This was the second monthly walk on the Frying Pan Gap Trail. We hiked from the gate to the campground and then returned along the Parkway. Photography by Penny Longhurst & Aleta Tisdale. Click on any picture to zoom. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
![Cream-colored Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) [Melanthiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cream-colored-wake-robin-trillium-erectum.jpg?w=189&h=189&crop=1&ssl=1 "Cream-colored Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) [Melanthiaceae]")
![Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) [Lamiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lyre-leaved-sage-salvia-lyrata.jpg?w=270&h=362&ssl=1 "Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) [Lamiaceae]")
![Bear Corn (Conopholis americana) [Orobanchaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bear-corn-conopholis-americana.jpg?w=209&h=157&ssl=1 "Bear Corn (Conopholis americana) [Orobanchaceae]")
![Rose Twisted Stalk; Rose Mandarin (Streptopus lanceolatus v. roseus) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rose-twisted-stalk-rose-mandarin-streptopus-lanceolatus-v.-roseus-aleta.jpg?w=173&h=130&ssl=1 "Rose Twisted Stalk; Rose Mandarin (Streptopus lanceolatus v. roseus) [Liliaceae]")
![Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata) [Violaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/marsh-blue-violet-viola-cucullata.jpg?w=173&h=129&ssl=1 "Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata) [Violaceae]")
![Catawba Rhododendron; Mtn. Rosebay (Rhododendron catawbiense) [Ericaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/catawba-rhododendron-mtn.-rosebay-rhododendron-catawbiense.jpg?w=272&h=153&ssl=1 "Catawba Rhododendron; Mtn. Rosebay (Rhododendron catawbiense) [Ericaceae]")
![Mountain Bellwort (Uvularia puberula) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mountain-bellwort-uvularia-puberula-liliaceae-.jpg?w=272&h=203&ssl=1 "Mountain Bellwort (Uvularia puberula) [Liliaceae]")
![Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) [Ericaceae] Old Blooms](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/trailing-arbutus-epigaea-repens-old-blooms.jpg?w=210&h=157&ssl=1 "Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) [Ericaceae] Old Blooms")
![Hook Moss - High Elevation (Leucodon brachypus) [Leucodontaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hook-moss-high-elevation-leucodon-brachypus.jpg?w=390&h=522&ssl=1 "Hook Moss - High Elevation (Leucodon brachypus) [Leucodontaceae]")
![Clinton's Lily, White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/clintons-lily-white-clintonia-clintonia-umbellulata.jpg?w=228&h=228&crop=1&ssl=1 "Clinton's Lily, White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata) [Liliaceae]")
Photography by Cindy Carpenter, Daudie Colson, & John Colson. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.
![Yellow Mandarin; Fairy Bells (Prosartes lanuginosa) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yellow-mandarin-fairy-bells-prosartes-lanuginosa-cindy.jpg?w=228&h=128&ssl=1 "Yellow Mandarin; Fairy Bells (Prosartes lanuginosa) [Liliaceae]")
![Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) [Papaveraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bloodroot-sanguinaria-canadensis.jpg?w=404&h=303&ssl=1 "Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) [Papaveraceae]")
![False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata) [Saxifragaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/false-goatsbeard-astilbe-biternata.jpg?w=387&h=387&crop=1&ssl=1 "False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata) [Saxifragaceae]")
![Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) [Ericaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/flame-azalea-rhododendron-calendulaceum-john.jpg?w=241&h=181&ssl=1 "Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) [Ericaceae]")
![Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/turks-cap-lily-lilium-superbum.jpg?w=109&h=195&ssl=1 "Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]")
![Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) [Araceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack-in-the-pulpit-arisaema-triphyllum.jpg?w=270&h=362&ssl=1 "Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) [Araceae]")
The Blue Ridge Parkway Ridgeline Trail (formerly known to some of us as the Painted Trillium trail, although some suggested it should be renamed the Pinkshell Trail). Photography by Ken Borgfeldt. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) Bloom [Adoxaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/red-berried-elder-sambucus-racemosa-bloom.jpg?w=273&h=273&crop=1&ssl=1 "Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) Bloom [Adoxaceae]")
![Mountain Fetterbush (Pieris floribunda) [Ericaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mountain-fetterbush-pieris-floribunda-blooms.jpg?w=445&h=250&ssl=1 "Mountain Fetterbush (Pieris floribunda) [Ericaceae]")
![Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) [Fagaceae] Blooms](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/northern-red-oak-quercus-rubra-blooms.jpg?w=187&h=250&ssl=1 "Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) [Fagaceae] Blooms")
![Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) [Sapindaceae] Flower](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/striped-maple-acer-pensylvanicum-flower.jpg?w=258&h=258&crop=1&ssl=1 "Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) [Sapindaceae] Flower")
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt. Click on any picture to enter the slide show.
![Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) [Rosaceae] Bloom](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/black-raspberry-rubus-occidentalis-bloom-1.jpg?w=387&h=387&crop=1&ssl=1 "Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) [Rosaceae] Bloom")
![Buckberry (Gaylussacia ursina) [Ericaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/buckberry-gaylussacia-ursina-blooms-1.jpg?w=245&h=245&crop=1&ssl=1 "Buckberry (Gaylussacia ursina) [Ericaceae]")
![Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) [Rosaceae] tem](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/black-raspberry-rubus-occidentalis-stem-1.jpg?w=138&h=245&ssl=1 "Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) [Rosaceae] tem")
![Purple Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium trifoliatum) [Apiaceae] Plant](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/meadow-parsnip-thaspium-trifoliatum-blooms-1.jpg?w=404&h=228&ssl=1 "Purple Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium trifoliatum) [Apiaceae] Plant")
![Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) [Lauraceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spicebush-lindera-benzoin-leaves-1.jpg?w=228&h=228&crop=1&ssl=1 "Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) [Lauraceae] Leaves")
![Virginia Willow (Itea virginica) [Iteaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/virginia-willow-itea-virginica-blooms-1.jpg?w=336&h=336&crop=1&ssl=1 "Virginia Willow (Itea virginica) [Iteaceae]")
![Buckberry (Gaylussacia ursina) [Ericaceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/buckberry-gaylussacia-ursina-leaves-1.jpg?w=296&h=529&ssl=1 "Buckberry (Gaylussacia ursina) [Ericaceae] Leaves")
![Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) [Oxalidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/violet-wood-sorrel-oxalis-violacea-blooms-1.jpg?w=234&h=234&crop=1&ssl=1 "Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) [Oxalidaceae]")
![Crinkleroot; Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla) [Brassicaceae] Leaf](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/toothwort-cardamine-diphylla-leaf.jpg?w=228&h=229&ssl=1 "Crinkleroot; Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla) [Brassicaceae] Leaf")
![Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) [Orchidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/showy-orchis-galearis-spectabilis-blooms-2-1.jpg?w=316&h=316&crop=1&ssl=1 "Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) [Orchidaceae]")
Photography by Daudie Colson, John Colson, & Angela Wagner. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.
![Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/columbine-aquilegia-canadensis-daudie.jpg?w=252&h=252&crop=1&ssl=1 "Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) [Ranunculaceae]")
![Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/perfoliate-bellwort-uvularia-perfoliata-daudie.jpg?w=210&h=157&ssl=1 "Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) [Liliaceae]")
![Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii) [Melanthiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/southern-nodding-trillium-trillium-rugelii-daudie.jpg?w=205&h=205&crop=1&ssl=1 "Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii) [Melanthiaceae]")
![False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata) [Saxifragaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/false-goatsbeard-hairy-stems-astilbe-biternata-daudie.jpg?w=179&h=179&crop=1&ssl=1 "False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata) [Saxifragaceae]")
![Shooting Star (Primula meadia) [Primulaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/shooting-star-primula-meadia-daudie.jpg?w=179&h=179&crop=1&ssl=1 "Shooting Star (Primula meadia) [Primulaceae]")
![Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/robins-plantain-erigeron-pulchellus-johnjohn.jpg?w=362&h=362&crop=1&ssl=1 "Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus) [Asteraceae]")
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