Ontario Wildflowers website

Wildflowers - List of Species in
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide

 
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16. Common Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris)
16. Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
16. Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)
16. Flat-leaved Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia)
16. Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
16. Humped Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba)
18. Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)
18. Early Coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida)
18. Squawroot (Conopholis americana)
18. Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)
20. Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
20. Calypso (Calypso bulbosa)
20. Blunt Leaf Rein Orchid (Platanthera obtusata)
20. Small Round-leaved Orchid (Amerorchis rotundifolia)
20. Water Arum (Calla palustris)
22. Hooker's Orchid (Platanthera hookeri)
22. Large Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera macrophylla)
22. Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
22. Showy Orchid (Galearis spectabilis)
22. Loesel's Twayblade (Liparis loeselii)
24. Green-leaved Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
24. Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera repens)
24. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
26. Wide-leaved Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lucida)
26. Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)
26. Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
28. Northern White Violet (Viola macloskeyi)
28. Round-leaved Violet (Viola rotundifolia)
28. Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)
28. Kidney-leaved Violet (Viola renifolia)
30. Common Blue Violet (Viola papilionacea)
30. Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata)
30. Woolly Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
32. Arrow-leaved Violet (Viola sagittata)
32. Palmate Violet (Viola palmata)
34. Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
34. Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
34. Birdfoot Violet (Viola pedata)
36. Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
36. Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
38. Showy Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium reginae)
38. Ram's Head Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)
38. Small White Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium candidum)
38. Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
38. Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens)
38. Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
40. Fringed Polygala (Polygala paucifolia)
40. Dwarf Snapdragon (Chaenorrhinum minus)
40. Green Violet (Hybanthus concolor)
42. Prairie White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
42. Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera)
42. Smaller Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes)
42. White Fringed Orchid (Habenaria blephariglottis)
44. White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata)
44. Long-bracted Green Orchid (Coeloglossum viride)
44. Club Spur Orchid (Platanthera clavellata)
44. Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea)
46. Seneca Snakeroot (Polygala senega)
46. Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)
48. Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
48. Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
50. Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
52. Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
52. Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
52. Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
54. Pale Touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)
56. Field Pansy (Viola bicolor)
56. Dog Violet (Viola conspersa)
56. Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)
56. Pale Violet (Viola striata)
56. Sand Violet (Viola adunca)
56. Long-spurred Violet (Viola rostrata)
58. Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
60. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
62. Showy Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
64. Round-headed Bush Clover (Lespedeza capitata)
66. Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
70. Golden Corydalis (Corydalis aurea)
70. Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis flavula)
70. Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
70. Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
74. Heart-leaved Twayblade (Listera cordata)
74. Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)
74. Marsh Speedwell (Veronica scutellata)
76. Blue Curls (Trichostema dichotomum)
76. Cowwheat (Melampyrum lineare)
78. Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
78. Orange-fruited Horse Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum)
80. Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare)
82. Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
82. Horsemint (Monarda punctata)
84. Downy Wood Mint (Blephilia ciliata)
88. Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
88. Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
92. Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
94. Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
96. Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica)
96. Water Speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica)
96. Bird's-eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
96. Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
100. Carpenter's Square (Scrophularia marilandica)
100. Square-stemmed Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
102. Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
102. Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
106. False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
110. Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvola)
114. Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
114. Marsh Vetchling (Lathyrus palustris)
116. Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
116. Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
118. Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
120. Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
120. Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
122. False Mermaid (Floerkea proserpinacoides)
124. Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)
124. White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
124. Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
124. Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)
126. Small Bedstraw (Galium trifidum)
126. Yellow Bartonia (Bartonia virginica)
126. Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia macrophylla)
128. Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
128. Small Cranberry (Vaccinium oxyoccos)
128. Creeping Snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula)
128. Spring Whitlow Grass (Draba verna)
130. Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana)
130. Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
136. Hairy Rock Cress (Arabis hirsuta)
136. Smooth Rock Cress (Arabis laevigata)
138. Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
138. Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis)
140. Purple Cress (Cardamine douglassii)
142. Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
144. Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
146. Clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra)
146. Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
148. Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)
150. Lyre-leaved Rock Cress (Arabis lyrata)
150. Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
152. American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
152. Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
154. Sweet-scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
154. Yellow Bedstraw (Galium verum)
156. Smaller Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)
156. Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
158. Spurred Gentian (Halenia deflexa)
160. Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
160. Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
160. Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica)
162. Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
162. Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium americanum)
164. Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
164. Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
170. Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)
172. Giant Bird's Nest (Pterospora andromedea)
172. One-flowered Cancerroot (Orobanche uniflora)
172. Sand Jointweed (Polygonella articulata)
172. Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
172. Pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys)
174. Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
174. Spatulate-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia)
178. Naked Miterwort (Mitella nuda)
178. Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
178. Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
178. One-sided Pyrola (Orthilia secunda)
180. Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis)
180. Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
180. Dwarf Canadian Primrose (Primula mistassinica)
182. One-Flowered Pyrola (Moneses uniflora)
182. Silverweed (Argentia anserina)
184. Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
184. Common Wood Sorrel (Oxalis montana)
184. Goldthread (Coptis trifolia)
184. Barren Strawberry (Waldsteinia fragarioides)
184. Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
184. Wood Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
186. Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum acre)
186. Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
188. Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
188. Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
192. Alpine Bistort (Polygonum viviparum)
194. Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
196. Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
196. Sea Lungwort (Mertensia maritima)
198. Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
198. Upright Bindweed (Calystegia spithamaea)
198. Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
198. Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
200. Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
202. Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
204. Clammy Ground Cherry (Physalis heterophylla)
204. Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
204. Smooth Ground Cherry (Physalis subglabrata)
204. Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)
204. Hooked Crowfoot (Ranunculus recurvatus)
206. Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
208. Baked-apple Berry (Rubus chamaemorus)
208. Venus's Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata)
208. Broad-leaved Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum canadense)
210. Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
212. Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
212. Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)
212. Tall White Lettuce (Prenanthes altissima)
212. Marsh Bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
216. Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana)
218. Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
220. Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
220. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
220. Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
222. Water Parsnip (Sium suave)
222. Great Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea)
222. Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
222. Bulb-bearing Water Hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera)
224. Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)
224. Aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis)
