How To Use The Wildflower Guide

Use the tools above to select which wildflowers you would like to view. Here are what the search tools do:

Family: Select the family that the wildflowers belong to. You can select a family by either its scientific name (e.g. Lamiaceae) or its common name (e.g. Mint). Changing this selection will reset other search settings, such as Native Status.

Native Status: Select the native status of the wildflowers. Native selects only native wildflowers, Non-Native selects only non-native wildflowers, and there are specific subcategories of non-native (Introduced, Invasive, etc) that you can select. For more information, please see the Native Status Definitions page.

Color: Select wildflowers by their dominant color. Some flowers may have multiple colors, and not everyone agrees on even the dominant color of some flowers. Further, some distinctions can be difficult to make, especially between pink and purple. So this is more useful for pulling up a general group of flowers when trying to make a match in the field.

Search: This is a simple search box, where you can look for word matches in names (such as virginia or spotted). Basic search terms are more likely to return results. Enter the search term in the box and hit the go button to run it.

Clear All: This removes all searches and returns you to this guide page.

Note: Some searches can be combined. For example, you could search for all Native Yellow Aster wildflowers by making the appropriate selection from the Family selectors first, then the Native Status and Color selectors.

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