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- Allium Descendens Purple-headed Garlick
Class and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. 6-partita, patens. Spatha multiflora. Umbella congesta. Caps. supera.
Specific Character...
- Amaryllis Atamasco Atamasco Lily
Class and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inserta, declinata, inæqualia proportione vel directione. Linn....
- Aquilegia Canadensis Canadian Columbine
Class and Order.
Polyandria Pentagynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 0. Petala 5. Nectaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Caps. 5 distinctæ.
Specific...
- Arabis Alpina Alpine Wall-cress
Class and Order.
Tetradynamia Siliquosa.
Generic Character.
Glandulæ nectariferæ 4, singulæ intra calycis foliola, squamæ instar reflexæ.
Specific...
- Argemone Mexicana Mexican Argemone Or Prickly Poppy
Class and Order.
Polyandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. 6-petala. Cal. 3-phyllus. Caps. semivalvis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Bellis Perennis Var Major Flore Pleno Great Double Daisy
Class and Order.
Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.
Generic Character.
Recept. nudum, conicum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemisphæricus: squamis æqualibus. Sem. subovata....
- Buchnera Viscosa Clammy Buchnera
Class and Order.
Didynamia Angiospermia.
Generic CharactThe Botanical Magazineer.
Cal. obsolete 5-dentatus. Corollæ limbus 5-fidus, æqualis: lobis cordatis. Caps....
- Chironia Baccifera Berry-bearing Chironia
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. rotata. Pistillum declinatum. Stamina tubo corollæ infidentia. Antheræ demum spirales. Peric....
- Cineraria Amelloides Blue-flowered Cineraria Or Cape Aster
Class and Order.
Syngenesia Polygamia Superfloa.
Generic Character.
Recept. nullum. Pappus simplex. Cal. simplex polyphyllus æqualis.
Specific Character...
- Disandra Prostrata Trailing Disandra
Class and Order.
Heptandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. sub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, subseptem-partita. Caps. 2-locularis, polysperma.
Specific Character...
- Fagonia Cretica Cretian Fagonia
Class and Order.
Decandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5, cordata. Caps. 5-locularis, 10-valvisi, loculis 1-spermis.
Specific Character...
- Fumaria Cava Hollow-rooted Fumitory
Class and Order.
Diadelphia Hexandria.
Generic Character.
Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta 2 membranacea singula Antheris 3.
Specific Character...
- Fumaria Solida Solid-rooted Fumitory
Class and Order.
Diadelphia Pentandria.
Generic Character.
Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filam. 2 membranacea, singula Antheris 3.
Specific Character...
- Helianthus Multiflorus Many-flowered Or Perennial Sun-flower
Class and Order.
Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea.
Generic Character.
Recept. paleaceum, planum. Pappus 2-phyllus. Cal. imbricatus, subsquarrosus.
Specific...
- Ipom&oeliga Coccinea Scarlet Ipom&oeliga
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. infundibuliformis, Stigma capitato-globosum, Caps. 3-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Ipom&oeliga Quamoclit Winged Leav'd Ipom&oeliga
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globosum. Caps. 3-locularis.
Specific Character and...
- Linum Arboreum Tree Flax
Class and Order.
Pentandria Pentagynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Caps. 5-valvis, 10-locularis. Sem. solitaria.
Specific Character...
- Lobelia Surinamensis Shrubby Lobelia
Class and Order.
Syngenesia Monogamia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Caps. infera, 2 sive 3-locularis.
Specific Character...
- Lychnis Coronata Chinese Lychnis
Class and Order.
Decandria Pentagynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 1-phyllus, oblongus, lævis. Petala 5, unguiculata: Limbo sub-bifido. Caps. 5-locularis.
Specific...
- Michauxia Campanuloides Rough-leav'd Michauxia
Class and Order.
Octandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 16-partitus. Cor. rotata, 8-partita. Nectarium 8-valve, staminiferum. Caps. 8-locularis, polysperma. L'...
- Myrtus Tomentosa Woolly-leaved Myrtle
Class and Order.
Icosandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-fidus, superus. Petala 5. Bacca 2. s. 3 sperma.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Oxalis Caprina Goat's-foot Wood Sorrel
Class and Order.
Decandria Pentagynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala Unibus connect. Caps. Anglos discerns, 5-Gina.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Pelargonium Tricolor Three-coloured Crane's-bill
Class and Order.
Monadelphia Heptandria.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia suprema desinente in tubulum capillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 5-petala,...
- Phylica Ericoides Heath-leav'd Phylica
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Perianthium 5-partitum, turbinatum. Petala 0. Squamæ 5, stamina munientes. Caps. tricocca, infera.
Specific...
- Primula Acaulis Fl Pleno Carneo Double Lilac Primrose
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Involucr. umbellulæ. Corollæ tubus cylindricus ore patulo.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Scabiosa Atropurpurea Sweet Scabious
Class and Order.
Tetrandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. communis polyphyllus; proprius duplex, superus. Recept. paleaceum nudum.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Senecio Elegans Purple Groundsel Or Ragwort
Class and Order.
Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.
Generic Character.
Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cal. cylindricus, calyculatus. Squamis apice sphacelatis.
Specific...
- Struthiola Erecta Smooth Struthiola
Class and Order.
Tetrandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. nulla. Cal. tubulosus, ore glandulis 8. Bacca exsucca, polysperma. Linn. Mant. p. 4. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14....
- Teucrium Latifolium Broad-leav'd Shrubby Germander
Class and Order.
Didynamia Gymnospermia.
Generic Character.
Cor. labium superius (nullum) ultra basin 2-partitum, divaricatum ubi stamina.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Trollius Asiaticus Asiatic Globe-flower
Class and Order.
Polyandria Polygynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 0. Petala circiter 14. Capsulæ plurimæ, ovatæ, polyspermæ.
Specific...
- Verbascum Myconi Borage-leav'd Mullein
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla rotata, subinæqualis. Caps. 1-locularis 2-valvis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
...- Veronica Decussata Cross-leav'd Speedwell
Class and Order.
Diandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. limbo 4-partito: lacinia infima angustiore. Caps. 2-locularis apice emarginata.
Specific Character and...
- Vinca Rosea Madagascar Periwinkle
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Contorta. Folliculi 2 erecti. Semina nuda.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
VINCA...
