Wildflowers Encyclopedia
Centaurea stoebe (Spotted Knapweed)
Centaurea stoebe is a biennial to short-lived perennial of the Asteraceae native to Central and Eastern Europe, producing pink-purple thistle-like flower heads 2-3 cm across with distinctive dark-tipped, comb-fringed involucral...
Centaurea stoebe (Spotted Knapweed)
Centaurea stoebe is a biennial to short-lived perennial of the Asteraceae native to Central and Eastern Europe, producing pink-purple thistle-like flower heads 2-3 cm across with distinctive dark-tipped, comb-fringed involucral...
Bergenia cordifolia (Heartleaf Bergenia)
Bergenia cordifolia is a bold evergreen perennial forming dense clumps of large, leathery, heart-shaped leaves 15-30 cm across, producing stout panicles of pink to magenta bell-shaped flowers 15-25 cm tall...
Bergenia cordifolia (Heartleaf Bergenia)
Bergenia cordifolia is a bold evergreen perennial forming dense clumps of large, leathery, heart-shaped leaves 15-30 cm across, producing stout panicles of pink to magenta bell-shaped flowers 15-25 cm tall...
Gypsophila repens (Creeping Baby's Breath)
Gypsophila repens is a trailing alpine perennial forming loose mats of blue-green foliage 10-20 cm tall, producing airy clouds of tiny five-petalled white or pink flowers 0.5-1 cm across in...
Gypsophila repens (Creeping Baby's Breath)
Gypsophila repens is a trailing alpine perennial forming loose mats of blue-green foliage 10-20 cm tall, producing airy clouds of tiny five-petalled white or pink flowers 0.5-1 cm across in...
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Dicentra spectabilis (now reclassified as Lamprocapnos spectabilis) is a graceful arching perennial reaching 60-90 cm tall, bearing pendulous heart-shaped pink-and-white flowers 2-3 cm long arranged in elegant one-sided racemes from...
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Dicentra spectabilis (now reclassified as Lamprocapnos spectabilis) is a graceful arching perennial reaching 60-90 cm tall, bearing pendulous heart-shaped pink-and-white flowers 2-3 cm long arranged in elegant one-sided racemes from...
Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
Dense blazing star is a corm-forming prairie perennial growing 60-120 cm with striking magenta-purple flower spikes that open from the top downward, unlike most spike-type inflorescences. Native to moist prairies...
Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
Dense blazing star is a corm-forming prairie perennial growing 60-120 cm with striking magenta-purple flower spikes that open from the top downward, unlike most spike-type inflorescences. Native to moist prairies...
Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
Blue wild indigo is a long-lived, deep-rooted prairie perennial growing 90-150 cm with showy racemes of indigo-blue pea flowers in late spring and distinctive inflated black seed pods that rattle...
Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
Blue wild indigo is a long-lived, deep-rooted prairie perennial growing 90-150 cm with showy racemes of indigo-blue pea flowers in late spring and distinctive inflated black seed pods that rattle...