Flowers




Get a detailed description of different different types of flowers. Get advice on how to better grow that certain type of flower.





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Adam And Eve Puttyroot

(Aplectrum spicatum; A. hyemale of Gray)) Orchid family Flowers - Dingy yellowish brown and p...


American Brooklime

(Veronica Americana) Figwort family Flowers - Light blue to white, usually striped with deep ...


American Holly

(Ilex opaca) Holly family Flowers - Very small, greenish or yellowish white, from 3 to 10 st...




Arethusa Indian Pink

(Arethusa bulbosa) Orchid family Flowers - 1 to 2 in. long, bright purple pink, solitary, viol...



Beechdrops

(Septamnium Virginianum; Epifegus Virginiana of Gray) Broom-rape family Flowers - Small, dull...








Black Mustard

(Brassica nigra) Mustard family Flowers - Bright yellow, fading pale, 1/4 to 1/2 in. across, ...


Blackberry Lily

(Gemmingia Ciminensis; Pardanthus Chinensis of Gray) Iris family Flowers - Deep orange color...






Bluethistle

(Echium vulgare) Borage family Flowers - Bright blue, afterward reddish purple, pink in the b...



Bog Wintergreen

(Pyrola uliginosa; P. rotundifolia, var. uliginosa of Gray) Wintergreen family Flowers - Mage...



Brideweed

(Linaria Linaria; L. vulgaris of Gray) Figwort family Flowers - Light canary yellow and orange...


Broadleaved Arrowhead

(Sagittaria latifolia; S. variabilis of Gray) Water-plantain family Flowers - White, 1 to 1 ...


Broadleaved Kalmia

(Kalmia latifolia) Heath family Flowers - Buds and new flowers bright rose pink, afterward fa...





Button

(Arctium minus; Lappa officinalis: var. minor of Gray) Thistle family Flower-heads - Composi...


Button Snakeroot

(Lacinaria squarrosa; Liatris squarrosa of Gray) Thistle family Flower-heads - Composite, ab...




Calopogon Grass Pink

(Limodorum tuberosum; Calopogon pulchellus of Gray) Orchid family Flowers - Purplish pink, 1...


Canker Lettuce

(Pyrola rolundifolia) Wintergreen family Flowers - Very fragrant, white, in a spike; 6 to 20,...




Carrionflower

(Smilax herbacea) Smilax family Flowers - Carrion-scented, yellowish-green, 15 to 80 small, ...


Charlie

(Glecoma hederacea; Nepeta Glechoma of Gray) Mint family Flowers - Light bluish purple, dotte...








Common Chickweed

(Aisine media; Stellaria media of Gray) Pink family Flowers - Small, white, on slender pedice...







Common St. John'swort

(Hypericum perforatum) St. John's-wort family Flowers - Bright yellow, 1 in. across or less, ...


Creeping Dalibarda

(Dalibarda repens) Rose family Flowers - White, solitary, or 2 at end of a scape 2 to 5 in. ...


Creeping Snowberry

(Chiogenes hispidula) Huckleberry family Flowers - Very small, white, few, solitary, nodding ...







Deptford Pink

(Dianthus Armeria) Pink family Flowers - Pink, with whitish dots, small, borne in small clust...


Dogfennel

(Anthemis Cotula; Maruta Cotula of Gray) Thistle family Flower-heads - Like smaller daisies...


Downy False Foxglove

(Dasystoma flava; Gerardia flava of Gray) Figwort family Flowers - Pale yellow, 1 1/2 to 2 in. ...





Early Saxifrage

(Saxifraga Virginiensis) Saxifrage family Flowers - White, small, numerous, perfect, spreadin...




Enchanter's Nightshade

(Circaea Lutetiana) Evening Primrose family Flowers - Very small, white, slender pedicelled, ...




False Sunflower Oxeye

(Heliopsis helianthoides; H. laevis of Gray) Thistle family Flower-heads - Entirely golden ye...





Flower

(Cypripedium hirsutum; C. pubescens of Gray) Orchid family Flower - Solitary, large, showy, b...


Flowering Dogwood

(Cornus florida) Dogwood family Flowers - (Apparently) large, white or pinkish, the four con...


Flowering Spurge

(Euphorbia corollata) Spurge family Flowers - (Apparently) white, small, borne in forked, lo...




Fringed Gentian

(Gentiana crinita) Gentian family Flowers - Deep, bright blue, rarely white, several or many,...



Fuller's Herb

(Saponaria officinalis) Pink family Flowers - Pink or whitish, fragrant, about 1 inch broad, ...



Golden Aster

(Chrysopsis Mariana) Thistle family Plower-heads - Composite, yellow, 1 in. wide or less, a f...


