Over Memorial Day weekend, Indian Pink (also known as Pinkroot or Wormgrass) blooms in late May along the Heath Cove Trail. The scarlet corolla tube, which is yellow-green on the inside, flares to five yellow to white reflexed points. These flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds, and the plant is rated as one of the top hummingbird plants for gardens.

In the past, the roots of Indian Pink have been used for medicinal purposes for expunging intestinal worms, for endocardial problems, and as a cough medicine. However, its active ingredient is the alkaloid spigeline, which can be toxic at high doses. Spigelia ranges throughout the southeast, west to Texas and north to Indiana.

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