Flowering Plants
| Order | Family | Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alismatales | Alismataceae | Alisma subcordatum | American water plantain |
| Sagittaria graminea var. graminea | Grassy Arrowhead | ||
| Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead | ||
| Hydrocharitales | Hydrocharitaceae | Egeria densa | Brazilian Waterweed |
| Hydrilla verticillata | Waterthyme | ||
| Najadales | Najadaceae | Najas minor | Brittle Waternymph |
| Najadales | Potamogetonaceae | Potamogeton bicupulatus | Snailseed Pondweed |
| Potamogeton diversifolius | Waterthread Pondweed | ||
| Potamogeton pulcher | Spotted Pondweed | ||
| Arales | Lemnaceae | Lemna perpusilla | Minute Duckweed |
| Spirodela punctata | Dotted Duckmeat | ||
| Arecales | Araceae | Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack in the Pulpit | ||
| Peltandra virginica | Green Arrow Arum | ||
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto | ||
| Arecales | Asteraceae | Symphyotrichum georgianum | Georgia Aster |
| Echinacea laevigata | Smooth Coneflower | ||
| Lamiales | Lamiaceae | Clinopodium georgianum | Georgia Calamint |
| Lamiales | Verbenaceae | Verbena canadensis | Rose Mock Vervain |
| Scrophulariales | Scrophulariaceae | Amphianthus pusillus | Pool Sprite, Snorkelwort |
| Caryophyllales | Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria pubera | Star Chickweed |
| Commelinales | Commelinaceae | Callisia rosea | Piedmont Roseling |
| Commelina communis | Asiatic Dayflower | ||
| Commelina diffusa | Climbing Dayflower | ||
| Commelina erecta | Whitemouth Dayflower | ||
| Commelina virginica | Virginia Dayflower | ||
| Murdannia keisak | Wartremoving Herb | ||
| Murdannia nudiflora | Nakedstem Dewflower | ||
| Tradescantia hirsuticaulis | Hairystem Spiderwort | ||
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Bluejacket | ||
| Tradescantia subaspera | Zigzag Spiderwort | ||
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort | ||
| Eriocaulales | Eriocaulaceae | Eriocaulon koernickianum | Gulf Pipewort / Dwarf Hatpins |
| Typhales | Typhaceae | Sparganium americanum | American Bur-Reed |
| Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail | ||
| Capparales | Brassicaceae | Draba aprica | Sun-loving Draba |
| Ericales | Ericaceae | Agarista populifolia | Florida Leucothoe |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel | ||
| Leucothoe fontanesiana | Drooping Leucothoe | ||
| Ericales | Monotropaceae | Monotropsis odorata | Sweet Pinesap |
| Ericales | Primulaceae | Lysimachia fraseri | Fraser's Loosestrife |
| Ericales | Pyrolaceae | Chimaphila umbellata | Umbellate Wintergreen, Pipsissewa |
| Violales | Violaceae | Viola pedata | Birdsfoot Violet |
| Liliales | Agavaceae | Camassia scilloides | Atlantic camas |
| Manfreda virginica | False Aloe | ||
| Yucca filamentosa | Adam's Needle / Spoonleaf Yucca | ||
| Liliales | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea oppositifolia | Chinese Yam |
| Dioscorea villosa | Wild Yam | ||
| Liliales | Iridaceae | Belamcanda chinensis | Blackberry Lily |
| Gladiolus papilio | Goldblotch Gladiolus | ||
| Iris cristata | Dwarf Crested Iris | ||
| Iris verna | Dwarf Violet Iris | ||
| Sisyrinchium albidum | White Blue-eyed Grass | ||
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass | ||
| Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-eyed Grass | ||
| Sisyrinchium mucronatum | Needletip Blue-eyed Grass | ||
| Sisyrinchium nashii | Nash's Blue-eyed Grass | ||
| Liliales | Liliaceae | Aletris farinosa | White Colicroot |
| Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic | ||
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | ||
| Allium cuthbertii | Striped Garlic | ||
| Allium vineale | Wild Garlic | ||
| Amianthium muscitoxicum | Fly Poison | ||
| Asparagus officinalis | Garden Asparagus | ||
| Chamaelirium luteum | Fairywand | ||
| Dichelostemma congestum | Ookow | ||
| Erythronium americanum | Dogtooth Violet / Trout Lily | ||
| Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum | Dimpled Troutlily | ||
| Hemerocallis fulva | Orange Daylily | ||
| Hymenocallis caroliniana | Shoals Spider-lily / Carolina spiderlily | ||
| Hypoxis hirsuta | Common Goldstar / Yellow Star Grass | ||
| Lilium canadense | Canada Lily | ||
| Lilium michauxii | Carolina Lily | ||
| Maianthemum racemosum | Feathery False Lily of the Valley | ||
| Medeola virginiana | Indian Cucumber | ||