Golden Club

(Orontium aquaticum) Arum family Flowers - Bright yellow, minute, perfect, crowded on a spadi...


Golden Corydalis

(Capnoides aureum; Corydalis aurea of Gray) Poppy family Flowers - Bright yellow, about 1/2 i...



Goldenrods

(Solidago) Thistle family When these flowers transform whole acres into "fields of the cloth...







Ground Or Moss Pink

(Phlox subulata) Phlox family Flowers - Very numerous, small, deep purplish pink, lavender or...


Groundnut

(Apios Apios; A. tuberosa of Gray) Pea family Flowers - Fragrant, chocolate brown and reddish...


Hairy Beardtongue

(Pentstemon hirsutus; P. pubescens of Gray) Figwort family Flowers - Dull violet or lilac and...


Hairy Ruellia

(Ruellia ciliosa) Acanthus family Flowers - Pale violet blue, showy, about 2 in. long, solita...


Hardhack Steeple Bush

(Spiraea tomentosa) Rose family Flowers - Pink or magenta, rarely white, very small, in dense...






Honeysuckle

(Lonicera Caprifoliuin; L. grata of Gray) Honeysuckle family Flowers - White within, the tube...




Huckleberry]

(Gaylussacia resinosa) Huckleberry family Flowers - White and pink, pale or deep, small, cyli...


Indian Cucumberroot

(Medeola Virginiana) Lily-of-the-valley family Flowers - Greenish yellow, on fine, curving foo...


Indian Hemp: Amyroot

(Apocynum cannabinum) Dogbane family Flowers - Greenish white, about 1/4 in. across, on short...



Ironweed Flat Top

(Vernonia Noveboracensis) Thistle family. Flower-head - Composite of tubular florets only, in...







Julian Hawthorne.

"A plant is not to be studied as an absolutely dead thing, but rather as a sentient being.... To...



Labrador Tea

(Ledum Groenlandicum; L. latifolium of Gray) Heath family Flowers - White, 5-parted, 1/2 in. ...



Large Coralroot

(Corallorhiza multiflora) Orchid family Flowers - Dull brownish purple, about 1/2 in. high; 1...


Large Purple Gerardia

(Gerardia purpurea) Figwort family Flowers - Bright purplish pink, deep magenta, or pale to w...







Lobelia

(Lobelia inflata) Bellflower family Flowers - Pale blue or violet, small, borne at short inte...



Lovemenot

(Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) Thistle family Flower-heads - Disk florets yellow, tubular, 4 ...





Marsh St.john'swort

(Triadenum Virginicum; Elodea Virginica of Gray) St.-John's-wort family Flowers - Pale magent...




Mayflowers

(Cratoegus coccinea) Apple family Flowers - White, rarely pinkish, usually less than 1 in. ac...




Monkeyflower

(Minulus ringens) Figwort family Flowers - Purple, violet, or lilac, rarely whitish; about 1 ...



Moth Mullein

(Verbascum Blattaria) Figwort family Flowers - Yellow, or frequently white, 5-parted, about 1...


Motherwort

(Leonurus Cardiaca) Mint family. Flowers - Dull purple pink, pale purple, or white, small, c...



Ninebark

(Opulaster opulifolius; Spiraea opulifolia of Gray) Rose family Flowers - White or pink, sma...





Paintbrush

(Hieracium aurantiacum) Chicory family Flower-beads - Reddish orange; 1 in. across or less, t...




Pickerel Weed

(Pontederia cordata) Pickerel-weed family Flowers - Bright purplish blue, including filaments...



Pink Or Pale Corydalis

(Capnoides sempervirens; Corydalis glauca of Gray) Poppy family Flowers - Pink, with yellow ...








Purple Virgin's Bower

(Atragene Americana) Crowfoot family Flowers - Showy, purplish blue, about 3 in. across; 4 se...




Queenoftheprairie

(Ulmaria rubra; Spirea lobata of Gray) Rose family Flowers - Deep pink, like the peach blosso...


Rattlebox

(Crotalaria sagittalis) Pea family Flowers - Yellow, 1/2 in. long or less, usually only 2 or ...


Red And Indefinites

"I want the inner meaning and the understanding of the wildflowers in the meadow. Why are they? ...



Rhodora

(Rhodora Canadensis; Rhododendron Rhodora of Gray) Heath family Flowers - Purplish pink, ros...


Riverbush

(Cephalanthus occidentalis) Madder family Flowers - Fragrant, white, small, tubular, hairy wi...


Rockrose

(Helianthemum Canadense) Rock-rose family Flowers - Solitary, or rarely 2; about 1 in. across...











Showy Lady's Slipper

(Cypripedium reginae; C. spectabile of Gray) Orchid family Flowers - Usually solitary, at sum...


