Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian Sunflower)

Helianthus maximiliani is the tallest and latest-blooming of the prairie sunflowers, sending up robust stems 1.5-3 m tall that erupt in cascading tiers of 5-8 cm yellow flowers from September...

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian Sunflower)

Helianthus maximiliani is the tallest and latest-blooming of the prairie sunflowers, sending up robust stems 1.5-3 m tall that erupt in cascading tiers of 5-8 cm yellow flowers from September...

Linaria vulgaris (Common Toadflax)

Linaria vulgaris is a rhizomatous perennial of the Plantaginaceae native to Europe and Western Asia, producing elegant snapdragon-like flowers 25-33 mm long with a bright orange palate that closes the...

Linaria vulgaris (Common Toadflax)

Linaria vulgaris is a rhizomatous perennial of the Plantaginaceae native to Europe and Western Asia, producing elegant snapdragon-like flowers 25-33 mm long with a bright orange palate that closes the...

Galium aparine (Cleavers)

Galium aparine is a scrambling annual of hedgerows, waste ground, and cultivated land across Europe, growing 30-150 cm by clinging to neighbouring vegetation with tiny retrorsely hooked trichomes covering stems,...

Galium aparine (Cleavers)

Galium aparine is a scrambling annual of hedgerows, waste ground, and cultivated land across Europe, growing 30-150 cm by clinging to neighbouring vegetation with tiny retrorsely hooked trichomes covering stems,...

Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin)

Lychnis flos-cuculi (syn. Silene flos-cuculi) is a herbaceous perennial of the Caryophyllaceae, native across Europe and western Asia. Plants grow 30-75 cm tall with distinctive deeply 4-lobed pink flowers 3-4...

Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin)

Lychnis flos-cuculi (syn. Silene flos-cuculi) is a herbaceous perennial of the Caryophyllaceae, native across Europe and western Asia. Plants grow 30-75 cm tall with distinctive deeply 4-lobed pink flowers 3-4...

Calopogon tuberosus (Grass Pink Orchid)

Calopogon tuberosus is one of the most widespread and showiest native terrestrial orchids of eastern North America, producing an open raceme of 3-15 pink to magenta flowers 2-4 cm across...

Calopogon tuberosus (Grass Pink Orchid)

Calopogon tuberosus is one of the most widespread and showiest native terrestrial orchids of eastern North America, producing an open raceme of 3-15 pink to magenta flowers 2-4 cm across...

Trillium erectum (Red Trillium)

Trillium erectum is a stately woodland perennial reaching 20-40 cm tall, bearing a single foul-scented maroon-red flower with 3 petals above a whorl of 3 broadly ovate net-veined leaves, the...

Trillium erectum (Red Trillium)

Trillium erectum is a stately woodland perennial reaching 20-40 cm tall, bearing a single foul-scented maroon-red flower with 3 petals above a whorl of 3 broadly ovate net-veined leaves, the...