- Adam And Eve Puttyroot
(Aplectrum spicatum; A. hyemale of Gray)) Orchid family
Flowers - Dingy yellowish brown and purplish, about 1 in. long,
each on a short pedicel, in a few-flowered, loose, bracted raceme
2 to 4 in. long. No spur; sepals and petals similar, small and
narrow,...- American Brooklime
(Veronica Americana) Figwort family
Flowers - Light blue to white, usually striped with deep blue or
purple structure of flower similar to that of V. officinalis, but
borne in long, loose racemes branching outward on stems that
spring from axils...- American Holly
(Ilex opaca) Holly family
Flowers - Very small, greenish or yellowish white, from 3 to 10
staminate ones in a short cyme; fertile flowers usually solitary,
scattered. Stem: A small tree of very slow growth, rarely
attaining any great height. Leaves:...- American Spikenard Indian Root Spignet
(Aralia racemosa) Ginseng family
Flowers - Greenish white, small, 5-parted, mostly imperfect, in a
drooping compound raceme of rounded clusters. Stem: 3 to 6 ft.
high, branches spreading. Roots: Large, thick, fragrant. Leaves:
Compounded of heart-shaped,...- American White Hellebore Indian Poke Itchweed
(Veratrum viride) Bunch-flower family
Flowers - Dingy, pale yellowish or whitish green, growing greener
with age, 1 in. or less across, very numerous, in
stiff-branching, spike-like, dense-flowered panicles. Perianth of
6 oblong segments; 6 short...- Arethusa Indian Pink
(Arethusa bulbosa) Orchid family
Flowers - 1 to 2 in. long, bright purple pink, solitary, violet
scented, rising from between a pair of small scales at end of
smooth scape from 5 to 10 in. high. Lip dropping beneath sepals
and petals, broad, rounded,...- Barberry Pepperidgebush
(Berberis vulgaris) Barberry family
Flowers - Yellow, small, odor disagreeable, 6-parted, borne in
drooping, many-flowered racemes from the leaf axils along arching
twigs. Stem: A much branched, smooth, gray shrub, to 8 ft. tall,
armed with sharp...- Beechdrops
(Septamnium Virginianum; Epifegus Virginiana of Gray)
Broom-rape family
Flowers - Small, dull purple and white, tawny, or brownish
striped; scattered along loose, tiny bracted, ascending branches.
Stem: Brownish or reddish tinged, slender, tough,...- Beggarticks, Sticktight, Rayless Marigold, Beggarlice,
PITCHFORKS, or STICK-SEED (B. frondosa) sufficiently explains its
justly defamed character in its popular names. Numerous dull,
dark, tawny orange flower-heads without, rays, or with
insignificant ones scarcely to be detected, and surrounded by
taller...- Bellbind Lady's Nightcap
(Convolvulus sepium; Calystegia sepium of Gray) Morning-glory
family
Flowers - Light pink, with white stripes or all white,
bell-shaped, about 2 in. long, twisted in the bud, solitary, on
long peduncles from leaf axils. Calyx of 5 sepals, concealed...- Bitterbloom Rosepink Squarestemmed Sabbatia Rosy Centaury
(Sabbatia angularis) Gentian family
Flowers - Clear rose pink, with greenish star in center, rarely
white, fragrant, 1 1/2 in. broad or less, usually solitary on
long peduncles at ends of branches. Calyx lobes very narrow;
corolla of 5 rounded segments;...- Bittersweet Waxwork Stafftree
(Celastrus scandens) Staff-tree family
Flowers - Small, greenish-white, 5-parted, some staminate, some
pistillate only; in terminal compound racemes 4 in. long or less.
Stem: Woody, twining. Leaves: Alternate, oval, tapering, finely
toothed, thin,...- Black Alder Winterberry Feverbush
(Ilex verticillata) Holly family
Flowers - Small, greenish white, the staminate clusters 2 to 10
flowered the fertile ones 1 to 3 flowered. Stem: A shrub 6 to 25
ft. high. Leaves: Oval, tapering to a point, about 1 in. wide,
saw-edged, dark green,...- Black Cohosh Black Snakeroot Tall Bugbane
(Cimicifuga racemosa) Crowfoot family [Buttercup family]
Flowers - Fetid, feathery, white, in an elongated wand-like
raceme, 6 in. to 2 ft. long, at the end of a stem 3 to 8 ft.
high. Sepals petal-like, falling early; 4 to 8 small stamen-like
petals...- Black Mustard
(Brassica nigra) Mustard family
Flowers - Bright yellow, fading pale, 1/4 to 1/2 in. across,
4-parted, in elongated racemes; quickly followed by narrow
upright 4-sided pods about 1/2 in. long appressed against the
stem. Stem: Erect, 2 to 7 ft. tall,...- Blackberry Lily
(Gemmingia Ciminensis; Pardanthus Chinensis of Gray) Iris
family
Flowers - Deep orange color, speckled irregularly with crimson
and purple within (Pardos = leopard; anthos = flower); borne in
terminal, forked clusters. Perianth of 6 oblong, petal-like,
spreading...- Bloodroot Indian Paint Red Puccoon
(Sanguinaria Canadensis) Poppy family
Flowers - Pure white, rarely pinkish, golden centered, 1 to 1 1/2
in. across, solitary, at end of a smooth naked scape 6 to 14 in.
tall. Calyx of 2 short-lived sepals; corolla of 8 to 12 oblong
petals, early...- Blue Vervain Wild Hyssop Simpler's Joy
(Verbena hastala) Vervain family
Flowers - Very small, purplish blue, in numerous slender, erect,
compact spikes. Calyx 5-toothed; corolla tubular, unequally
5-lobed; 2 pairs of stamens; 1 pistil. Stem: 3 to 7 ft. high,
rough, branched above, leafy,...- Blue Waxweed Clammy Cuphea Tarweed
(Parsonia petiolata; Cuphea viscosissima of Gray) Loosestrife
family
Flowers - Purplish pink, about 1/4 in. across, on short peduncles
from leaf axils, solitary or clustered. Calyx sticky, tubular,
12-ribbed, with 6 primary teeth, oblique at mouth,...- Blueeyed Mary Innocence Broadleaved Collinsia
(Collinsia verna) Figwort family
Flowers - On slender, weak stalks; whorled in axils of upper
leaves. Blue on lower lip of corolla, its middle lobe folded
lengthwise to enclose 4 adhering stamens and pistil; upper lip
white, with scalloped margins;...- Bluethistle
(Echium vulgare) Borage family
Flowers - Bright blue, afterward reddish purple, pink in the bud,
numerous, clustered on short, 1-sided, curved spikes rolled up at
first, and straightening out as flowers expand. Calyx deeply
5-cleft; corolla 1 in....- Bluets Innocence Houstonia Quaker Ladies Quaker Bonnets
- Bog Wintergreen
(Pyrola uliginosa; P. rotundifolia, var. uliginosa of Gray)
Wintergreen family
Flowers - Magenta pink, fragrant, about 1/2 in. across, 7 to 15
on a leafless scape 6 to 15 in. high. Calyx 5-parted; 5 concave
petals; 10 stamens; style curved upward,...- Boneset Common Thoroughwort Agueweed Indian Sage
(Eupatorium perfoliatum) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Composite, the numerous, small, dull, white heads
of tubular florets only, crowded in a scaly involucre and borne
in spreading, flat-topped terminal cymes. Stem: Stout, tall,
branching above,...- Brideweed
(Linaria Linaria; L. vulgaris of Gray) Figwort family
Flowers - Light canary yellow and orange, 1 in. long or over,
irregular, borne in terminal, leafy-bracted spikes. Corolla
spurred at the base, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 2-lobed; the
lower...- Broadleaved Arrowhead
(Sagittaria latifolia; S. variabilis of Gray) Water-plantain
family
Flowers - White, 1 to 1 1/2 in. wide, in 3-bracted whorls of 3,
borne near the summit of a leafless scape 4 in. to 4 ft. tall.