Skunk Or Swamp Cabbage

(Spathyema fetida; Symplocarpus fetidus of Gray) Arum family Flowers - Minute, perfect, fetid...


Smoother Sweet Cicely

(Washingtonia longistylis; Osmorrhiza longistylis of Gray) Carrot family Flowers - Small, whi...









Squirrel Corn

(Bicuculla Canadensis) Poppy family Flowers - Irregular, greenish white tinged with rose, sli...


St. Andrew's Cross

(Ascyrum hypericoides; A. Crux-Andreae of Gray) St. John's-wort family Flowers - Yellow, 1/2...





Stargrass Colicroot

(Aletris farinosa) Lily family Flowers - Small, oblong-tubular, pure white or yellowish, abou...


Starry Campion

(Silene stellata) Pink family Flowers - White, about 1/2 in. broad or over, loosely clustered...




Tall Meadowrue

(Thalictrum polyganum; T. Cornuti of Gray) Crowfoot family Flowers - Greenish white, the caly...


Tansy Bitterbuttons

(Tanacetum vulgare) Thistle family Flower-heads - Small, round, of tubular florets only, pack...


Thistles

(Carduus) Thistle family Is land fulfilling the primal curse because it brings forth thistle...



Trailing Bush Clover

(Lespedeza procumbens) Pea family Flowers - Purplish pink or violet, veined, the butterfly-sh...


Trumpet

(Datura stramonium) Potato family Flowers - Showy, large, about 4 in. high, solitary, erect, ...



Twinflower Ground Vine

(Linnaea borealis) Honeysuckle family Flowers - Delicate pink or white tinged with rose, bell...




Unpleasantly Scented

Purple Trillium. Black Cohosh. Mandrake. Jamestown Weed. Salt-marsh Fleabane. Camomile. Carrion-...




Venus' Pride

(Houstonia caerulea) Madder family Flowers - Very small, light to purplish blue or white, wit...


Vernal Whitlowgrass

(Draba verna) Mustard family Flowers - Very small, white, distant, growing on numerous scapes...


Violet Woodsorrel

(Oxalis violacea) Wood-sorrel family Flowers - Pinkish purple, lavender, or pale magenta; les...


Violets

(Viola) Violet family Lacking perfume only to be a perfectly satisfying flower, the COMMON, ...



Virginia Ground Cherry

(Physalis Virginiana; P. Pennsylvanica of Gray) Potato family Flowers - Sulphur or greenish y...


Virginia Strawberry

(Fragaria Virginiana) Rose family Flowers - White, loosely clustered at summit of an erect ha...


Virginia Waterleaf

(Hydrophyllum Virginicum) Waterleaf family Flowers - White or purplish tinged, in a single or...


Water Arum Marsh Calla

(Calla palustris) Arum family Flowers - Minute, greenish yellow, clustered on a cylinder-like...


Waterplantain

(Alisma Plantago-aquatica) Water-plantain family Flowers - Very small and numerous, white, or...




White Avens

(Geum Canadense; G. album of Gray) Rose family Flowers - White or pale greenish yellow, about...


White Baneberry

(Actaea alba) Crowfoot family Flowers - Small, white, in a terminal oblong raceme. Calyx of 3...



White Violets

(Viola) Violet family Three small-flowered, white, purple-veined, and almost beardless speci...


Whitefringed Orchis

(Habenaria blephariglottis) Orchid family Flowers - Pure white, fragrant, borne on a spike fr...


Wild Bergamot

(Monarda fisiulosa) Mint family Flowers - Extremely variable, purplish, lavender, magenta, ro...


Wild Blue Phlox

(Phlox divaricata) Phlox family Flowers - Pale lilac blue, slightly fragrant, borne on sticky...



Wild Columbine

(Aquilegia Canadensis) Crowfoot family Flower - Red outside, yellow within, irregular, 1 to 2...






Wild Red Raspberry

(Rubus strigosus) Rose family Flowers - White, about 1/2 in. across, on slender, bristly ped...



Wild Roses

(Rosa) Rose family Just as many members of the lily tribe show a preference for the rule of ...



Witchhazel

(Hamamelis Virginiana) Witch-hazel family Flowers - Yellow, fringy, clustered in the axils of...









Yellow Clintonia

(Clintonia borealis) Lily-of-the-valley family Flowers - Straw color or greenish yellow, less...


Yellow Fringed Orchis

(Habenaria ciliaris) Orchid family Flowers - Bright yellow or orange, borne in a showy, close...


Yellow Stargrass

(Hypoxis hirsuta; H. erecta of Gray) Amaryllis family Flowers - Bright yellow within, greenis...



Yellow Violets

(Viola) Violet family Fine hairs on the erect, leafy, usually single stem of the DOWNY YELLO...