Wildflowers of New York State Photo Gallery by David Ruppert at pbase.com

Wildflowers of New York State

I'm a self-taught amateur both as a photographer and as a botanist. I started this gallery just to display the beauty of the flowers, not as a field guide. That's why most of the photos do not inlcude leaves. That said, many viewers are using these photos for flower identification, which is fine. I've been reading field guides and id'ing wildflowers for decades, so I'm reasonably confident about the id's but there are no guarantees. Most of these photos were taken in the wild but some are from gardens. All were taken in the Finger Lakes region of central New York.

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)	Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)	Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus)	Nannyberry (Viburnium lentago)
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)	Green-headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)	Patridgeberry flowers (Mitchella repens)	Patridgeberry berry (Mitchella repens)
Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)	Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)	Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)	Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)
Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)	Wild Cherry (Prunus sp.)	Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginia)	Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
Fringed polygala (Polygala pauciflora)	Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)	Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)	Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)	Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)	Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginia)	Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)	Burdock (Arctium sp.)	Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)	Strawberry blossom after rain (Fragaria sp.)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multifora)	Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.)	Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)	Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Knotweed (Polygonum sp.)	Green-headed Coneflowers (Rudbeckia laciniata)	Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)	Bur-marigold (Bidens sp.)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)	Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)	Aster	New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - formerly Aster novae-angliae)
Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)	Pale Touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)	Pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)	Thin-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)
Flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus)	Turtleheads (Chelone glabra)	Thin-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)	Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)	St John's Wort (Hypericum sp.)	Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)	Green-headed Coneflowers (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Spotted Knapweed (Centauria maculosa)	Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)	Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)	Large Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora)
Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)	Grass pink (Calopogon pulchellus)	Cranebill (Geranium maculatum)	Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Cranebill (Geranium maculatum)	Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)	Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)	Deptford Pinks (Dianthus armeria)
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)	Blue phlox (Phlox divaricata)	Bunchberry Dogwood (Cornus canadensis)	Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)	Moth mullein (Verbascum thapsus)	Musk mallow (Malva moschata)	Painted trillium (Trillium undulatum)
Pink lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule)	Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginia)	Swamp rose (Rosa palustris)	Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)	Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) with dewdrops	Red trillium (Trillium erectum) backlit	White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) with dewdrops
St John's Wort (Hypericum sp.)	Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)	Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)	Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
:: sunflowers ::	Pink azalea	Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens)	Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)
Shadbush (Amelanchier sp.)	Shadbush (Amelanchier sp.)	Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)	Spotted Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
Spotted Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)	Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)	Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)	Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) (all white)	Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)	Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)	Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)	Swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)	Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)	Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
Canada violet	Yellow violet	Large-flowered bellwort	Marsh marigolds
Marsh marigolds	Toothwort	RoseTwisted-stalk	RoseTwisted-stalk
Pink Lady's Slipper	Pink Lady's Slippers	Pink Lady's Slippers	Yellow violet
Miterwort

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everjewel		30-May-2012 00:17
You just helped me identify a pink lady's sipper! Thank you!

lynn		26-May-2012 03:11
it was helpful

niamh		18-May-2012 14:21
thanks for this great site helped me identify some of the flowers i see on my daily hikes

niamh		18-May-2012 14:19
thanks for this great site helped me identify some of the flowers i see on my daily hikes

patti ashley		17-May-2012 17:36
You have created a great site. My homeschoolers are using it to identify all kinds of flowers. Thnx bunches!!!!

Guest		22-Apr-2012 00:02
Highly appreciate your sharing of beautiful flower identification.

Guest		14-Apr-2012 19:00
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Guest		30-Jan-2012 14:18
I live in Upstate NY and last summer I took a pic of this flower, they are all over the place but I can not seem to come up with an actual name?? Wondering if you can help me out....I do not see a pic of this flower here however it looks most like a white version of "your" Musk mallow (Malva moschata) found at the bottom of pg. 6 any help appreciated, thanks

norma assante		24-Aug-2011 18:35
norma assante have a long lasting wild purple flower that i never saw before. three purple curved petals face one way and the other two appear to face the opposite way. Grows tall and spikey tapering toward the top. below the 3 petal side are white and purple stipes. has 5 green sepals. in all, flower is about 1 1/4 inches in height. on two petal side, there is a curved tubular hook toward the back of the two petals. can anyone name it.

