Native range

Native plants of Virginia

76 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Virginia, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 159 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 95 of 95 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Virginia is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 95 plants, 74 have been checked against outside sources (6 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Drooping Leucothoe
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

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