224. Harbinger-of-Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)
226. Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
226. Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
228. Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
228. Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
228. Water Avens (Geum rivale)
230. Three-toothed Cinquefoil (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata)
230. Tall Cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta)
232. Wild Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
232. Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
232. White Avens (Geum canadense)
234. White Water Buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis)
236. Wild Senna (Cassia hebecarpa)
236. Agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)
236. Small-flowered Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora)
238. Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)
240. Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)
240. Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
242. Hispid Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
244. Cursed Crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus)
244. Bristly Crowfoot (Ranunculus pensylvanicus)
244. Small-flowered Crowfoot (Ranunculus abortivus)
252. Narrow-leaved Gentian (Gentiana linearis)
254. Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
256. False Pennyroyal (Isanthus brachiatus)
256. Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
256. Wild Coffee (Triosteum perfoliatum)
260. Night-flowering Catchfly (Silene noctiflora)
260. Red Campion (Lychnis dioica)
260. White Campion (Silene latifolia)
260. Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
262. Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
262. Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus)
264. Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
264. Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
264. Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
266. Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris)
266. Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
266. Tufted Loosestrife (Lysimachia thrysiflora)
266. Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
270. Carolina Spring Beauty (Claytonia caroliniana)
270. Narrow-leaved Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
272. Rock Sandwort (Minuartia michauxii)
274. Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense)
274. Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)
280. Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
280. Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
280. Bicknell's Cranesbill (Geranium bicknellii)
282. Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
282. Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
282. Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
284. Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
284. Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
284. Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)
286. Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
286. Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius)
288. Long-fruited Anemone (Anemone cylindrica)
288. Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
288. Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
288. Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
292. Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
292. Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)
294. Kalm's St Johnswort (Hypericum kalmianum)
294. American Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
298. Velvetleaf Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
302. Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides)
304. Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
306. Wild Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
306. Wild Black Currant (Ribes americanum)
306. Prickly Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
308. Purple-flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
312. Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
312. Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila)
316. Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)
316. Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
318. Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)
322. Black Bindweed (Polygonum convolvulus)
324. Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
324. Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
326. Black Swallowwort (Cynanchum nigrum)
328. One-seeded Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus)
328. Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)
330. Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
332. White Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum)
332. Stout Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
332. Grape Hyacinth (Muscari botryoides)
332. Slender Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum)
332. Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
332. Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum)
334. Nodding Wild Onion (Allium cernuum)
334. Yucca (Yucca filamentosa)
336. Colicroot (Aletris farinosa)
336. Yellow Stargrass (Hypoxis hirsuta)
338. Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana)
338. Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)
338. White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
338. Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis)
338. Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
340. Sessile-leaved Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)
340. Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
340. Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
340. Yellow Mandarin (Disporum lanuginosum)
342. Hairy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
342. Great Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum canaliculatum)
342. Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
346. False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
346. Star-flowered Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
346. Devil's Bit (Chamaelirium luteum)
348. Carrion Flower (Smilax herbacea)
348. Water Shield (Brasenia schreberi)
351. Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
352. Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)
352. Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
352. Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
354. Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
354. Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
356. Canada Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
356. Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)
358. Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
358. Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa)
358. Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus)
362. Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
362. Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
364. Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
364. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
364. Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)
374. Gray-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
374. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
376. Green-headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
380. Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
382. Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)
382. Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
382. Silverrod (Solidago bicolor)
382. Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
384. Tall Rattlesnake Root (Prenanthes trifoliata)
384. White Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
386. Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
388. Tall Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
388. Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
388. Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
390. Oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides)
392. Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides)
394. Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
396. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
398. Sweetflag (Acorus calamus)
400. Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)
400. Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii)
402. Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)
402. Halberd-leaved Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium)
402. Arrow-leaved Tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum)
404. Great Water Dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
408. Hairy Pinweed (Lechea mucronata)
408. Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
410. Lesser Bur Reed (Sparganium americanum)
410. Narrow-leaved Cattail (Typha angustifolia)
410. Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
412. Spiked Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
414. Green Amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)
420. Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
422. Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium album)
424. White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
424. Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
426. Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
430. Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)
430. Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
430. Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
430. Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor)
432. Milk Purslane (Euphorbia maculata)
434. Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
436. Spotted Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
436. Sweet-scented Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
438. Clearweed (Pilea pumila)
442. Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
444. Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
446. Rough-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago patula)
446. Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
446. Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
446. Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
446. Sharp-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago arguta)
448. Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
448. Rough-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
448. Late Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
448. Tall Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)
450. Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
450. Ohio Goldenrod (Oligoneuron ohioense)
450. Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
450. Stiff-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
450. Hairy Goldenrod (Solidago hispida)
450. Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
452. Stout Goldenrod (Solidago squarrosa)
452. Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
452. Bog Goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa)
454. Large-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
454. White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
454. Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)
454. Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
456. Whorled Aster (Oclemena acuminata)
456. Purple-stemmed Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
456. Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
456. Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
458. Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
458. Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum)
458. Upland White Aster (Solidago ptarmicoides)
460. Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
460. Rush Aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)
460. New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
460. Bog Aster (Oclemena nemoralis)
462. Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
  
 

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