Showy flower

Selected as the 2015 NC Wildflower of the Year by the North Carolina Botanical Garden! Known for its stunning star-shaped scarlet red flowers that are sure to attract Ruby-throated hummingbirds and butterflies. The sepals of the flowers are sticky to deter ants from climbing and feeding on the nectar. A common…

Recorded in all 100 NC counties, this long-lived perennial is one of the most common across the entire state! Despite its prevalence, no other species resembles this one, in leaf or flower, and it can be seen daily, often many times a day. Each basal leaf is lobed like a lyre,…

Brown-eyed Susan is easily identified by its unique brown center cone and the many dozens of showy golden-yellow flowers that appear in early summer. It is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial that grows in a wide range of environments. Fairly common in most of the North Carolina mountains and thriving…