Five wildflower species

Penstemon strictus

A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Yet "wildflower" meadows of a few mixed species are sold in seed packets. The term "wildflower" has been made vague by commercial seedsmen who are interested in selling more flowers or seeds more expensively than when labeled with only its name and/or origin. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is in any way different from the way it appears in the wild as a native plant, even if it is growing where it would not naturally. Wildflower or Wildflowers can refer to: Wildflower, a flower that grows wild Wildflower Triathlon, annual triathlon held in the Spring, central California Wildflower Festival, a community Festival launched from the Wildflower Triathlon Wildflower (album), an album by Sheryl Crow Wildflower (rapper), a female rapper from the UK Wildflowers (Judy Collins... Five showy species occupy less than 1000 cm² in this photo taken on the eastern slope foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in late July. ... Five showy species occupy less than 1000 cm² in this photo taken on the eastern slope foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in late July. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1488x1139, 177 KB) Summary Ouray wild flower Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1488x1139, 177 KB) Summary Ouray wild flower Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Binomial name Benth. ... For other uses, see Flower (disambiguation). ... // This article is about a biological term. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... A Native plant is one that occurred naturally has existed for many years in an area. ...

Scientists do not refer to wildflowers and generally try to discourage people from using the term altogether. Terms like native species (naturally occurring in the area, see Flora (plants)), exotic or, better, introduced species (not naturally occurring in the area), of which some are labelled invasive species (that out-compete other plants – whether native or not), imported (introduced to an area whether deliberately or accidentally) and naturalized (introduced to an area, but now considered by the public as native) are much more accurate. In Botany a Flora (or Floræ) is a collective term for plant life and can also refer to a descriptive catalogue of the plants of any geographical area, geological period, etc. ... Sweet clover (), introduced and naturalized to the U.S. from Eurasia as a forage and cover crop. ... Lantana invasion of abandoned citrus plantation; Moshav Sdey Hemed, Israel The term invasive species refers to a subset of introduced species or non-indigenous species that are rapidly expanding outside of their native range. ...

In the United Kingdom, an organisation Plantlife International instituted in 2002 the County Flowers scheme whereby members of the public nominated and voted for a wild flower emblem for their county. The aim was to spread awareness of the heritage of native species and about the need for conservation, as some of these species are endangered. For example, Somerset has adopted the Cheddar Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus), London the Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) and Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych in Wales the rare Limestone Woundwort (Stachys alpina). On the Ranscombe Farm Reserve in June 2007. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... species About 300 species; see text Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dianthus Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species () in arctic North America. ... species About 300 species; see text Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dianthus Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species () in arctic North America. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Binominal name Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed or (mainly in British English formal botanical texts) Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Willowherb family (Onagraceae). ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Species About 300; see text Stachys is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. ... Species About 300 species, including: Stachys affinis Stachys alopecuros Stachys alpina Stachys annua Stachys bullata Stachys byzantina Stachys candida Stachys chrysantha Stachys ciliata Stachys citrina Stachys coccinea Stachys corsica Stachys cretica Stachys discolor Stachys ehrenbergii Stachys germanica Stachys hyssopifolia Stachys iva Stachys lavandulifolia Stachys libanotica Stachys macrantha Stachys macrostachya Stachys...

Typical examples

• Adonis aestivalis - summer pheasant's-eye
• Calendula officinalis - pot merigold
• Centaurea cyanus
• Cheiranthus cheirii - wall flowers
• Coreopsis tinctoria
• Cosmos bipinnatus
• Delphinium consolida - The Forking Larkspur
• Dianthus barbatus
• Digitalis purpurea
• Echinacea purpurea
• Eschscholzia californica - California Poppy
• Gypsophila elegans
• Linum perenne
• Lupinus perennis
• Papaver rhoeas
• Rudbeckia hirta
• Shasta daisy

Wildflowers in Death Valley National Park

Binomial name Adonis aestivalis L. Adonis aestivalis (Summer pheasants-eye) is a medicinal and ornamental plant native to North America. ... Binomial name L. Pot Marigold or English Marigold (Calendula officinalis) is a plant in the Calendula genus. ... Binomial name Centaurea cyanus Centaurea cyanus is a species of the genus Centaurea and is commonly referred to as cornflower. ... Binomial name Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Binomial name Consolida regalis Gray The Forking Larkspur (Consolida regalis) is a species of the genus Consolida. ... Binomial name Dianthus barbatus L. Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans. ... Binomial name Digitalis purpurea L. Digitalis purpurea (Common Foxglove or Purple Foxglove), is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae (formerly treated in the family Scrophulariaceae), native to most of Europe. ... Binomial name Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower; syn. ... Binomial name Eschscholzia californica  Cham The California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a popular garden flower of the family Papaveraceae. ... Binomial name Gypsophila elegans Bieb. ... Binomial name Linum perenne L. Linum perenne (Perennial Flax or Blue flax), is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe, primarily in the Alps, but also locally in England. ... Binomial name Lupinus perennis L. Lupinus perennis (Indian beet, Old maids bonnets, and Sundial lupine) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family. ... Binomial name Papaver rhoeas L. The Corn Poppy is the wild poppy of agricultural cultivation—Papaver rhoeas. ... Binomial name Rudbeckia hirta L. Rudbeckia hirta is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. ... The Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum maximum) is not a daisy at all, but rather a species of Chrysanthemum. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 1024 pixel, file size: 903 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wildflowers in Death Valley National Park Photograped by Mila Zinkova in April of 2005. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 1024 pixel, file size: 903 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wildflowers in Death Valley National Park Photograped by Mila Zinkova in April of 2005. ... Death Valley National Park is a mostly arid United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Inyo County and northern San Bernardino County in California with a small extension into southwestern Nye County and extreme southern Esmeralda County in Nevada. ...

See also

• Naturalisation
• Wildflowers of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
• Native plant
• Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
• Megaherbs
• Spring ephemeral

In biology, naturalisation is the process when foreign or cultivated plants have spread into the wild, where they multiply by natural regeneration. ... Resources Alberta Wayside Wildflowers - Linda Kershaw (Lone Pine) ISBN 1-55105-350-0 Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Ben Gadd (Corax) ISBN 0-9692631-0-4 Categories: Canada ... A Native plant is one that occurred naturally has existed for many years in an area. ... More than 1400 species of Wildflowers are native to the Great Smoky Mountains. ... Megaherbs are a group of herbaceous perennial wildflowers growing in the New Zealand sub-antarctic islands. ... Trillium grandiflorum in the foreground and the smaller Thalictrum thalictroides in the background are both spring ephemerals of North American deciduous forests. ...

External links

• Ontario Wildflowers Detailed information about wildflowers of Ontario (Canada) and Northeastern North America

• Native Plant Information Network Information and images of wildflowers from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

• Wildflower Magazine promotes the use and conservation of wildflowers and native plants, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

• South Florida Wildflowers Picture Gallery

• Plantlife, UK organisation