Calyx of 3 sepals corolla of 3 rounded, spreading petals....- Broadleaved Kalmia
(Kalmia latifolia) Heath family
Flowers - Buds and new flowers bright rose pink, afterward fading
white, and only lined with pink, 1 in. across, or less, numerous,
in terminal clusters. Calyx small, 5-parted, sticky corolla like
a 5-pointed saucer,...- Bush Honeysuckle Gravelweed
(Diervilla Diervilla; D. trifida of Gray) Honeysuckle family
Flowers - Yellow, small, fragrant, 1 to 5 (usually 3) together on
a peduncle from upper leaf-axils. Calyx tube slender, elongated;
corolla narrowly funnel-form, about 3/4 in. long, its 5...- Butterandeggs Yellow Toadflax Eggsandbacon Flaxweed
- Butterflyweed Pleurisyroot Orangeroot Orange Milkweed
(Asclepias tuberosa) Milkweed family
Flowers - Bright reddish orange, in many-flowered, terminal
clusters, each flower similar in structure to the common milkweed
(q.v.). Stem: Erect, 1 to 2 ft. tall, hairy, leafy, milky juice
scanty. Leaves: Usually...- Button
(Arctium minus; Lappa officinalis: var. minor of Gray) Thistle
family
Flower-heads - Composite of tubular florets only, about 1/2 in.
broad; magenta varying to purplish or white; the prominent round
involucre of many overlapping leathery bracts,...- Button Snakeroot
(Lacinaria squarrosa; Liatris squarrosa of Gray) Thistle
family
Flower-heads - Composite, about 1 in. long, bright purple or rose
purple, of tubular florets only, from an involucre of
overlapping, rigid, pointed bracts; each of the few flower-heads
from...- Buttonbush Honeyballs Globeflower Buttonball Shrub
- Cabbage [fragrant Waterlily]
(Castalia odorata; Nymphaea odorata of Gray) Water-lily family
Flowers - Pure white or pink tinged, rarely deep pink, solitary,
3 to 8 in. across, deliciously fragrant, floating. Calyx of 4
sepals, green outside; petals of indefinite number, overlapping
in...- Calopogon Grass Pink
(Limodorum tuberosum; Calopogon pulchellus of Gray) Orchid
family
Flowers - Purplish pink, 1 in. long, 3 to 15 around a long, loose
spike. Sepals and petals similar, oval, acute; the lip on upper
side of flower is broad at the summit, tapering into...- Canker Lettuce
(Pyrola rolundifolia) Wintergreen family
Flowers - Very fragrant, white, in a spike; 6 to 20, nodding from
an erect, bracted scape 6 to 20 in. high. Calyx 5-parted corolla,
over 1/2 in. across, of 5 concave, obtuse petals 10 stamens,
protruding pistil,...- Cardinal Flower Red Lobelia
(Lobelia cardinalis) Bellflower family
Flowers - Rich vermilion, very rarely rose or white, 1 to 1 1/2
in, long, numerous, growing in terminal, erect, green-bracted,
more or less 1-sided racemes. Calyx 5-cleft; corolla tubular,
split down one side,...- Carolina Grass Of Parnassus
(Parnassia Caroliniana) Saxifrage family
Flowers - Creamy white, delicately veined with greenish,
solitary, 1 in. broad or over, at the end of a scape 8 in. to 2
ft. high, 1 ovate leaf clasping it. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; corolla
of 5 spreading, parallel...- Carrionflower
(Smilax herbacea) Smilax family
Flowers - Carrion-scented, yellowish-green, 15 to 80 small,
6-parted ones clustered in an umbel on a long peduncle. Stem:
Smooth, unarmed, climbing with the help of tendril-like
appendages from the base of leafstalks....- Charlie
(Glecoma hederacea; Nepeta Glechoma of Gray) Mint family
Flowers - Light bluish purple, dotted with small specks of
reddish violet; growing singly or in clusters along stem, seated
in leaf axils; calyx hairy, with 5 sharp teeth; corolla tubular,
over...- Chickweed Burnet Rose Shepherd's Clock
(Anagallis arvensis) Primrose family
Flower - Variable, scarlet, deep salmon, copper red, flesh
colored, or rarely white; usually darker in the center; about 1/4
in. across; wheel-shaped; 5-parted; solitary, on thread-like
peduncles from the leaf-axils....- Chicory Succory Blue Sailors Bunk
(Cichorium Intybus) Chicory family
Flower-head - Bright, deep azure to gray blue, rarely pinkish or
white, 1 to 1 1/2 in. broad, set close to stem, often in small
clusters for nearly the entire length; each head a composite of
ray flowers only, 5-toothed...- Clarence Moores Weed.
- Cleavers Goosegrass Bedstraw
(Galium Aparine) Madder family
Flowers - Small, white, 4-parted, inconspicuous, in clusters of 1
to 3 on peduncles from the axils of upper leaves. Stem: 2 to 5
ft. long, scrambling, weak, square; bristly on the angles.
