Late August 2010 - Summer Wildflowers

After a long break during the summer, I jumped back into imaging wildflowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Mill Mountain Wildflower Garden. Here are some of the more interesting images.

   This wildflower is Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana).

 I believe this is a type of sunflower. Any help with identification would be appreciated.

  This wildflower is Dolls Eyes, also known as White Baneberry or White Cohosh. (Actaea pachypoda).

 This is a Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare). It is watching you.

 This is a Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

 This is a Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

  This wildflower is Spotted Knapweed (Centauria stoebe). It is toxic to other plants.