Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe-Pye Weed)

Sweet joe-pye weed is the aristocrat of eastern North American wetlands, an imposing perennial reaching 120-210 cm with whorled, vanilla-scented leaves and enormous dome-shaped clusters of mauve-pink flowers from July...

Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe-Pye Weed)

Sweet joe-pye weed is the aristocrat of eastern North American wetlands, an imposing perennial reaching 120-210 cm with whorled, vanilla-scented leaves and enormous dome-shaped clusters of mauve-pink flowers from July...

Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star)

Prairie blazing star is a tall corm-forming perennial reaching 60-150 cm with dense spikes of rose-purple flower heads that bloom from top to bottom. Native to tallgrass prairies from Indiana...

Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star)

Prairie blazing star is a tall corm-forming perennial reaching 60-150 cm with dense spikes of rose-purple flower heads that bloom from top to bottom. Native to tallgrass prairies from Indiana...

Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony)

Agrimonia eupatoria is an upright perennial of hedgerow banks, grassland edges, and lane sides across Europe, producing slender spikes of small yellow 5-petalled flowers from June to August on stems...

Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony)

Agrimonia eupatoria is an upright perennial of hedgerow banks, grassland edges, and lane sides across Europe, producing slender spikes of small yellow 5-petalled flowers from June to August on stems...

Vernonia fasciculata (Common Ironweed)

Vernonia fasciculata is a stately late-summer perennial of moist tallgrass prairies and stream margins, producing dense flat-topped clusters of intense purple-violet flower heads on robust stems 60-150 cm tall from...

Vernonia fasciculata (Common Ironweed)

Vernonia fasciculata is a stately late-summer perennial of moist tallgrass prairies and stream margins, producing dense flat-topped clusters of intense purple-violet flower heads on robust stems 60-150 cm tall from...

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)

Black-eyed Susan is a short-lived prairie perennial or biennial growing 30-100 cm with bright golden-yellow daisy-like flowers 6-8 cm across centred on a dark brown-black dome. Native across most of...

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)

Black-eyed Susan is a short-lived prairie perennial or biennial growing 30-100 cm with bright golden-yellow daisy-like flowers 6-8 cm across centred on a dark brown-black dome. Native across most of...

Saxifraga x arendsii (Mossy Saxifrage)

Saxifraga x arendsii is a group of garden hybrids derived from European mossy saxifrages (primarily S. rosacea and S. hypnoides), forming dense emerald-green cushions studded with cup-shaped flowers in red,...

Saxifraga x arendsii (Mossy Saxifrage)

Saxifraga x arendsii is a group of garden hybrids derived from European mossy saxifrages (primarily S. rosacea and S. hypnoides), forming dense emerald-green cushions studded with cup-shaped flowers in red,...