Leaves: in whorls of 6 or 8,...- Clovergrass, Clingrascal, Scratchgrass, Wild Hedgeburs,
HAIRIF or AIRIF, STICK-A-BACK or STICKLE-BACK, GOSLING-GRASS or
GOSLING-WEED, TURKEY-GRASS, PIGTAIL, GRIP or GRIP-GRASS, LOVEMAN,
SWEETHEARTS." From these it will be seen that the insignificant
little white flowers impress not the popular mind. But the...- Common Burdock Cocklebur Beggars Buttons Clotbur Cuckoo
- Common Chickweed
(Aisine media; Stellaria media of Gray) Pink family
Flowers - Small, white, on slender pedicels from leaf axils, also
in terminal clusters. Calyx (usually) of 5 sepals, much longer
than the 5 (usually) 2-parted petals; 2-10 stamens; 3 or 4
styles....- Common Daisy Whiteweed White Or Oxeye Daisy Loveme,
- Common Dandelion Blowball Lion'stooth Peasant's Clock
(Taraxacum Taraxacum; T. Densleonis of Gray) Chicory family
Flower-head - Solitary, golden yellow, to 2 in. across,
containing 150 to 200 perfect ray florets on a flat receptacle at
the top of a hollow, milky scape 2 to 18 in. tall. Leaves: From a
very...- Common Hawthorn: White Thorn Scarletfruited Thorn Red Haw
- Common Meadow Buttercup Tall Crowfoot Kingcups Cuckoo Flower
- Common Speedwell Fluellin Paul's Betony Groundhele
(Veronica officinalis) Figwort family
Flowers - Pale blue, very small, crowded on spike-like racemes
from axils of leaves, often from alternate axils. Calyx 4-parted;
corolla of 4 lobes, lower lobe commonly narrowest ; 2 divergent
stamens inserted...- Common St. John'swort
(Hypericum perforatum) St. John's-wort family
Flowers - Bright yellow, 1 in. across or less, several or many in
terminal clusters. Calyx of 5 lance-shaped sepals; 5 petals
dotted with black; numerous stamens in 3 sets 3 styles. Stem: to
2 ft. high,...- Creeping Dalibarda
(Dalibarda repens) Rose family
Flowers - White, solitary, or 2 at end of a scape 2 to 5 in.
high. Calyx deeply, unevenly 5 or 6 parted, the larger divisions
toothed; 5 petals falling early; numerous stamens; 5 to 10
carpels forming as many dry drupelets...- Creeping Snowberry
(Chiogenes hispidula) Huckleberry family
Flowers - Very small, white, few, solitary, nodding on short,
curved peduncles from the leaf axils. Calyx 2-bracted, 4-cleft;
corolla a short 4-cleft bell; 8 short stamens, each anther sac
opening by a slit...- Creeping Wintergreen Checkerberry Partridgeberry Mountain
TEA; GROUND TEA; DEER, BOX, or SPICE BERRY
(Gaultheria procumbens) Heath family
Flowers - White, small, usually solitary, nodding from a leaf
axil. Corolla rounded bell-shape, 5-toothed; calyx 5-parted,
persistent; 10 included stamens, their anther-sacs...- Culver'sroot Culver's Physic
(Leptandra Virginica; Veronica Virginica of Gray) Figwort family
Flowers - Small, white or rarely bluish, crowded in dense
spike-like racemes 3 to 9 in. long, usually several spikes at top
of stem or from upper axils. Calyx 4-parted, very small; corolla
tubular,...- Cupplant Indiancup Ragged Cup Rosinplant
(Silphium perfoliatum) Thistle family
Plower-heads - Yellow, nearly flat; 2 to 3 in. across; 20 to 30
narrow, pistillate ray florets, about 1 in. long, overlapping in
2 or 3 series around the perfect but sterile disk florets. Stem:
4 to 8 ft. tall,...- Daisy Daisyleaved Fleabane
(Erigeron pulchellus; E. bellifolium of Gray) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Composite, daisy-like, 1 to 1/2 in. across; the
outer circle of about 50 pale bluish-violet ray florets; the disk
florets greenish yellow. Stem: Simple, erect, hairy, juicy,
flexible,...- Daisy Fleabane Sweet Scabious
(Erigeron annus) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Numerous, daisy-like, about 1/2 in. across; from
40 to 70 long, fine, white rays (or purple- or pink-tinged),
arranged around yellow disk florets in a rough, hemispheric cup
whose bracts overlap. Stem:...- Deptford Pink
(Dianthus Armeria) Pink family
Flowers - Pink, with whitish dots, small, borne in small clusters
at end of stem. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, with several bract-like
leaves at base; 5 petals with toothed edges, clawed at base
within deep calyx; 10 stamens;...- Dogfennel
(Anthemis Cotula; Maruta Cotula of Gray) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Like smaller daisies, about 1 in. broad; 10 to 18
white, notched, neutral ray florets around a convex or conical
yellow disk, whose florets are fertile, containing both stamens
and...- Downy False Foxglove
(Dasystoma flava; Gerardia flava of Gray) Figwort family
Flowers - Pale yellow, 1 1/2 to 2 in. long; in showy, terminal,
leafy-bracted racemes. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed; corolla
funnel form, the 5 lobes spreading, smooth outside, woolly
within;...- Dutchman's Breeches White Hearts Soldier's Cap Eardrops
(Bicuculla Cucullaria; Dicentra cucullaria of Gray) Poppy
family
Flowers - White, tipped with yellow, nodding in a 1-sided raceme.
Two scale-like sepals; corolla of 4 petals, in 2 pairs, somewhat
cohering into a heart-shaped, flattened, irregular...- Dutchman's Pipe Pipevine
(Aristolochia macrophylla; A. Sipho of Gray))
Flower - An inflated, curved, yellowish-green, veiny tube
(calyx), pipe-shaped, except that it abruptly broadens beyond the
contracted throat into 3 flat, spreading, dark purplish or
reddish-brown lobes;...- Eardrops Snap Weed Wild Lady's Slipper
(Impatiens biflora; I. fulva of Gray) Jewel-weed family
Flowers - Orange yellow, spotted with reddish-brown, irregular, 1
in. long or less, horizontal, 2 to 4 pendent by slender
footstalks on a long peduncle from leaf axils. Sepals, 3,
colored; 1...- Early Saxifrage
(Saxifraga Virginiensis) Saxifrage family
Flowers - White, small, numerous, perfect, spreading into a loose
panicle. Calyx 5-lobed; 5 petals; 10 stamens; 1 pistil with 2
styles. Scape: 4 to 12 in. high, naked, sticky-hairy. Leaves:
Clustered at the...- Eastern Cactus Prickly Pear Indian Fig
(Opuntia Opuntia; 0. vulgaris of Gray) Cactus family
Flowers -Yellow, sometimes reddish at center, 2 to 3 in. across,
solitary, mostly seated at the side of joints. Calyx tube not
prolonged beyond ovary, its numerous lobes spreading. Petals
numerous;...- Elecampane Horseheal Yellow Starwort
(Inula Helenium) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Large, yellow, solitary or a few, 2 to 4 in.
across; on long, stout peduncles; the scaly green involucre
nearly 1 in. high, holding disk florets surrounded by a fringe of
long, very narrow, 3-toothed...- Enchanter's Nightshade
(Circaea Lutetiana) Evening Primrose family
Flowers - Very small, white, slender pedicelled, in terminal and
lateral racemes. Calyx 2-parted, hairy 2 petals, 2 alternate
stamens. Stem: 1 to 2 ft. high, slender, branching, swollen at
nodes. Leaves:...- Eveningprimrose Night Willowherb
(Onagra biennis; Qenothera biennis of Gray) Evening-primrose
family
Flowers - Yellow, fragrant, opening at evening, 1 to 2 in.
across, borne in terminal leafy-bracted spikes. Calyx tube
slender, elongated, gradually enlarged at throat, the 4-pointed
lobes...- False Miterwort Coolwort Foamflower Nancyovertheground
(Tiarella cordifolia) Saxifrage family.
