Name that Plant Winners and Plants

This page has all the contest winners and the previous plants used along with the correct scientific name and also a common name. The previous month’s plants are usually posted just after the new plants are posted on the main page. This will be especially helpful for those who are using this contest as a learning tool. All photos were taken by Richard & Teresa Ware unless otherwise noted. Please visit the main “Name That Plant” page and get your guesses in now! Click here to go to main page

Monthly Winners for 2021!

January – Bobby Hattaway
February – Bobby Hattaway
March – Bobby Hattaway
April – Bobby Hattaway
May – Bobby Hattaway
June – Bobby Hattaway
July – Bobby Hattaway
August – Bobby Hattaway
September – Bobby Hattaway
October – Eva Pratt
November – Bobby Hattaway
December – Bobby Hattaway

Monthly Winners for 2022!

January – Wayne Webb
February – Mark Ray
March – Tim Estep
April – Sam Pratt
May – Eva Pratt
June – Sam Pratt
July – Sam Pratt
August – Mark Ray
September – Wayne Webb
October – Sam Pratt
November – Sam Pratt
December – Eva Pratt

Monthly Winners for 2023!

January – Wayne Webb
February – Ashley Desensi
March – Ashley Desensi
April – Eva Pratt
May – Wayne Webb
June – David Knepper
July – Sam Pratt
August – Wayne Webb
September – Ashley Desensi
October – David Taylor
November – Philip Bouchard
December – Ashley Desensi

Monthly Winners for 2024!

January – Jacqueline Miller
February – Eva Pratt

And, now for those wishing to see all the plants and their names, here are all the plants used in 2021 & 2022 in chronological order as you scroll down the page. Thanks again for your interest and for playing “Name That Plant.”

2021 Plants

 

January 2021 – Plant # 1 – Lonicera flava – Yellow Honeysuckle January 2021 – Plant # 2 – Lonicera japonica – Japanese Honeysuckle January 2021 – Plant # 3 – Lonicera sempervirens – Coral Honeysuckle
February 2021 – Plant # 1 – Manfreda virginica – Agave February 2021 – Plant # 2 – Marshallia obovata – Piedmont Barbara’s-buttons February 2021 – Plant # 3 – Mazus pumilus – Mazus
March 2021 – Plant # 1 – Nasturtium officinale – Watercress March 2021 – Plant # 2 – Nelumbo nucifera – Sacred-lotus March 2021 – Plant # 3 – Nemophila aphylla – Baby Blue-eyes
April 2021 – Plant # 1 – Onoclea sensibilis – Sensitive Fern April 2021 – Plant # 2 – Osmunda spectabilis – Royal Fern April 2021 – Plant # 3 – Osmundastrum cinnamomeum – Cinnamon Fern
May 2021 – Plant # 1 – Obolaria virginica – Pennywort May 2021 – Plant # 2 – Oxalis montana – American Wood-sorrel May 2021 – Plant # 3 – Oxypolis rigidior – Cowbane
June 2021 – Plant # 1 – Platanthera chapmanii – Chapman’s Orange-fringed Orchid June 2021 – Plant # 2 – Platanthera conspicua – Large White Fringed Orchid June 2021 – Plant # 3 – Platanthera integra – Golden Fringeless Orchid
July 2021 – Plant # 1 – Polygala boykinii – Boykin’s Milkwort July 2021 – Plant # 2 – Polygala incarnata – Pink Milkwort July 2021 – Plant # 3 – Polygala nana – Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot
August 2021 – Plant # 1 – Parthenium integrifolium – Wild Quinine August 2021 – Plant # 2 – Pedicularis canadensis – Wood-betony August 2021 – Plant # 3 – Pediomelum subacaule – Nashville Breadroot
September 2021 – Plant # 1 – Platanthera cristata – Crested Fringed Orchid September 2021 – Plant # 2 – Platanthera grandiflora – Large Purple Fringed Orchid September 2021 – Plant # 3 – Platanthera psycodes – Small Purple Fringed Orchid
October 2021 – Plant # 1 – Phacelia dubia – Appalachian Phacelia October 2021 – Plant # 2 – Phacelia purshii – Miami-mist October 2021 – Plant # 3 – Phemeranthus mengesii – Large-flowered Rock-pink
November 2021 – Plant # 1 – Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa – Southern Obedient-plant November 2021 – Plant # 2 – Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s-ladder November 2021 – Plant # 3 – Pterocaulon pycnostachyum – Blackroot
December 2021 – Plant # 1 – Rhexia alifanus – Smooth Meadow-beauty December 2021 – Plant # 2 – Rhexia lutea – Yellow Meadow-beauty December 2021 – Plant # 3 – Rhexia mariana var. mariana – Maryland Meadow-beauty

2022 Plants


January 2022 – Plant # 1 – Sibbaldia retusa – Three-toothed Cinquefoil January 2022 – Plant # 2 – Sicyos angulatus – Bur-cucumber January 2022 – Plant # 3 – Sida elliottii – Elliott’s Fanpetals
February 2022 – Plant # 1 – Salvia lyrata – Lyreleaf Sage February 2022 – Plant # 2 – Salvia urticifolia – Nettle-leaf Sage February 2022 – Plant # 3 – Sanguisorba canadensis – Canada Burnet
March 2022 – Plant # 1 – Scutellaria integrifolia – Helmet Flower March 2022 – Plant # 2 – Scutellaria montana – Large-flowered Skullcap March 2022 – Plant # 3 – Scutellaria ovata – Heart-leaf Skullcap
April 2022 – Plant # 1 – Sedum pulchellum – Widow’s-cross April 2022 – Plant # 2 – Sedum pusillum – Puck’s Orpine April 2022 – Plant # 3 – Sedum ternatum – Mountain Stonecrop
May 2022 – Plant # 1 – Senna hebecarpa – Northern Wild Senna May 2022 – Plant # 2 – Senna marilandica – Maryland Wild Senna May 2022 – Plant # 3 – Senna obtusifolia – Sicklepod
June 2022 – Plant # 1 – Aphyllon uniflorum – Cancer-root June 2022 – Plant # 2 – Aplectrum hyemale – Puttyroot June 2022 – Plant # 3 – Astragalus canadensis – Canada Milkvetch
July 2022 – Plant # 1 – Schoenolirion croceum – Yellow Sunnybell July 2022 – Plant # 2 – Stillingia sylvatica – Queen’s-delight July 2022 – Plant # 3 – Stylosanthes biflora – Pencil-flower
August 2022 – Plant # 1 – Baptisia arachnifera – Hairy Rattleweed August 2022 – Plant # 2 – Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata – Gopherweed August 2022 – Plant # 3 – Baptisia perfoliata – Catbells
September 2022 – Plant # 1 – Croton capitatus – Woolly Croton September 2022 – Plant # 2 – Cunila origanoides – Stone-mint, American-dittany September 2022 – Plant # 3 – Cuphea viscosissima – Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed
October 2022 – Plant # 1 – Dalea albida – White-tassels October 2022 – Plant # 2 – Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum – Glade Larkspur October 2022 – Plant # 3 – Dyschoriste humistrata – Swamp Twinflower
November 2022 – Plant # 1 – Cabomba caroliniana – Fanwort November 2022 – Plant # 2 – Cnidoscolus stimulosus – Spurge-nettle, Tread-softly November 2022 – Plant # 3 – Comandra umbellata – Eastern Bastard-toadflax
December 2022 – Plant # 1 – Helianthus angustifolius – Narrowleaf Sunflower December 2022 – Plant # 2 – Helianthus mollis – Ashy Sunflower December 2022 – Plant # 3 – Helianthus verticillatus – Whorled Sunflower

2023 Plants


January 2023 – Plant # 1 – Frasera caroliniensis – American Columbo January 2023 – Plant # 2 – Gentianopsis crinita – Eastern Fringed-gentian January 2023 – Plant # 3 – Diphylleia cymosa – Umbrella-leaf
February 2023 – Plant # 1 – Cichorium intybus – Chicory February 2023 – Plant # 2 – Lythrum alatum – Winged Loosestrife February 2023 – Plant # 3 – Mimosa strigillosa – Powderpuff Mimosa
March 2023 – Plant # 1 – Sanguinaria canadensis – Bloodroot March 2023 – Plant # 2 – Jeffersonia diphylla – Twinleaf March 2023 – Plant # 3 – Thalictrum thalictroides – Rue-anemone
April 2023 – Plant # 1 – Hepatica acutiloba – Sharp-lobed Hepatica April 2023 – Plant # 2 – Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells April 2023 – Plant # 3 – Stylophorum diphyllum – Wood Poppy
May 2023 – Plant # 1 – Trillium lancifolium – Lanceleaf Trillium May 2023 – Plant # 2 – Phacelia bipinnatifida – Fernleaf Phacelia May 2023 – Plant # 3 – Camassia scilloides – Wild Hyacinth
June 2023 – Plant # 1 – Amsonia tabernaemontana – Wideleaf Blue-stars June 2023 – Plant # 2 – Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed June 2023 – Plant # 3 – Asclepias viridis – Green Antelope-horn
July 2023 – Plant # 1 – Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower July 2023 – Plant # 2 – Zephyranthes atamasca – Atamasco Lily July 2023 – Plant # 3 – Hydrolea corymbosa – Skyflower
August 2023 – Plant # 1 – Halesia tetraptera – Mountain Silverbell August 2023 – Plant # 2 – Styrax grandifolius – Bigleaf Snowbell August 2023 – Plant # 3 – Apios americana – Groundnut
September 2023 – Plant # 1 – Platanthera nivea – Snowy Orchid September 2023 – Plant # 2 – Parnassia asarifolia – Kidney-leaved Grass-of-Parnassus September 2023 – Plant # 3 – Parnassia grandifolia – Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus
October 2023 – Plant # 1 – Symphyotrichum georgianum – Georgia Aster October 2023 – Plant # 2 – Symphyotrichum novae-angliae – New England Aster October 2023 – Plant # 3 – Symphyotrichum patens – Late Purple Aster
November 2023 – Plant # 1 – Tetragonotheca helianthoides – Squarehead, Pineland-ginseng November 2023 – Plant # 2 – Sabatia decandra – Bartram’s Rose-gentian November 2023 – Plant # 3 – Erigenia bulbosa – Harbinger-of-spring
December 2023 – Plant # 1 – Edgeworthia papyrifera – Paperbush, Japanese Paper-plant December 2023 – Plant # 2 – Dicentra cucullaria – Dutchman’s Britches December 2023 – Plant # 3 – Dicentra canadensis – Squirrel Corn

2024 Plants


January 2024 – Plant # 1 – Claytonia virginica var. acutiflora – Southern Spring Beauty January 2024 – Plant # 2 – Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine January 2024 – Plant # 3 – Erythronium americanum ssp. harperi — Harper’s Trout Lily
February 2024 – Plant # 1 – Cardamine concatenata [Dentaria laciniata] – Cut-leaf Toothwort February 2024 – Plant # 2 – Cardamine angustata [Dentaria heterophylla] – Slender Toothwort February 2024 – Plant # 3 – Cardamine dissecta [Dentaria multifida] – Dissected Toothwort