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. The plants are going to remain easy for most of 2009, so please visit the main “Name That Plant” page and get your guesses in now! Click here to go to main page
The Monthly Winners for 2009 are:
January – John Little
February – Dennis Horn
March – Dennis Horn
April – David Taylor
May – Terrell Shaw
June – Mike Christison
July – Jodi Jones
August – Denise Hartline
September – Linda Chafin
October – Mike Christison
November – Eva Pratt
December – Mike Christison
And now it is time to announce the 2009 yearly winner:
Dennis Horn!
Dennis got every plant for the entire year correct, a total of 25 plants (we had 3 plants one month)! He won a free one-year membership in the Georgia Botanical Society. Congratulations Dennis!
The Monthly Winners for 2010 are:
January – Eva Pratt
February – Gerry Williamson
March – Sarah Sewell
April – Gerry Williamson
May – Hal Massie
June – Denise Hartline
July – Scott Ranger
August – Terrell Shaw
And, now for those wishing to see all the plants and their names, here are all the plants used in 2009 and 2010 in chronological order as you scroll down the page. Thanks again for your interest and for playing “Name That Plant.”
2009 Plants
| January 2009 – Plant # 1 – Sanguinaria canadensis – Bloodroot |
January 2009 – Plant # 2 – Jeffersonia diphylla – Twinleaf |
February 2009 – Plant # 1 – Anemonella (Thalictrum) thalictroides – Rue Anemone |
| February 2009 – Plant # 2 – Anemone (Hepatica) acutiloba – Sharp-lobed Hepatica |
March 2009 – Plant # 1 – Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells |
March 2009 – Plant # 2 – Stylophorum diphyllum – Celandine or Wood Poppy |
| April 2009 – Plant # 1 – Trillium lancifolium – Lance-leaf Trillium |
April 2009 – Plant # 2 – Phacelia bipinnatifida – Purple Phacelia |
May 2009 – Plant # 1 – Camassia scilloides – Wild Hyacinth |
| May 2009 – Plant # 2 – Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star |
June 2009 – Plant # 1 – Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed |
June 2009 – Plant # 2 – Asclepias viridis – Spider Milkweed or Green Antelope Horn |
| July 2009 – Plant # 1 – Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower |
July 2009 – Plant # 2 – Zephyranthes atamasca – Atamasco Lily |
July 2009 – Plant # 3 – Tradescantia virginiana – Virginia Spiderwort |
| August 2009 – Plant # 1 – Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera (old name H. carolina) – Common or 4-wing Silverbell |
August 2009 – Plant # 2 – Styrax grandifolius – Large-leaf Snowbell |
September 2009 – Plant # 1 – Apios americana – Common Groundnut |
| September 2009 – Plant # 2 – Platanthera nivea – Snowy Orchid |
October 2009 – Plant # 1 – Parnassia acerifolia – Grass-of-Parnassus |
October 2009 – Plant # 2 – Parnassia grandifolia – Large-leaf Grass-of-Parnassus |
| November 2009 – Plant # 1 – Symphyotrichum georgianum – Georgia Aster |
November 2009 – Plant # 2 – Symphyotrichum patens – Late Purple Aster |
December 2009 – Plant # 1 – Tetragonotheca helianthoides – Squarehead, Pineland-ginseng |
| December 2009 – Plant # 2 – Sabatia bartramii – Bartram’s Rose-gentian |
2010 Plants
| January 2010 – Plant # 1 – Erigenia bulbosa – Harbinger-of-spring, Pepper-and-salt |
January 2010 – Plant # 2 – Edgeworthia papyrifera – Paperbush |
February 2010 – Plant # 1 – Dicentra cucullaria – Dutchman’s Breeches |
| February 2010 – Plant # 2 – Claytonia virginica – Virginia Spring Beauty |
March 2010 – Plant # 1 – Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine |
March 2010 – Plant # 2 – Erythronium americanum – Trout Lily |
| April 2010 – Plant # 1 – Cardamine concatenata (Dentaria laciniata) – Cutleaf Toothwort |
April 2010 – Plant # 2 – Cardamine angustata (Dentaria heterophylla) – Slender Toothwort |
April 2010 – Plant # 3 – Cardamine dissecta (Dentaria multifida) – Fineleaf Toothwort |
| May 2010 – Plant # 1 – Arisaema triphyllum – Jack-in-the-pulpit |
May 2010 – Plant # 2 – Asarum canadense – Canada Wild Ginger |
June 2010 – Plant # 1 – Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa – Common Butterfly-weed |
| June 2010 – Plant # 2 – Asclepias variegata – White Milkweed |
July 2010 – Plant # 1 – Castilleja coccinea – Eastern Indian-paintbrush |
July 2010 – Plant # 2 – Ipomoea pandurata – Wild Potato Vine |
| July 2010 – Plant # 3 – Commelina erecta – Erect Dayflower |
