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
March – Linda Chafin
April – David Knepper
May – Jim Hanna
June – Shannon Matzke
July – Sam Pratt
August – David Knepper
September – David Knepper
October – Ashley Desensi
November – Wayne Webb
December – David Knepper
And, now for those wishing to see all the plants and their names, here are all the plants used in 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 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 |
| March 2024 – Plant # 1 – Arisaema triphyllum – Jack-in-the-pulpit |
March 2024 – Plant # 2 – Arisaema dracontium – Green Dragon |
March 2024 – Plant # 3 – Asarum reflexum – Reflexed Wild Ginger |
| April 2024 – Plant # 1 – Asclepias amplexicaulis — Clasping or Blunt-leaved Milkweed |
April 2024 – Plant # 2 – Asclepias tuberosa — Butterfly-weed |
April 2024 – Plant # 3 – Asclepias variegata — White or Redring Milkweed |
| May 2024 – Plant # 1 – Castilleja coccinea – Eastern Indian-paintbrush |
May 2024 – Plant # 2 – Ipomoea pandurata – Wild Potato Vine |
May 2024 – Plant # 3 – Tephrosia virginiana – Virginia Goat’s-rue |
| June 2024 – Plant # 1 – Commelina erecta – Erect Dayflower |
June 2024 – Plant # 2 – Amphicarpaea bracteata – Hog-peanut |
June 2024 – Plant # 3 – Chamaecrista fasciculata – Common Partridge-pea |
| July 2024 – Plant # 1 – Tephrosia virginiana – Virginia Goat’s-rue |
July 2024 – Plant # 2 – Phyla lanceolata – Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit |
July 2024 – Plant # 3 – Passiflora lutea var. lutea – Eastern Yellow Passionflower |
| August 2024 – Plant # 1 – Dicliptera brachiata – Branched Foldwing |
August 2024 – Plant # 2 – Fallopia scandens – Climbing Buckwheat |
August 2024 – Plant # 3 – Pueraria montana var. lobata – Kudzu |
| September 2024 – Plant # 1 – Cynanchum laeve – Honeyvine |
September 2024 – Plant # 2 – Eclipta prostrata – Yerba-de-tajo |
September 2024 – Plant # 3 – Galinsoga quadriradiata – Common Peruvian-daisy |
| October 2024 – Plant # 1 – Actaea pachypoda – Dolls’- Eyes |
October 2024 – Plant # 2 – Anemone quinquefolia – Windflower |
October 2024 – Plant # 3 – Caulophyllum thalictroides – Blue Cohosh |
| November 2024 – Plant # 1 – Micranthes (Saxifraga) virginiensis – Early Saxifrage |
November 2024 – Plant # 2 – Shortia galacifolia – Oconee Bells |
November 2024 – Plant # 3 – Stellaria pubera – Star Chickweed – Giant Chickweed |
| December 2024 – Plant # 1 – Perilla frutescens – Perilla, Beefsteak-plant |
December 2024 – Plant # 2 – Fatoua villosa – Crabweed, Mulberry-weed, Foolish-weed |
December 2024 – Plant # 3 – Oenanthe javanica – Water Celery, Water Parsley, Java Dropwort |
