North Carolina Native Plant Society

Blooms

Tom Harville

Blooms

Blooms in moss

Tom Harville

Leaves

Tom Harville

Bloom & Bud

Bloom

Dave McAdoo

Bloom

David McAdoo

Plants

Martha Baskin

Plants on Roadside

Ashe County

Tom Harville

Leaflets

Tom Harville

Blooms

Martha Baskin

Bloom

Tom Harville

Bloom

Martha Baskin

Fiddleheads

Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Fronds

Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Young Plants Showing Fall Color

It's perfectly plain why it would be a desirable garden plant - just check this autumn color!

Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Colony Showing Fall Color

Here is a young mother plant, towering over my head. Very pretty! Note all the teenage plants to either side, however. They also are mothers. :(

Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Seeds

Here are the seeds in the autumn, all the little red ovals. The plants are full of them.

Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Invasive Infants

Marked with yellow in the photo, infants at the end of their first season, are only several inches tall. As far as I can tell every seed is good and all the infants healthy. I've never seen a dead infant other than the ones I pulled up and killed. The seeds go everywhere. :(

Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Blooming Plant

With a sprinkle of pollen on it and a Bed Straw companion, Raven Rock State Park, 28 Mar 08. It's a significantly rare plant in NC.

© Tom Harville, 2005

Blooms

Blooms & Buds

Martha Baskin
Nantahala, NC

Blooms

Martha Baskin
Nantahala, NC

Plant

Martha Baskin
Nantahala, NC

Seeds & Pods

Martha Baskin
Nantahala, NC

Bloom

David McAdoo

In bloom

Buttonbush grows in wet places, even in standing water. Wood Ducks eat the seed and the flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Leaves opposite or in whorls of three.

Jack Spruill, Tyrell Co, July 21, 2009

This plant was growing on the banks of the Scuppernong River in Columbia.

Flower cluster

David Paynter, Brunswick Town, 6.11.11

Close-up of flower

David Paynter, Brunswick Town, 6.11.11