Flowers - White, small, feathery, borne in a close raceme at the
top of a scape 6 to 12 in. high. Calyx white, 9-lobed; 5 clawed
petals; 10 stamens, long-exserted; 1 pistil with 2 styles.
Leaves: Long-petioled...- False Sunflower Oxeye
(Heliopsis helianthoides; H. laevis of Gray) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Entirely golden yellow, daisy-like, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2
in. across, the perfect disk florets inserted on a convex, chaffy
receptacle, and surrounded by pistillate, fertile, 3-toothed...- Field Sowthistle Milk Thistle
(Sonchus arvensis) Chicory family
Flower-heads - Bright yellow, very showy, to 2 in. across,
several or numerous, on rough peduncles in a spreading cluster.
Involucre nearly 1 in. high; the scales narrow, rough. Stem: 2 to
4 ft. high, leafy below,...- Fire Pink Virginia Catchfly
(Silene Virginica) Pink family
Flowers - Scarlet or crimson, 1 1/2 in. broad or less, a few on
slender pedicels from the upper leaf-axils. Calyx sticky,
tubular, bell-shaped, 5-cleft, enlarged in fruit; corolla of 5
wide-spread, narrow, notched petals,...- Fivefinger Common Cinquefoil
(Potentilla Canadensis) Rose family
Flowers - Yellow, 1/4 to 1/2 in. across, growing singly on long
peduncles from the leaf axils. Five petals longer than the 5
acute calyx lobes with 5 linear bracts between them; about 20
stamens; pistils numerous,...- Flower
(Cypripedium hirsutum; C. pubescens of Gray) Orchid family
Flower - Solitary, large, showy, borne at the top of a leafy stem
to 2 ft. high. Sepals 3, 2 of them united, greenish or yellowish,
striped with purple or dull red, very long, narrow; 2 petals,
brown,...- Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida) Dogwood family
Flowers - (Apparently) large, white or pinkish, the four
conspicuous parts simulating petals, notched at the top, being
really bracts of an involucre below the true flowers, clustered,
in the center, which are very...- Flowering Spurge
(Euphorbia corollata) Spurge family
Flowers - (Apparently) white, small, borne in forked,
long-stalked umbels, subtended by green bracts; but the true
flowers are minute, and situated within the white cup-shaped
involucre, usually mistaken for a...- Forgetmenot Mouseear Scorpion Grass Snake Grass Love Me
(Myosotis Palustris) Borage family
Flowers - Pure blue, pinkish, or white, with yellow eye; flat,
5-lobed, borne in many-flowered, long, often 1-sided racemes.
Calyx 5-cleft; the lobes narrow, spreading, erect, and open in
fruit; 5 stamens inserted...- Fragrant Flowers Or Leaves.
Baby's Breath. Large Purple-fringed Orchis. Smaller
Purple-fringed Orchis. Hepatica (occasionally). Purple Marsh
Clematis. English Violet. Wild Phlox. Catnip. Pennyroyal. Wild
Thyme. Peppermint. Spear Mint. Wild Mint. Pasture Thistle. Pink
Moccasin...- Fringed Gentian
(Gentiana crinita) Gentian family
Flowers - Deep, bright blue, rarely white, several or many, about
2 in. high, stiffly erect, and solitary at ends of very long
foot-stalk. Calyx of 4 unequal, acutely pointed lobes. Corolla
funnel form, its four...- From Blue To Purple Flowers
"If blue is the favorite color of bees, and if bees have so much
to do with the origin of flowers, how is it that there are so few
blue ones? I believe the explanation to be that all blue flowers
have descended from ancestors in which the flowers were...- Fuller's Herb
(Saponaria officinalis) Pink family
Flowers - Pink or whitish, fragrant, about 1 inch broad, loosely
clustered at end of stem, also sparingly from axils of upper
leaves. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, about 3/4 in. long; 5 petals,
the claws inserted in...- Goldcups Butterflowers Blisterflowers
(Ranunculus acris) Crowfoot family
Flowers - Bright, shining yellow, about 1 in. across, numerous,
terminating long slender footstalks. Calyx of 5 spreading sepals;
corolla of 5 petals; yellow stamens and carpels. Stem: Erect,
branched above, hairy...- Golden Aster
(Chrysopsis Mariana) Thistle family
Plower-heads - Composite, yellow, 1 in. wide or less, a few
corymbed flowers on glandular stalks; each composed of perfect
tubular disk florets surrounded by pistillate ray florets the
involucre campanulate, its...- Golden Club
(Orontium aquaticum) Arum family
Flowers - Bright yellow, minute, perfect, crowded on a spadix
(club) 1 to 2 in. long; the scape, 6 in. to 2 ft. tall, flattened
just below it; the club much thickened in fruit. Leaves: All from
root, petioled, oblong-elliptic,...- Golden Corydalis
(Capnoides aureum; Corydalis aurea of Gray) Poppy family
Flowers - Bright yellow, about 1/2 in. long, with a spur half the
length of the tubular corolla; irregular, lipped; each upheld by
a little bract, mostly at a horizontal; borne in a terminal,
short...- Golden Ragwort Groundsel Squawweed
(Senecio aureus) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Golden yellow, about 3/4 in. across, borne on
slender peduncles in a loose, leafless cluster; rays 8 to 12
around minute disk florets. Stem: Slender, 1 to 2 1/2 ft. high,
solitary or tufted, from a strong-scented...- Goldenrods
(Solidago) Thistle family
When these flowers transform whole acres into "fields of the
cloth-of-gold," the slender wands swaying by every roadside, and
purple asters add the final touch of imperial splendor to the
autumn landscape, already glorious...- Goldthread Cankerroot [goldthread]
(Coptis trifolia) Crowfoot family [Buttercup family]
Flowers - Small white, solitary, on a slender scape 3 to 6 in.