Guest		22-Aug-2011 22:36
Hi, I saw some yellow jewelweed, is that possible? Sidell

Gerry Dawes		12-Aug-2011 15:27
David, Many thanks for this wonderful work. I am trying to identify flowers here in Putnam County and I am a novice at this flora business. Isn't the spotted touch-me-not, also called jewelweed? Can't figure out why it would be labelled a "weed," since it is so beautiful. I prefer your name.

Sid Tierney		12-Aug-2011 04:40
I am a writer who wants to know the exact name for flowers I write about, and this site is quite informative.

Gervan		29-Aug-2010 16:48
Fantastic gallery with so many splendid images. V.

Pieter Bos		29-Aug-2010 16:47
Lovely gallery

Guest		26-Jul-2010 16:34
From the window of a train, I could see an airy pink flower in the roadbeds this July. Thanks to your beautiful pictures, I could identify it as knapweed. You have a marvelous gift of to convey both the botany and the art of the flowers you photograph! Thank you for sharing these.

lizzy		23-Apr-2010 16:34
i need to see if i can find some more red flowers.i know that u did a very good job, but you need some more red flowers in your gallery

Art		18-Jul-2009 14:12
Hi there beautiful flower you have post. ws wondering if you know the name of this flower would you mind to tell me the name? I couldn't send you the link, there is another ay for me to send you the flowers? Thank you *Art

Guest		07-Jul-2009 23:48
I have the Tuck's Cap in flower right now. Mine hasn't curled up like the photo here. Lovely photo's!

Nick Massal		08-May-2009 16:15
Beautiful pictures! Can you tell me if any of them are endangered!

R Love		29-Apr-2009 01:46
Please add the botanical names. The pictures are great, but common names are deceiving.

Guest		26-Nov-2008 18:28
This is a beautiful website. I was trying to identify a flower and stopped here. Lovely.

Michelle Marsh		20-Nov-2008 22:29
Hello, Michelle Marsh Michelle Marsh

Gail		08-Sep-2008 15:10
I would like to locate seeds for cardinal flower, dutchman's breeches, knotweed, touch-me-not, turk's cap lily purple fringed orchid, blue flag iris. Does anyone have a source. Additionally, in the southern tier (near Ithaca) I grew up with a flower that my mother called Indian paintbrush, but I cannot find it on any site. Picture listed for that name is not the same. It was 4" tall with a black hairy stem, and was yellow, orange and red. The flower looked like a round paintbrush, I don't remember the leaves. Can anyone help with my two requests.

Michal Leszczynski		09-May-2008 13:09
Wonderful gallery and beautiful flowers. V.

Michael Shpuntov		27-Apr-2008 03:46
Very beautiful and delicious gallery :-) Great work for finding and shooting all these flowers. VOte.

hannah		18-Sep-2007 18:15
soooooooooooooooooooooooo cool

Tony		08-Jun-2007 23:53
I was trying to locate the name of a flower I photographed here in NYS 45 min south of Albany. Most sites were slow and tedious. Then I came across yours. I could quickly see a whole bunch and find out mine was a Cranebill. Beautiful shots. Thanks for the wonderful site. I will use it for reference in the future.

Guest		14-Apr-2007 01:19
Lovely gallerys from randybear1@wilkes.net

Heidi and Ulrich Burkhalter		27-Aug-2006 02:52
Wow awesome gallery !!!

Ron Horloff		03-Aug-2006 17:38
Beautifully composed photos, with vivid colors. Ron

Clarke & Emi		30-Jul-2006 14:45
Lovely gallery, would love to see more. V

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