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Wild Flowers: Cylburn Arboretum

Wildflowers at Cylburn delight the visitor–especially in spring time. This wildflower list also includes ferns and other plants that grow wild in the Maryland woods. The difference is that in the Cylburn woods, plants on this list have been specially planted, and, particularly in the spring, most of the plants also have signs to identify them so they can be observed as they grow and mature throughout the year.

COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME

Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara

Marsh marigold Caltha palustris

Yellow iris Iris pseudacorus

Crested dwarf iris Iris cristata

Hepatica, round lobed Hepatica americana

Spring beauty Claytonia virginica

Lesser celandine Ranunculus ficaria

Celandine poppy / Wood poppy Stylophorum diphyllum

Virginia bluebell Mertensia virginica

Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

Trout lily / Dogtooth violet Erythromium
americanum

Foam flower Tiarella cordifolia

Dutchman's breeches Dicentra curcullaria

Squirrel corn Dicentra canadensis

Bishop's cap / Miterwort Mitella diphylla

Greek valerian Polemonium reptans

Twinleaf Jeffersonia diphylla

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum

Wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Wild geranium Geranium maculatum

Cut-leaved toothwort Dentaria laciniata

Wild ginger Asarum canadense

Wild Flowers: Cylburn Arboretum Association

Cylburn Arboretum Association, Inc.,
4915 Greenspring Avenue,
Baltimore, MD.21209