high. Sepals 5 to 7, petal-like, falling early; petals 5 or 6,
inconspicuous, like club-shaped columns; stamens numerous carpels
few,...- Great Lobelia Blue Cardinalflower
(Lobelia syphilitica) Bellflower family
Flowers - Bright blue, touched with white, fading to pale blue,
about 1 in. long, borne on tall, erect, leafy spike. Calyx
5-parted, the lobes sharply cut, hairy. Corolla tubular, open to
base on one side,...- Great Or Spiked Willowherb Fireweed
(Chamaenerion angustifolium; Epilobium angustifolium of Gray)
Evening Primrose family
Flowers - Magenta or pink, sometimes pale, or rarely white, more
or less than 1 in. across, in an elongated, terminal, spike-like
raceme. Calyx tubular, narrow,...- Greater Bladderwort Hooded Watermilfoil Popweed
(Utricularia vulgaris) Bladderwort family
Flowers - Yellow, about 1/2 in. across, 3 to 20 on short pedicels
in a raceme at the top of a stout, naked scape 3 to 14 in. high.
Calyx deeply 2-lobed; corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, the
lower lip...- Greater Celandine Swallowwort
(Chelidonium majus) Poppy family
Flowers - Lustreless yellow, about 1/2 in. across, on slender
pedicels, in a small umbel-like cluster. Sepals 2, soon falling;
4 petals, many yellow stamens, pistil prominent. Stem: Weak, to 2
ft. high, branching,...- Ground Or Moss Pink
(Phlox subulata) Phlox family
Flowers - Very numerous, small, deep purplish pink, lavender or
rose, varying to white, with a darker eye, growing in simple
cymes, or solitary in a Western variety. Calyx with 5 slender
teeth; corolla salver-form with...- Groundnut
(Apios Apios; A. tuberosa of Gray) Pea family
Flowers - Fragrant, chocolate brown and reddish purple, numerous,
about 1/2 in. long, clustered in racemes from the leaf-axils.
Calyx 2-lipped, corolla papilionaceous, the broad standard petal
turned...- Hairy Beardtongue
(Pentstemon hirsutus; P. pubescens of Gray) Figwort family
Flowers - Dull violet or lilac and white, about 1 in. long, borne
in a loose spike. Calyx 5-parted, the sharply pointed sepals
overlapping; corolla, a gradually inflated tube widening where
the...- Hairy Ruellia
(Ruellia ciliosa) Acanthus family
Flowers - Pale violet blue, showy, about 2 in. long, solitary or
clustered in the axils or at the end of stem. Calyx of 5
bristle-shaped hairy segments; corolla with very slender tube
expanding above in 5 nearly...- Hardhack Steeple Bush
(Spiraea tomentosa) Rose family
Flowers - Pink or magenta, rarely white, very small, in dense,
pyramidal clusters. Calyx of 5 sepals; corolla of 5 rounded
petals; stamens, 20 to 60; usually 5 pistils, downy. Stem: 2 to 3
ft. high, erect, shrubby,...- Herb Robert Red Robin Red Shanks Dragon's Blood
(Geranium Robertianum) Geranium family
Flowers - Purplish rose, about 1/2 in. across, borne chiefly in
pairs on slender peduncles. Five sepals and petals; stamens 10;
pistil with 5 styles. Stem: Weak, slender, much branched, forked,
and spreading,...- High Bush Blackberry Bramble
(Rubus villosus) Rose family
Flowers - White, 1 in. or less across, in terminal raceme-like
clusters. Calyx deeply 5-parted, persistent; 5 large petals;
stamens and carpels numerous, the latter inserted on a pulpy
receptacle. Stem: 3 to 10 ft. high,...- Hobblebush American Wayfaring Tree
(Viburnum alnifolium; V. lantanoides of Gray) Honeysuckle
family
Flowers - In loose, compound, flat, terminal clusters, 3 to 5 in.
across; the outer, showy, white flowers each about 1 in. across,
neutral; inner ones very much smaller, perfect. Calyx...- Holyherb, Enchanter's Plant, Juno's Tears, Pigeongrass,
LIGHTNING PLANT, SIMPLER'S JOY, and so on through a long list of
popular names for the most part testifying to the plant's virtue
as a love-philter, bridal token, and general cure-all, has now
become naturalized from the Old World on the Atlantic and Pacific
Slopes;...- Honeysuckle
(Lonicera Caprifoliuin; L. grata of Gray) Honeysuckle family
Flowers - White within, the tube pinkish, soon fading yellow, 1
to 1 1/2 in. long, very fragrant; borne in terminal whorls seated
in the united pair of upper leaves. Calyx small, 5-toothed;
corolla...- Horsebalm Citronella Richweed Stoneroot Horseweed
(Collinsonia Canadensis) Mint family
Flowers - Light yellowish, lemon-scented, about 1/2 in. long,
mostly opposite, in numerous spreading racemes, forming long,
loose terminal clusters. Calyx bell-shaped, 2-lipped, upper lip
3-toothed, lower lip...- Hound's Tongue Gypsy Flower
(Cynoglossum officinale) Borage family
Flowers - Dull purplish red, about 1/3 in. across, borne in a
curved raceme or panicle that straightens as the bloom advances
upward. Calyx 5-parted; corolla salverform, its 5 lobes
spreading; 5 stamens; 1 pistil....- Huckleberry]
(Gaylussacia resinosa) Huckleberry family
Flowers - White and pink, pale or deep, small, cylindric,
bell-shaped. 5-parted, borne in 1-sided racemes from the sides of
the stiff, grayish branches. Stem: A shrub to 3 ft. high. Leaves:
Alternate, oval...- Indian Cucumberroot
(Medeola Virginiana) Lily-of-the-valley family
Flowers - Greenish yellow, on fine, curving footstalks, in a
loose cluster above a circle of leaves. Perianth of 6 wide-spread
divisions about 1/4 in. long; 6 reddish-brown stamens; 3 long
reddish-brown...- Indian Hemp: Amyroot
(Apocynum cannabinum) Dogbane family
Flowers - Greenish white, about 1/4 in. across, on short
pedicels, in dense clusters at ends of branches and from the
axils. Calyx of 5 segments; corolla nearly erect, bell-shaped,
5-lobed, with 5 small triangular...- Indian Pipe Iceplant Ghostflower Corpseplant
(Monotropa uniflora) Indian-pipe family
Flowers - Solitary, smooth, waxy, white (rarely pink),
oblong-bell shaped, nodding from the tip of a fleshy, white,
scaly scape 4 to 10 in. tall. Calyx of 2 to 4 early-falling white
sepals; 4 or 5 oblong, scale-like...- Ironweed Flat Top
(Vernonia Noveboracensis) Thistle family.
