Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo)

Fouquieria splendens is a distinctive desert shrub producing 10-75 unbranched, whip-like spiny stems from a woody base, reaching 3-10 m tall, with clusters of tubular scarlet flowers at the stem...

Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo)

Fouquieria splendens is a distinctive desert shrub producing 10-75 unbranched, whip-like spiny stems from a woody base, reaching 3-10 m tall, with clusters of tubular scarlet flowers at the stem...

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)

Arisaema triphyllum is a striking woodland perennial reaching 30-60 cm, producing one of the most architecturally unique flower structures in the eastern forest: a spadix (the 'jack') enclosed within a...

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)

Arisaema triphyllum is a striking woodland perennial reaching 30-60 cm, producing one of the most architecturally unique flower structures in the eastern forest: a spadix (the 'jack') enclosed within a...

Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel)

Rumex acetosa is an erect, dioecious perennial reaching 30-100 cm, producing airy panicles of reddish-green wind-pollinated flowers from May through July on roadsides, meadows, and grasslands across Europe and much...

Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel)

Rumex acetosa is an erect, dioecious perennial reaching 30-100 cm, producing airy panicles of reddish-green wind-pollinated flowers from May through July on roadsides, meadows, and grasslands across Europe and much...

Lamium album (White Dead-nettle)

Lamium album is a rhizomatous perennial of hedgerow bases and road verges across Europe, producing whorls of white, hooded flowers 20-25 mm long from March to November. Despite superficial resemblance...

Lamium album (White Dead-nettle)

Lamium album is a rhizomatous perennial of hedgerow bases and road verges across Europe, producing whorls of white, hooded flowers 20-25 mm long from March to November. Despite superficial resemblance...

Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)

Silene acaulis, Moss Campion, forms dense, bright green cushions 1-5 cm tall and up to 50 cm across, studded with small pink, 5-petaled flowers in June through August across arctic...

Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)

Silene acaulis, Moss Campion, forms dense, bright green cushions 1-5 cm tall and up to 50 cm across, studded with small pink, 5-petaled flowers in June through August across arctic...

Allium tricoccum (Ramps)

Allium tricoccum is a bulbous spring ephemeral producing 2-3 broad smooth basal leaves with a strong garlic-onion scent in March-April that wither completely before the small white umbel flowers appear...

Allium tricoccum (Ramps)

Allium tricoccum is a bulbous spring ephemeral producing 2-3 broad smooth basal leaves with a strong garlic-onion scent in March-April that wither completely before the small white umbel flowers appear...