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The wildflower identification page will be an ongoing project. As I find new flowers or continue to search through older photos, new species will be added. I have tried to show the flower and in some cases the leaves or plant habit as well for better identification. Also keep in mind that they can look slightly different depending on the progress through the bloom cycle and some buds are different color than the open flower. Also some colors such as blues do not reproduce accurately in digital photography so they may look a bit more magenta. At first I was going to only include native species but have come to realize that we need to identify what we find, including alien species. Some trees and shrubs that bloom low enough to see the flowers are also being include. The common names used, are those that are used in the Michigan Flora which can be accessed online. Michigan Flora has county maps, more detailed information and is a resource anyone looking for plants in Michigan should become familiar with and utilize. If you are interested in the scientific names they can be provided upon request.
Blue
Small Fringed Gentian
Red-stemmed Gentian
Closed Gentian
Forget-Me-Not
Wild Lupine
Wild Lupine Plant
Northern Wild Comfrey
Chickory
Bugle
Blue-Eyed Grass
Blue Flag
Sky Blue Aster
Bastard-Pennyroyal
Blue-Eyed-Mary
Mountain Blue-Eyed-Grass
Small Skullcap
Dwarf lake Iris
Hepatica
Blue Vervain
Pickerel Weed
Marsh Skullcap
Marsh Bellflower
Horse-Nettle
Tall Bellflower
Common Day Flower
Bluebell
Spiderwort
Wild Blue Phlox
Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Bluebells Plant
Yellow
Small Fringed Gentian, White Form
Green Dragon
Green Dragon Plant
Golden Alexanders
Golden Alexanders Leaf
Cowslip Primrose
Bur Cucumber
Bur Cucumber Leaf
Tall Agrimony
Nodding Beggar-Ticks
Grooved Yellow Flax
Dotted Horse Mint
Barren Strawberry
Wild Indigo
Silvery Cinquefoil
Silvery Cinquefoil Plant
Purslane
Long-Leaved Bluets
Dwarf-Snapdragon
Yellow Rocket
Yellow Rocket Plant
Naked Miterwort
Naked Miterwort Plant
Early Buttercup
Alder-Leaved Buckthorn
Elecampane
Elecampane - Plant
Early Meadow rue – Plant
Early Meadow rue – Male
Early Coral-Root
Flowering Dogwood
False Sunflower
False Heather
False Heather - Plant
Tall Correopsis
Tall Correopsis Plant
Rosin Weed
Rosin Weed Plant
Prairie Dock
Prairie Dock Plant
Hop Clover
Hooked Buttercup
Hooked Buttercup Plant
Dalmatian Toadflax
Dalmatian Toadflax Leaves
Cup Plant
Cup Plant - Plant
Compass Plant
Compass Plant - Plant
Common Buttercup
Common Buttercup Plant
Celandine
Celandine Seed Pods
Canadian Fly Honeysuckle
Butter-And-Eggs
Wild Wormwood
Wild Wormwood Plant
Spring Avens
Horned Bladderwort
Common Bladderwort
Common Bladderwor Plant
Bladder Campion
Black Snakeroot
Black Snakeroot Plant
Black Medick
Birdfoot Trefoil
Basswood
Asparagus
Asparagus Plant
Lakeside Daisy
Hairy Puccoon
Yellow Floating Heart
Autumn Olive
Goats-Rue
Goats-Rue Plant
Bluebead Lily
Bluebead Lily Plant
American Lotus
Wild Black Currant
Yellow Lady Slipper 2
Indian Cucumber Root
Evening Primrose
Wingstem
Tall Coneflower
Tall Coneflower Plant
Stiff Goldenrod
Stiff Goldenrod Plant
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Yellow Pond Lily
Nipplewort
Nipplewort Plant
Fringed Loosestrife
Pale Touch-Me-Not
Marsh Marigold