Flower-head - Composite of tubular florets only, intense
reddish-purple thistle-like heads, borne on short, branched
peduncles and forming broad, flat clusters; bracts of involucre,
brownish purple, tipped...- Jackinthepulpit Indian Turnip
(Arisaema triphyllum) Arum family
Flowers - Minute, greenish yellow, clustered on the lower part of
a smooth, club-shaped, slender spadix within a green and maroon
or whitish-striped spathe that curves in a broad-pointed flap
above it. Leaves: 3-foliate,...- Jerusalem Artichoke, Earth Apple, Canada Potato, Girasole (h.
tuberosus), often called WILD SUNFLOWER, too, has an interesting
history similar to the dark-centered, common garden sunflower's.
In a musty old tome printed in 1649, and entitled "A Perfect
Description of Virginia," we read that the English planters had
"rootes...- Jerusalem Purple Coneflower
(Rudbeckia hirta) Thistle family
Flower-heads - From 10 to 20 orange-yellow neutral rays around a
conical, dark purplish-brown disk of florets containing both
stamens and pistil. Stem: 1 to 3 ft. tall, hairy, rough, usually
unbranched, often tufted....- Jewelweed Spotted Touchmenot: Silver Cap Wild Balsam: Lady's
- Jimsonweed Jamestown Weed Thorn Apple Stramonium Devil's
- Julian Hawthorne.
"A plant is not to be studied as an absolutely dead thing, but
rather as a sentient being.... To measure petals, to count
stamens, to describe pistils without reference to their
functions, or the why and wherefore of their existence, is to
content one's...- Juneberry Serviceberry Maycherry
(Amelanchier Canadensis) Apple family
Flowers - Pure white, over 1 in. across, on long, slender
pedicels, in spreading or drooping racemes, with silky, reddish
bracts, early falling, among them. Calyx persistent, 5-parted; 5
long, narrow, tapering...- Labrador Tea
(Ledum Groenlandicum; L. latifolium of Gray) Heath family
Flowers - White, 5-parted, 1/2 in. across or less, numerous,
borne in terminal, umbellate clusters rising from scaly, sticky
bud-bracts. Stem: A compact shrub 1 to 4 ft. high, resinous, the
twigs...- Lanceleaved Tickseed Golden Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata) Thistle family
Flowers-heads - Showy, bright golden yellow, the 6 to io
wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed ray florets around yellowish disk
florets soon turning brown; each head on a very long, smooth,
slender footstalk. Stems....- Large Coralroot
(Corallorhiza multiflora) Orchid family
Flowers - Dull brownish purple, about 1/2 in. high; 10 to 30
borne in a raceme 2 to 8 in. long. Petals about the length of
sepals, and somewhat united at the base; spur yellowish, the oval
lip white, spotted...- Large Purple Gerardia
(Gerardia purpurea) Figwort family
Flowers - Bright purplish pink, deep magenta, or pale to whitish,
about 1 in. long and broad, growing along the rigid, spreading
branches. Calyx 5-toothed; corolla funnel-form, the tube much
inflated above and spreading...- Large Yellow Lady's Slipper Whippoorwill's Shoe Yellow Moccasin
- Larger Blue Flag Blue Iris Fleurdelis Flowerdeluce
(Iris versicolor) Iris family
Flowers - Several, 2 to 3 in. long, violet-blue variegated with
yellow, green, or white, and purple veined. Six divisions of the
perianth: 3 outer ones spreading, recurved; 1 of them bearded,
much longer and wider than...- Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain [dwarf Rattlesnakeplantain]
(Peramium repens; Goodyera repens of Gray) Orchid family
Flowers - Small, greenish white, the lip pocket-shaped, borne on
one side of a bracted spike 5 to 10 in. high, from a fleshy,
thick fibrous root. Leaves: From the base, tufted, or ascending
the...- Liverleaf Noble Liverwort Squirrel Cup
(Hepalica Hepatica; H. triloba of Gray) Crowfoot family
Flowers - Blue, lavender, purple, pinkish, or white;
occasionally, not always, fragrant; 6 to 12 petal-like, colored
sepals (not petals, as they appear to be), oval or oblong;
numerous stamens,...- Lizard's Tail [lizard'stail, Waterdragon]
(Saurus cernuus) Lizard's-tail family
Flowers - Fragrant, very small, white, lacking a perianth,
bracted, densely crowded on peduncled, slender spikes 4 to 6 in.
long and nodding at the tip. Stamens 6 to 8, the filaments white;
carpels 3 or 4, united...- Lobelia
(Lobelia inflata) Bellflower family
Flowers - Pale blue or violet, small, borne at short intervals in
spike-like leafy racemes. Calyx 5-parted, its awl-shaped lobes
1/4 in. long, or as long as the tubular, 2-lipped, 5-cleft,
corolla that opens to...- Longbranched Frostweed Frostflower Frostwort Canadian
- Lovemenot
(Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) Thistle family
Flower-heads - Disk florets yellow, tubular, 4 or 5 toothed,
containing stamens and pistil; surrounded by white ray florets,
which are pistillate, fertile. Stem: Smooth, rarely branched, to
3 ft. high....- Magenta To Pink Flowers
- Marsh Marigold Meadowgowan American Cowslip
(Caltha palustris) Crowfoot family'
Flowers - Bright, shining yellow, 1 to 1 1/2 in. across, a few in
terminal and axillary groups. No petals; usually 5 (often more)
oval, petal-like sepals; stamens numerous; many pistils (carpels)
without styles....- Marsh St.john'swort
(Triadenum Virginicum; Elodea Virginica of Gray)
St.-John's-wort family
Flowers - Pale magenta, pink, or flesh color, about 1/2 in.
