (Lyre-leaved sage)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Sedum ternatum (Stonecrop)
Showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis)
Silene virginica (Fire pink)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue-eyed grass)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Stellaria media (Common chickweed)
Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
Sweet everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium)
Thalictrum thalictroides (Rue anemone)
Triodanis perfoliata (Venus’ looking glass)
Uvularia puberula (Mountain bellwort)

V – W – X

Venus’ looking glass (Triodanis perfoliata)
Verbascum thapsus (Common mullein)
Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem)
Wild comfrey (Cynoglossum virginianum)
Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

Y – Z

Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)