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The NC Wildflower of the

The North Carolina Wildflower of the Year project

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The North Carolina Botanical Garden and the Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc. are co-sponsors of the North Carolina Wildflower of the Year program. This conservation project was initiated in 1982. The project's aim is to actively promote throughout the state and region an attractive plant that is native to the southeastern United States. Over the years literally tens of thousands of gardeners have received the seeds and read the strong conservation message in the North Carolina Wildflower of the Year brochure.

Year

Common Name

Scientific Name

1982

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

1983

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

1984

Small's Beardtongue

Penstemon smallii

1985

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

1986

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia var. collina

1987

Eastern Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

1988

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii

1989

Southern Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

1990

Seashore-mallow

Kosteletzkya virginica

1991

Coreopsis

Coreopsis auriculata

1992

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

1993

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

1994

River-oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

1995

Green-head Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

1996

Eastern Silvery Aster

Aster concolor

1997

Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

1998

Southern Blazing Star

Liatris squarrulosa

1999

American Alumroot

Heuchera americana

2000

Eastern Aromatic Aster

Aster oblongifolius var. angustatus

2001

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis (20th Anniversary)

2002

Eastern Smooth Beardtongue

Penstemon laevigatus

2003

Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

2004

New York ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis

2005

Swamp milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

2006

Eastern bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

2007

Swamp sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius