Georgia Botanical Society

03/29/2026

Our annual Pilgrimage registration is open. It will be in Clayton, GA this year in celebration of our anniversary and our first pilgrimage being held there. Details can be found on our website by clicking on the link.

Pilgrimage Each year the Georgia Botanical Society conducts a Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage to a location of botanical interest. The 57th Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage will be held May 1-3, 2026. The Pilgrimage will be based in Clayton, Georgia, the site of the Society’s very first pilgrimage...

12/03/2025

I would like to remind everyone about our annual Holiday Party at the Newman Wetlands Center on Saturday, December 6. It is potluck (bring your favorite dish!) and we will have a naturalist-led walk around the Wetlands Center after food, fellowship, and merriment.

As a special bonus, Charlie Seabrook and Ann Litrel will be selling and signing their new book, 35 Natural Wonders of Georgia to See before You Die!
https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374444/35-natural-wonders-of-georgia-to-see-before-you-die/

The festivities start at 10:00!

The expression “natural wonders” can often conjure images of far-flung destinations like the Grand Canyon, the peaks of the Rockies, or Niagara Falls. Ye...

05/08/2025

Eastern green-eyes, Berlandiera pumila, Sandhills WMA West Tract, Taylor County.

03/30/2025

01/31/2025

Richard Ware, the creator of and main contributor to this site, has been in the hospital for the last several days with pneumonia. He just got out of ICU today. He is breathing better but still has a long way to go, according to his daughter, Allison. Richard is in Room 5331 at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center in Rome.

I'm sure we all wish Richard a speedy recovery!

Hal Massie

11/23/2024

A couple of scenes from the Veterans Day field trip to FDR State Park to see kidneyleaf grass-of-Parnassus, Parnassia asarifolia.

10/31/2024

Hexastylis heterophylla (Variable-leaf Heartleaf) - Oconee Co., South Carolina. USA.

10/28/2024

Hexalectris spicata (Crested Coralroot) - Floyd Co., Georgia. USA.

10/27/2024

Heuchera villosa (Crag-jangle, Rock Alumroot) - Fannin Co., Georgia. USA.

10/26/2024

Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora (Cumberland Grotto Alumroot) - Walker Co., Georgia. USA.

10/25/2024

Heuchera americana (American Alumroot) - Floyd Co., Georgia. USA.

10/24/2024

Heterotheca subaxillaris [Heterotheca latifolia] (Camphorweed, Dune Camphorweed) - Floyd Co., Georgia. USA. The first 3 photos were labeled Heterotheca latifolia and the last 4 were labeled Heterotheca subaxillaris. Flora of the Southeastern United States 2024 Edition does not recognize H. latifolia as a separate species anymore.