Kalm's St John's-Wort
Black-Eyed Susan
Prickly-Pear
Whorled Loosestrife
Solomon-Seal Plant
Solomn-Seal
Moth Mullen
Sweet Flag
Solomon's Seal
Small-Flowered Buttercup
Sand Coreopsis
Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil
Cream Wild Indigo
Hoary Puccoon
Frost Weed
Dwarf Dandelion
Yellow Wood-Sorrel
Yellow Violet
Swamp Buttercup
Blue Cohush
Bellwort
Yellow Fawn Lily
10 Fairy Bells
5 Yellow Trillium
4 Yellow Trillium
11_Witch Hazel
Prairie Correopsis
White
Tall Green Milkweed
Poke Milkweed
Dwarf Milkweed
Common Milkweed White
Riverbank Grape
Gromwell
Goldthread
Goldenseal
Fog-fruit
Foamflower
Eyebane
European Eyebright
Dotted Horse Mint
Beggar's Lice
Common Fleabane
Colic Root
Colic Root Plant
Stonecrop
Rough Avens
Forget-Me-Not White
Dwarf-Snapdragon
Smooth Shadbush
Juneberry
False Mayflower
False Mayflower Plant
Seneca Snakeroot
False Asphodel
Early Meadow rue - Female
Red-Osier Dogwood
Gray Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Dwarf Raspberry
Common Dodder
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
Wild Cucumber
Wild Cucumber Flowering Spike
Virgins Bower
Three-Toothed Cinquefoil
Three-Toothed Cinquefoil Plant
Round-Headed Bush-Clover
Ox-Eye Daisy
Dames Rock Pink
Daisy Fleabane
Culvers-Root
Cranberry
Cow Parsnip
Cow Parsnip Plant
Chokeberry
Canadian Fly Honeysuckle
Bush-Clover
Bog Rosemary
White Fawn Lily
White Avens
Red Baneberry
Panicled Aster
Hedge bindweed
Frost Aster
Common Bog Arrow-Grass
Common Bog Arrow-Grass Plant
Arrowwood
Arrowhead
Rams Head Lady-Slipper
Garlic Mustard
Flowering Rush
Flowering Rush habitat
Autumn Olive
Bladdernut
Blackberry
American Bur-Reed
Maryland Meadow-Beauty
American Lotus
Large-Leaved Aster
Large-Leaved Aster Plant
Heath Aster
Heath Aster Plant
Flat-Topped White Aster
Flat-Topped White Aster Plant
Calico Aster
Wild Calla
Arrow-Arum
Labrador Tea
Thimble Berry
Canada Anemone
Bunch Berry
Bogbean
Star Flower
Bearberry
Hepatica
Grass of Parnassus
Wild Carrot or Queen Annes Lace
White Vervain
Boneset
Wood Nettle
Wild Leek
False Nettle
Enchanters-Nightshade
Enchanters-Nightshade Plant
Partridge-Berry
Marsh Bellflower
Large Cranberry
Horse-Nettle
Field Chamomile
Field Chamomile Leaves
Cow-Wheat
Common Mallow
Common Mallow Plant
Buttonbush
Round-Leaved Pyrola
Moth Mullen - White
Indian-Pipe
Bouncing Bet
Whorled Milkweed
Racemed Milkwort - White
Yarrow
Nothern Bedstraw Plant
Northern Bedstraw
Carrion-Flower
White False Indigo
Tower Mustard
Tower Mustard Plant
Motherwort
Motherwort Plant
LanceLeaved Violet
Bastard Toadflax
Bastard Toadflax Plant
Hairy Beard-Tongue
Rock Sandwort
Rock Sandwort Plant
White Baneberry
White Baneberry Plant
Spring Cress
Spring Cress Plant
May Apple
Field Chickweed
Dwarf Ginsing
Dwarf Ginsing Flower
Cream Violet
Bishop's-Cap Plant
Starry False Solomon-Seal
False Mermaid
Bishop's-Cap Flower
Annual Bedstraw
Trailing Arbutus
Trailing Arbuts leaves
Squirel Corn
Wood Anemone
False Rue Anemone
Cut-leaved Toothwort
Bloodroot
Bloodroot Leaves Curled
10 White Water Lily
8 Prairie Cinquefoil
4 American Columbo
2 Great White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
24 Droopiny Trillium Trillium flexipes
3 Great White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
1 Nodding Trillium Trillium cernuum
Spring-Beauty Claytonia virginica
Twinleaf
Spring Beauty
Dutchman's Breeches
11 Wood Vetch
7 Painted Trillium
