Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Peltandra virginica (Arrow Arum)

Peltandra virginica is a robust native aroid of eastern North American freshwater marshes and swamp margins, forming dense stands of glossy, arrow-shaped leaves 30-60 cm tall from thick rhizomes. Its...

Peltandra virginica (Arrow Arum)

Peltandra virginica is a robust native aroid of eastern North American freshwater marshes and swamp margins, forming dense stands of glossy, arrow-shaped leaves 30-60 cm tall from thick rhizomes. Its...

Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)

Dryas octopetala is a pioneering arctic-alpine dwarf shrub forming dense prostrate mats of leathery, oak-shaped evergreen leaves crowned with open white flowers bearing 8 petals and a boss of golden...

Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)

Dryas octopetala is a pioneering arctic-alpine dwarf shrub forming dense prostrate mats of leathery, oak-shaped evergreen leaves crowned with open white flowers bearing 8 petals and a boss of golden...

Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)

Verbascum thapsus is a robust biennial native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, producing a distinctive woolly rosette in the first year followed by a single unbranched flowering spike...

Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)

Verbascum thapsus is a robust biennial native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, producing a distinctive woolly rosette in the first year followed by a single unbranched flowering spike...

Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian Bugloss)

Brunnera macrophylla is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial reaching 30-45 cm with large heart-shaped basal leaves and airy sprays of small blue forget-me-not flowers in March to May. Native to the...

Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian Bugloss)

Brunnera macrophylla is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial reaching 30-45 cm with large heart-shaped basal leaves and airy sprays of small blue forget-me-not flowers in March to May. Native to the...

Sedum acre (Biting Stonecrop)

Sedum acre is a tiny but tenacious creeping succulent that forms bright evergreen mats just 5-10 cm tall, smothered in starry yellow flowers from May to July. Native to rocky...

Sedum acre (Biting Stonecrop)

Sedum acre is a tiny but tenacious creeping succulent that forms bright evergreen mats just 5-10 cm tall, smothered in starry yellow flowers from May to July. Native to rocky...

Hosta plantaginea (Fragrant Plantain Lily)

Hosta plantaginea is a large herbaceous perennial reaching 45-60 cm tall with glossy, bright green heart-shaped leaves and tall spikes of intensely fragrant, pure white trumpet flowers from July to...

Hosta plantaginea (Fragrant Plantain Lily)

Hosta plantaginea is a large herbaceous perennial reaching 45-60 cm tall with glossy, bright green heart-shaped leaves and tall spikes of intensely fragrant, pure white trumpet flowers from July to...