Honeysuckle Family Height: up to 10' July 8, 2005 I found this plant blooming when I led a hike to Andrews Bald in the Smokies. It will have blue fruits later in the season. Perennial - shrub Where seen: Great Smoky Mountains NP
Madder Family This plant was once dried and used as mattress stuffing. It becomes more fragrant when it is dried. The tiny white flowers are in groups of 3. I found these in Oak Ridge growing along South Illinois Ave. Annual Where seen:Oak Ridge Greenways, University of Tennessee Arboretum, Great Smoky Mountains NP
Heath Family These wild azalea flowers have a very strong, sweet fragrance. They are also quite sticky (thus the name "viscosum") as I learned when I removed some loose, brown, wilted flower petals for this photograph! All parts of azaleas are deadly poisonous to people. Perennial Where seen: Piney River Pocket Wilderness, Great Smoky Mountains NP