6 Sweet White Trillium
Snow Trillium 1
Harbinger of Spring
7 Pipewort
Green
Tall Green Milkweed
Poke Milkweed
Riverbank Grape
Green Dragon
Green Dragon Plant
Bur Cucumber
Bur Cucumber Leaf
Prairie Alum Root
Alum Root
Knawel
Naked Miterwort
Naked Miterwort Plant
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Alder-Leaved Buckthorn
Early Coral-Root
Hooked Buttercup
Hooked Buttercup Plant
Clearweed
Wild Wormwood
Wild Wormwood Plant
Black Snakeroot
Black Snakeroot Plant
Arrow-Arum
Indian Cucumber Root
False Nettle
Helleborine
Green Milkweed Narrow Leaves
Green Milkweed
Green Milkweed Plant
Solomon-Seal Plant
Solomn-Seal
Carrion-Flower
Sweet Flag
Solomon's Seal
Marsh Marigold Seed Pod
Figwort
Jack-In-The-Pulpit
Solomon-Seal
1 Pitcher Plant
4 American Columbo
10 Fairy Bells
Red
Fire Pink
Cardinal Flower
Beech-Drops
Beech-Drops Plant
Stipped Coaral-Root
Red Honeysuckle
Pitcher Plant
Hairy Bedstraw
Wild Columbine
20 Red Trillium Trillium erectum
Indian Painbrush
Pink
Sullivants Milkweed
Common Milkweed
Red-stemmed Gentian
Fog-fruit
Dotted Horse Mint
Deptford Pink
Common Fleabane
Long-Leaved Bluets
False Dragonhead
Field Garlic
Slender Bush-Clover
Slender Bush-Clover Stem
Red Clover
Dames Rock
Dames Rock Pink
Daisy Fleabane
Culvers-Root
Cranberry
Bush-Clover
Burdock
Bog Rosemary
Northern Blazing-Star
Northern Blazing-Star Plant
New England Aster
Marsh Blazing-Star
Hedge bindweed
Bladder Campion
Beach Pea
Beach Pea Plant
American Vetch
Fringed Polygala
Purple Loosestrife
Flowering Rush
Flowering Rush habitat
Canada Thistle
Hornbeam or Bluebeech
Goats-Rue
Goats-Rue Plant
Bristly Locust
Small Purple Bladderwort
Purple Bladderwort
Meadow-Beauty
Rose Twisted-Stalk
Silky Aster
Large-Leaved Aster
Large-Leaved Aster Plant
Bog Aster
Swamp Loosestrife
Pink Pyrola
Bog Laurel
Arethusa
Bearberry
Birdseye Primrose
Hepatica
Marsh St Jphns-Wort
Swamp Milkweed Plant
Hairy Bedstraw
Swamp Rose
Purple Loosestrife
Helleborine
Common Mallow
Common Mallow Plant
Wild-Bergamot
Wild-Basil
Rough Blazing-Star
Rough Blazing-Star Plant
Cylindrical Balzing-Star
Bouncing Bet
Racemed Milkwort
Clasping Milkweed
Motherwort
Motherwort Plant
Wild Geranium
Wild Geranium Plant
Virginia Bluebells
Trailing Arbutus
Trailing Arbuts leaves
Cut-leaved Toothwort
12 Fireweed
2 Grass-Pink
3 Great White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
Spring-Beauty Claytonia virginica
Spring Beauty
Maroon
Marsh Cinquefoil
Rams Head Lady-Slipper
Motherwort
Motherwort Plant
Wild Ginger
Wild Ginger Leaves
21 Prairie Trillium Trillium recurveatum
22 Sessile trillum Trillium sessile
13 Sessile Trillium
Brown
Paw Paw
Early Meadow rue – Plant
Early Meadow rue – Male
Beech-Drops
Beech-Drops Plant
Stipped Coaral-Root
Helleborine
Figwort
Jack-In-The-Pulpit
Purple
Purple Milkweed
European Eyebright
Dames Rock
Sky Blue Aster
Northern Blazing-Star
Northern Blazing-Star Plant
New England Aster
Marsh Blazing-Star
Birdfoot Violet
Beach Pea
Beach Pea Plant
Bastard-Pennyroyal
Mountain Blue-Eyed-Grass
Purple Bladderwort
Small Skullcap
Pitcher Plant
Butterwort
Hepatica
Pickerel Weed
Marsh Skullcap
Woody Nighshade
Hairy Beard-Tongue
Long-Spurred Violet
5 Venus Looking Glass
1 Pitcher Plant
9 Creeping Phlox
Hoary Vervain
Orange
Spotted Touch-Me-Not
Orange Hawkweed
Hoary Puccoon
1 Michigan Lily
4 Butterfly Milkweed
Wood Lilly
Black
Black Swallow-wort