Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Aubrieta deltoidea (Rock Cress)

Aubrieta deltoidea is a vigorous mat-forming perennial producing cascading cushions of four-petalled purple, blue, pink, or red flowers that smother the foliage in a spectacular display from March through May....

Aubrieta deltoidea (Rock Cress)

Aubrieta deltoidea is a vigorous mat-forming perennial producing cascading cushions of four-petalled purple, blue, pink, or red flowers that smother the foliage in a spectacular display from March through May....

Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed)

Convolvulus arvensis is a twining, rhizomatous perennial reaching 20-120 cm, producing funnel-shaped white to pink flowers 15-25 mm across from May through September on roadsides, cultivated fields, and virtually every...

Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed)

Convolvulus arvensis is a twining, rhizomatous perennial reaching 20-120 cm, producing funnel-shaped white to pink flowers 15-25 mm across from May through September on roadsides, cultivated fields, and virtually every...

Zinnia grandiflora (Rocky Mountain Zinnia)

Zinnia grandiflora is a tough, low-growing subshrub forming dense mats 10-20 cm tall and 30-60 cm wide, covered with small but profuse bright yellow daisy flowers 2-3 cm across from...

Zinnia grandiflora (Rocky Mountain Zinnia)

Zinnia grandiflora is a tough, low-growing subshrub forming dense mats 10-20 cm tall and 30-60 cm wide, covered with small but profuse bright yellow daisy flowers 2-3 cm across from...

Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie)

Filipendula rubra is the tallest and most dramatic native wildflower of the North American wet prairie, producing frothy, cotton-candy-like panicles of deep pink flowers atop stems 120-250 cm tall from...

Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie)

Filipendula rubra is the tallest and most dramatic native wildflower of the North American wet prairie, producing frothy, cotton-candy-like panicles of deep pink flowers atop stems 120-250 cm tall from...

Dianthus deltoides (Maiden Pink)

Dianthus deltoides is a charming, mat-forming perennial from the Caryophyllaceae, producing a long succession of small, fringed, bright pink to red flowers with distinctive darker eye zones from June through...

Dianthus deltoides (Maiden Pink)

Dianthus deltoides is a charming, mat-forming perennial from the Caryophyllaceae, producing a long succession of small, fringed, bright pink to red flowers with distinctive darker eye zones from June through...

Aletris farinosa (White Colicroot)

Aletris farinosa is a slender basal-rosetted perennial of acidic eastern North American meadows and pine savannas, producing a narrow spike of small white, mealy-textured flowers on a stiff scape 30-90...

Aletris farinosa (White Colicroot)

Aletris farinosa is a slender basal-rosetted perennial of acidic eastern North American meadows and pine savannas, producing a narrow spike of small white, mealy-textured flowers on a stiff scape 30-90...