Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Proboscidea louisianica (Devil's Claw)

Proboscidea louisianica is a robust, sprawling annual producing sticky, foul-smelling foliage and showy tubular flowers 3-5 cm long that range from pale lavender to deep purple with yellow-spotted throats, followed...

Proboscidea louisianica (Devil's Claw)

Proboscidea louisianica is a robust, sprawling annual producing sticky, foul-smelling foliage and showy tubular flowers 3-5 cm long that range from pale lavender to deep purple with yellow-spotted throats, followed...

Eritrichium nanum (King of the Alps)

Eritrichium nanum, the King of the Alps, is widely considered the most beautiful and most difficult-to-cultivate alpine plant in Europe, forming tight cushions just 2-5 cm tall studded with intense...

Eritrichium nanum (King of the Alps)

Eritrichium nanum, the King of the Alps, is widely considered the most beautiful and most difficult-to-cultivate alpine plant in Europe, forming tight cushions just 2-5 cm tall studded with intense...

Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily)

Erythronium americanum is a colony-forming spring ephemeral producing solitary nodding yellow flowers with 6 recurved tepals above a pair of distinctively mottled brown-and-green basal leaves that inspire its common name...

Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily)

Erythronium americanum is a colony-forming spring ephemeral producing solitary nodding yellow flowers with 6 recurved tepals above a pair of distinctively mottled brown-and-green basal leaves that inspire its common name...

Oenothera biennis (Evening Primrose)

Oenothera biennis is a North American biennial of the Onagraceae, producing fragrant lemon-yellow flowers 4-5 cm across that open dramatically at dusk in a process visible to the naked eye,...

Oenothera biennis (Evening Primrose)

Oenothera biennis is a North American biennial of the Onagraceae, producing fragrant lemon-yellow flowers 4-5 cm across that open dramatically at dusk in a process visible to the naked eye,...

Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster)

Aster alpinus is the quintessential alpine daisy, producing solitary violet-blue flower heads 3-5 cm across on short stems 10-30 cm tall from June through August across the mountains of Europe...

Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster)

Aster alpinus is the quintessential alpine daisy, producing solitary violet-blue flower heads 3-5 cm across on short stems 10-30 cm tall from June through August across the mountains of Europe...

Tragopogon dubius (Western Salsify)

Tragopogon dubius is a biennial member of the Asteraceae native to Europe and Western Asia, producing pale lemon-yellow ligulate flower heads 3-5 cm across subtended by 10-13 narrow bracts that...

Tragopogon dubius (Western Salsify)

Tragopogon dubius is a biennial member of the Asteraceae native to Europe and Western Asia, producing pale lemon-yellow ligulate flower heads 3-5 cm across subtended by 10-13 narrow bracts that...