Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora Pollard)

Photographic Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This wildflower is a member of the Gentiana Family (Gentianaceae).

Other common names for this plant are; Mountain Gentian and Appalachian Gentian.

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Clingman's Hedgenettle (Stachys clingmanii Small)

Photographic Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This wildflower is a member of the Mint Family (Lamiaceae).

Clingman's Hedgenettle, is a North American species of plants in the mint family. It is found at higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the Carolina's, with additional populations in Illinois, Indiana, and Vermont. It is a threatened species in Tennessee. 

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Stiff Gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia)

Photographic Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This wildflower is a member of the Gentian Family (Gentianaceae).

Also known as Ague Weed and Five-Flowered Gentian, his annual has open flowers of light blue or lilac with bristle-pointed, fringeless lobes and a 4-sided stem. It occurs from southwestern Maine south to Florida and from southern Ontario to Missouri, Louisiana, and southern Tennessee. 

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Woodland Lettuce (Lactuca floridana L.)

Photographic Location: Cumberland Mountain State Park in Middle Tennessee.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

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Photographic Location: Cumberland Mountain State Park in Middle Tennessee.

 

Photographic Location: Cumberland Mountain State Park in Middle Tennessee.