Independent gardening advice for real gardens, balconies and windowsills.
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(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 cluster...
(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...
(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,...
(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...
(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-l...
(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 i...
(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...
(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 c...
(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...
(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 termi...