across, in terminal clusters, or from leaf axils. Calyx of 5
equal sepals, persistent on fruit; 5 petals; 9 or more...- Maryland Figwort Bee Plant Knotted Figwort Healall Pilewort
(Scrophularia Marylandica; S. nodosa of Gray) Figwort family
Flowers - Very small, dull green on outside; vivid, shining
brownish purple within; borne in almost leafless terminal
clusters on slender stems; Calyx 5-parted.; corolla of 5 rounded
lobes,...- May Apple Hog Apple Mandrake Wild Lemon
(Podophyllum peltatum) Barberry family
Flowers - White, solitary, large, unpleasantly scented, nodding
from the fork between a pair of terminal leaves. Calyx of 6
short-lived sepals; 6 to 9 rounded, flat petals stamens as many
as petals or (usually)...- Mayflowers
(Cratoegus coccinea) Apple family
Flowers - White, rarely pinkish, usually less than 1 in. across,
numerous, in terminal corymbs. Calyx 5-lobed; 5 spreading petals
inserted in its throat numerous stamens; styles 3 to 5. Stem: A
shrub or small tree,...- Meadowbeauty Deer Grass
(Rhexia Virginica) Meadow-beauty family
Flowers - Purplish pink, 1 to 1 1/2 in. across, pedicelled,
clustered at top of stem. Calyx 4-lobed, tubular or urn-shaped,
narrowest at neck; 4 rounded, spreading petals, joined for half
their length; 8 equal,...- Meadowsweet Quaker Lady Queenofthemeadow
(Spiraea salicifolia) Rose family
Flowers - Small, white or flesh pink, clustered in dense
pyramidal terminal panicles. Calyx 5 cleft; carolla of 5 rounded
petals; stamens numerous; pistils 5 to 8. Stem: 2 to 4 ft. high,
simple or bushy, smooth,...- Monkeyflower
(Minulus ringens) Figwort family
Flowers - Purple, violet, or lilac, rarely whitish; about 1 in.
long, solitary, borne on slender footstems from axils of upper
leaves. Calyx prismatic, 5-angled, 5-toothed; corolla irregular,
tubular, narrow in throat,...- Moonshine Cottonweed Nonesopretty
(Anaphalis margaritacea; Antennaria margaritacea of Gray)
Thistle family
Flower-heads - Numerous pearly-white scales of the involucre
holding tubular florets only; borne in broad, rather flat,
compound corymbs at the summit. Stem: Cottony, to 3...- Moth Mullein
(Verbascum Blattaria) Figwort family
Flowers - Yellow, or frequently white, 5-parted, about 1 in.
broad, marked with brown; borne on spreading pedicles in a long,
loose raceme; all the filaments with violet hairs; 1 protruding
pistil. Stem: Erect,...- Motherwort
(Leonurus Cardiaca) Mint family.
Flowers - Dull purple pink, pale purple, or white, small,
clustered in axils of upper leaves. Calyx tubular, bell-shaped,
with 5 rigid awl-like teeth; corolla 2-lipped, upper lip arched,
woolly without; lower lip...- New Jersey Tea Wild Snowball Redroot
(Ceanothus Americanus) Buckthorn family
Flowers - Small, white, on white pedicels, crowded in dense,
oblong, terminal clusters. Calyx white, hemispheric, 5-lobed;
petals, hooded and long-clawed; 5 stamens with long filaments;
style short, 3-cleft....- Ninebark
(Opulaster opulifolius; Spiraea opulifolia of Gray) Rose
family
Flowers - White or pink, small, in numerous rounded terminal
clusters to 2 in. broad. Calyx 5-lobed; 5 rounded petals inserted
in its throat; 20 to 40 stamens; several pistils. Stem:...- Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Lion's Heart
(Physostegia Virginiana) Mint family
Flowers - Pale magenta, purplish rose, or flesh-colored, often
variegated with white, 1 in. long or over, in dense spikes from 4
to 8 in. long. Calyx a 5-toothed oblong bell, swollen and
remaining open in fruit,...- Orpine Liveforever Midsummermen Livelong Puddingbag
- Oswego Tea Bee Balm Indian's Plume Fragrant Balm Mountain
MINT
(Monarda didyma) Mint family
Flowers - Scarlet, clustered in a solitary, terminal, rounded
head of dark-red calices, with leafy bracts below it. Calyx
narrow, tubular, sharply 5-toothed; corolla tubular, widest at
the mouth, 2-lipped, 1 1/2...- Paintbrush
(Hieracium aurantiacum) Chicory family
Flower-beads - Reddish orange; 1 in. across or less, the
5-toothed rays overlapping in several series; several heads on
short peduncles in a terminal cluster. Stem: Usually leafless, or
with 1 to 2 small sessile...- Partridge Vine Twinberry Mitchellavine Squawberry
(Mitchella repens) Madder family
Flowers - Waxy, white (pink in bud), fragrant, growing in pairs
at ends of the branches. Calyx usually 4-lobed; corolla
funnel-form, about 1/2 in. long, the 4 spreading lobes bearded
within; 4 stamens inserted on...- Perfoliate Bellwort Straw Bell
(Uvularia perfoliala) Bunch-flower family
Flowers - Fragrant, pale yellow, about 1 in. long, drooping
singly (rarely 2) from tips of branches; perianth narrow,
bell-shaped, of 6 petal-like segments, rough within, spreading at
the tip; 6 stamens;...- Pickerel Weed
(Pontederia cordata) Pickerel-weed family
Flowers - Bright purplish blue, including filaments, anthers, and
style; crowded in a dense spike; quickly fading; unpleasantly
odorous. Perianth tubular, 2-lipped, parted into 6 irregular
lobes, free from...- Pine Sap False Beechdrops Yellow Bird'snest
(Hypopitis Hypopitis; Monolropa Hypopitis of Gray) Indian-pipe
family
Flowers - Tawny, yellow,ecru, brownish pink, reddish, or bright
crimson, fragrant, about 1/2 in. long; oblong bell-shaped; borne
in a one-sided, terminal, slightly drooping raceme,...- Pink Or Pale Corydalis
(Capnoides sempervirens; Corydalis glauca of Gray) Poppy
family
Flowers - Pink, with yellow tip, about 1/2 in. long, a few borne
in a loose, terminal raceme. Calyx of 2 small sepals; corolla
irregular, of 4 erect, closed, and flattened petals joined,...- Pipsissewa Prince's Pine
(Chimaphila umbellata) Wintergreen family
Flowers - Flesh-colored, or pinkish, fragrant, waxy, usually with
deep pink ring around center, and the anthers colored; about 1/2
in. across; several flowers in loose, terminal cluster. Calyx
5-cleft; corolla...- Pitcherplant Sidesaddle Flower Huntsman's Cup Indian Dipper
(Sarracenea purpurea) Pitcher-plant family
Flower - Deep reddish purple, sometimes partly greenish, pink, or
red, 2 in. or more across, globose; solitary, nodding from scape
1 to 2 ft. tall. Calyx of 5 sepals, with 3 or 4 bracts at base; 5
overlapping...- Plant Garden Stonecrop Witches' Money
(Sedum Telephium) Orpine family
Flowers - Dull purplish, very pale or bright reddish purple in
close, round, terminal clusters, each flower 1/3 in. or less
across, 5-parted, the petals twice as long as the sepals; 10
stamens, alternate ones attached...
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