| Melanthium latifolium | Slender Bunchflower | ||
| Muscari comosum | Tassel Grape Hyacinth | ||
| Muscari neglectum | Starch Grape Hyacinth | ||
| Narcissus poeticus | Poet's Narcissus | ||
| Ornithogalum umbellatum | Star of Bethlehem | ||
| Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's Seal | ||
| Schoenolirion croceum | Yellow Sunnybell | ||
| Stenanthium gramineum | Eastern Featherbells | ||
| Trillium catesbaei | Bashful Wakerobin | ||
| Trillium cuneatum | Little Sweet Betsy | ||
| Trillium discolor | Mottled Wakerobin | ||
| Trillium erectum | Red Trillium | ||
| Trillium luteum | Yellow Wakerobin | ||
| Trillium persistens | Persistent Wakerobin / Persistent Trillium | ||
| Trillium rugelii | Illscented Wakerobin | ||
| Trillium simile | Jeweled Wakerobin | ||
| Trillium vaseyi | Sweet Wakerobin | ||
| Uvularia perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort | ||
| Uvularia puberula | Mountain Bellwort | ||
| Uvularia sessilifolia | Sessileleaf Bellwort | ||
| Veratrum woodii | Ozark Bunchflower | ||
| Zephyranthes atamasca | Atamasco Lily | ||
| Liliales | Pontederiaceae | Heteranthera reniformis | Kidneyleaf Mudplantain |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed | ||
| Liliales | Smilacaceae | Smilax biltmoreana | Biltmore's Carrionflower |
| Smilax bona-nox | Saw Greenbrier | ||
| Smilax ecirrhata | Upright Carrionflower | ||
| Smilax glauca | Cat Greenbrier | ||
| Smilax herbacea | Smooth Carrionflower | ||
| Smilax hugeri | Huger's Carrionflower | ||
| Smilax laurifolia | Laurel Greenbrier | ||
| Smilax pseudochina | Bamboo Vine | ||
| Smilax rotundifolia | Roundleaf Greenbrier | ||
| Smilax smallii | Lanceleaf Greenbrier | ||
| Smilax tamnoides | Bristly Greenbrier | ||
| Smilax walteri | Coral Greenbrier | ||
| Orchidales | Burmanniaceae | Burmannia capitata | Southern Bluethread |
| Orchidales | Orchidaceae | Aplectrum hyemale | Adam and Eve |
| Corallorrhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coralroot | ||
| Corallorrhiza wisteriana | Spring Coralroot | ||
| Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin Flower | ||
| Cypripedium parviflorum | Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | ||
| Galearis spectabilis | Showy Orchid | ||
| Goodyera pubescens | Downy Rattlesnake Plantain | ||
| Hexalectris spicata | Spiked Crested Coralroot | ||
| Malaxis unifolia | Green Adder's-mouth Orchid | ||
| Platanthera ciliaris | Yellow Fringed Orchid | ||
| Platanthera clavellata | Small Green Wood Orchid | ||
| Platanthera flava | Palegreen Orchid | ||
| Platanthera integrilabia | White Fringeless Orchid / Monkeyface Orchid | ||
| Platanthera lacera | Green Fringed Orchid | ||
| Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Lady's Tresses | ||
| Spiranthes lacera | Northern Slender Lady's Tresses | ||
| Spiranthes tuberosa | Little Lady's Tresses | ||
| Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Lady's Tresses | ||
| Tipularia discolor | Crippled Cranefly | ||
| Triphora trianthophora | Threebirds / Three Birds Orchid | ||
| Isotria medeoloides | Small Whorled Pogonia | ||
| Illiciales | Schisandraceae | Schisandra glabra | Bay Star-vine |
| Papaverales | Papaveraceae | Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot |
| Ranunculales | Ranunculaceae | Anemone berlandieri | Glade Windflower / Southern Thimbleweed |
| Anemone nobilis | Roundlobe Hepatica | ||
| Hydrastis canadensis | Goldenseal | ||
| Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue Anemone | ||
| Apiales | Araliaceae | Panax trifolius | Dwarf Ginseng |
| Fabales | Fabaceae | Amorpha sp. | False Indigo |
| Lotus helleri | Carolina Trefoil / American Bird's-foot Trefoil | ||
| Thermopsis villosa | Carolina Golden Banner | ||
| Rosales | Crassulaceae | Sedum pusillum | Granite Stonecrop |
| Rosales | Rosaceae | Waldsteinia lobata | Barren Strawberry |
| Rosales | Saxifragaceae | Tiarella sp. | Foam Flower |
| Santalales | Santalaceae | Nestronia umbellula | Indian Olive / Leechbrush |
| Sapindales | Hippocastanaceae | Aesculus pavia x sylvatica | Red X Painted Buckeye hybrid |
| Aesculus sylvatica | Painted Buckeye | ||
| Bromeliales | Bromeliaceae | Tillandsia usneoides | Spanish Moss |
Sources of information:
Sweeney, P. W. and D. E. Giannasi. 2000. The Vascular Plant Distribution Atlas of Georgia: Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Monocots. (www.plantbio.uga.edu/herbarium/GeorgiaAtlas/; posted June 2007)
USDA Plants Database.