Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife)

Lysimachia ciliata is a colony-forming wetland perennial of North American streambanks and floodplain forests, producing nodding yellow flowers 1.5-2.5 cm across from June through August on stems 30-120 cm tall....

Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife)

Lysimachia ciliata is a colony-forming wetland perennial of North American streambanks and floodplain forests, producing nodding yellow flowers 1.5-2.5 cm across from June through August on stems 30-120 cm tall....

Actaea racemosa (Black Cohosh)

Actaea racemosa, black cohosh or black bugbane, is the tallest woodland perennial in this collection, sending up dramatic wand-like racemes of tiny white flowers to heights of 100-250 cm from...

Actaea racemosa (Black Cohosh)

Actaea racemosa, black cohosh or black bugbane, is the tallest woodland perennial in this collection, sending up dramatic wand-like racemes of tiny white flowers to heights of 100-250 cm from...

Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)

Thymus serpyllum is a prostrate, mat-forming aromatic sub-shrub reaching only 2-10 cm in height but spreading 30-60 cm wide, producing dense terminal clusters of tiny two-lipped purple-pink flowers from June...

Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)

Thymus serpyllum is a prostrate, mat-forming aromatic sub-shrub reaching only 2-10 cm in height but spreading 30-60 cm wide, producing dense terminal clusters of tiny two-lipped purple-pink flowers from June...

Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)

Convallaria majalis is a powerfully fragrant woodland perennial producing one-sided racemes of pendant, waxy-white bell flowers between April and June. Despite its delicate appearance and intoxicating sweet scent, every part...

Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)

Convallaria majalis is a powerfully fragrant woodland perennial producing one-sided racemes of pendant, waxy-white bell flowers between April and June. Despite its delicate appearance and intoxicating sweet scent, every part...

Datura wrightii (Sacred Datura)

Datura wrightii is a sprawling herbaceous perennial producing enormous white trumpet flowers 12-20 cm long that open at dusk and release an intoxicating sweet fragrance to attract hawkmoth pollinators across...

Datura wrightii (Sacred Datura)

Datura wrightii is a sprawling herbaceous perennial producing enormous white trumpet flowers 12-20 cm long that open at dusk and release an intoxicating sweet fragrance to attract hawkmoth pollinators across...

Astilbe chinensis (Chinese Astilbe)

Astilbe chinensis is a robust clump-forming perennial reaching 40-60 cm tall (taller in some cultivars to 100 cm), producing erect, dense panicles of tiny pink to lavender-purple flowers from July...

Astilbe chinensis (Chinese Astilbe)

Astilbe chinensis is a robust clump-forming perennial reaching 40-60 cm tall (taller in some cultivars to 100 cm), producing erect, dense panicles of tiny pink to lavender-purple flowers from July...