Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Yucca filamentosa (Adam's Needle)

Yucca filamentosa is an evergreen rosette-forming perennial of the Asparagaceae family, native to the sandy coastal plain of the southeastern United States from New Jersey to Florida. Plants form dense...

Yucca filamentosa (Adam's Needle)

Yucca filamentosa is an evergreen rosette-forming perennial of the Asparagaceae family, native to the sandy coastal plain of the southeastern United States from New Jersey to Florida. Plants form dense...

Arabis caucasica (Mountain Rock Cress)

Arabis caucasica is a mat-forming, grey-green perennial from the Brassicaceae, draping walls and rock faces with loose racemes of fragrant white cruciform flowers from March to May. Native to rocky...

Arabis caucasica (Mountain Rock Cress)

Arabis caucasica is a mat-forming, grey-green perennial from the Brassicaceae, draping walls and rock faces with loose racemes of fragrant white cruciform flowers from March to May. Native to rocky...

Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Geranium)

Geranium macrorrhizum is a semi-evergreen, rhizomatous ground cover reaching 25-40 cm tall with palmately lobed aromatic leaves that turn brilliant red-orange in autumn, producing clusters of 5-petalled pink to magenta...

Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Geranium)

Geranium macrorrhizum is a semi-evergreen, rhizomatous ground cover reaching 25-40 cm tall with palmately lobed aromatic leaves that turn brilliant red-orange in autumn, producing clusters of 5-petalled pink to magenta...

Calystegia soldanella (Sea Bindweed)

Calystegia soldanella is a prostrate, creeping perennial of the Convolvulaceae family, found on sandy beaches and coastal dunes across temperate and tropical coastlines worldwide. Plants trail along sand surfaces with...

Calystegia soldanella (Sea Bindweed)

Calystegia soldanella is a prostrate, creeping perennial of the Convolvulaceae family, found on sandy beaches and coastal dunes across temperate and tropical coastlines worldwide. Plants trail along sand surfaces with...

Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag)

Sweet flag is an aromatic, grass-like aquatic perennial found across the Northern Hemisphere, prized for millennia for the spicy, cinnamon-like fragrance of its rhizomes. Growing 60-120 cm tall in shallow...

Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag)

Sweet flag is an aromatic, grass-like aquatic perennial found across the Northern Hemisphere, prized for millennia for the spicy, cinnamon-like fragrance of its rhizomes. Growing 60-120 cm tall in shallow...

Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)

Helleborus foetidus, the stinking hellebore, is an evergreen woodland perennial producing clusters of pendant green bells edged with purple from January through April, making it one of the earliest-flowering native...

Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)

Helleborus foetidus, the stinking hellebore, is an evergreen woodland perennial producing clusters of pendant green bells edged with purple from January through April, making it one of the earliest-flowering native...