Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Succisa pratensis (Devil's-bit Scabious)

Succisa pratensis is a slender hedgerow and meadow perennial producing neat spherical heads of blue-purple flowers 15-25 mm across on wiry stems 15-80 cm tall from July through October. It...

Succisa pratensis (Devil's-bit Scabious)

Succisa pratensis is a slender hedgerow and meadow perennial producing neat spherical heads of blue-purple flowers 15-25 mm across on wiry stems 15-80 cm tall from July through October. It...

Lathyrus japonicus (Beach Pea)

Lathyrus japonicus is a trailing herbaceous perennial of the Fabaceae family, with a circumpolar distribution along ocean beaches from the Arctic Circle south to New Jersey, France, and Japan. Plants...

Lathyrus japonicus (Beach Pea)

Lathyrus japonicus is a trailing herbaceous perennial of the Fabaceae family, with a circumpolar distribution along ocean beaches from the Arctic Circle south to New Jersey, France, and Japan. Plants...

Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower)

Cutleaf coneflower is a robust tallgrass prairie perennial reaching 100-300 cm with deeply pinnately lobed leaves and green-centred yellow flower heads 8-12 cm across. Native to moist prairies and woodland...

Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower)

Cutleaf coneflower is a robust tallgrass prairie perennial reaching 100-300 cm with deeply pinnately lobed leaves and green-centred yellow flower heads 8-12 cm across. Native to moist prairies and woodland...

Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)

Galium odoratum is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial reaching 15-30 cm, bearing whorls of 6-8 lanceolate leaves and clusters of tiny white 4-petaled flowers from April to June. Native to European...

Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)

Galium odoratum is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial reaching 15-30 cm, bearing whorls of 6-8 lanceolate leaves and clusters of tiny white 4-petaled flowers from April to June. Native to European...

Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer)

Cerastium tomentosum is a vigorous, spreading perennial forming dense mats of brilliant silver-white woolly foliage 15-25 cm tall, smothered in a profusion of white five-petalled flowers with deeply notched petals...

Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer)

Cerastium tomentosum is a vigorous, spreading perennial forming dense mats of brilliant silver-white woolly foliage 15-25 cm tall, smothered in a profusion of white five-petalled flowers with deeply notched petals...

Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)

Cup plant is a robust tallgrass prairie perennial reaching 120-250 cm with distinctive paired leaves that fuse around the square stem to form water-catching cups. Native to moist prairies and...

Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)

Cup plant is a robust tallgrass prairie perennial reaching 120-250 cm with distinctive paired leaves that fuse around the square stem to form water-catching cups. Native to moist prairies and...