Special Collections
Mt. Cuba Center
The Copeland family dedicated their Mt. Cuba estate to conserving the native plants that they cherished for future generations to enjoy in their natural setting. Today, the Center is passionately committed to preserving the rich flora of the Appalachian Piedmont Region through conservation, horticulture, and education & research.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea Clammy Azalea Cory Azalea Hammock Sweet Azalea | |
| Rosa carolina var. carolina | Carolina Rose | |
| Rudbeckia auriculata | Eared Coneflower | |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower Orange Rudbeckia Perennial Black-eyed Susan Goldstrum | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida | Orange Coneflower | |
| Rudbeckia heliopsidis | Sunfacing Coneflower | |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
| Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower | |
| Ruellia noctiflora | Nightflowering Wild Petunia | |
| Rubus odoratus | Purple-flowering Raspberry Thimbleberry | |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan Brown-eyed-susan Thin-leaved Coneflower Three-lobed Rudbeckia | |
| Sarracenia alata | Yellow Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant Yellow Trumpet Flycatcher Trumpet Pitcher Plant | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
| Sabatia angularis | Rosepink Rose-pink | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Sanguisorba canadensis | Canadian Burnet American Burnet | |
| Sarracenia ×catesbaei | Pitcherplant Pitcher Plant | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
| Sabatia difformis | Lanceleaf Rose Gentian | |
| Sarracenia flava | Yellow Pitcherplant Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia ×formosa | Formosa Pitcherplant Formosa Pitcher Plant | |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Rose Gentian Plymouth Gentian | |
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