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Broad golden rays surround a small yellow disk with dark-tipped florets, seen face-on.
An open Marsh Tickseed head showing its ray and disk flowers.
Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens), DSCN5302: violet two-lipped flower, pale throat markings, and opposite leaves
Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens)
American Gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium) field photograph showing small yellow flowers and broad veined leaves — DSCN2428
American Gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium)
American Vetch (Vicia americana) — Purple pea-shaped flowers in a loose cluster, DSCN3612
American Vetch (Vicia americana)
Black-eyed Susan — yellow flower head, DSCN1956
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) — Yellow flower heads, branching stems, and a three-lobed leaf, DSCN1935
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Bird’s Foot Violet (Viola pedata) — A close look at lavender flowers and narrow leaf divisions. DSCN15203
Bird’s Foot Violet (Viola pedata)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa): Orange flowers, buds, and narrow leaves; a close view of the hoods and horns.
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis): White flower with yellow stamens and an unfurled lobed leaf.
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) with pink blooms beneath tight clusters of buds.
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) — Close-up of the flower cup and three pointed maroon sepals. DSCN7890
Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). Red Cardinal Flower spike and toothed green leaves in wet woodland — DSCN9970
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis): Close view of five white sepals surrounding yellow stamens.
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
Yellow Sweet Clover yellow flower clusters and three-part leaves
Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis)
Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) ground plant flower
Crown Vetch (Securigera varia)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis), four-petaled lavender flower cluster, DSCN9100
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Red Clover with a rounded pink flower head and green three-part leaves
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) field photograph, DSCN2744.
White Prairie Clover blooming in a narrow white ring below a green flower head.
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) field photograph, DSCN5235.
Purple Prairie Clover flowers forming a bright ring around a narrow flower head.
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) field photograph, DSCN9119.
Tall Purple Loosestrife flower spikes against clear blue sky.
Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) field photograph, DSCN9979.
Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) field photograph, DSCN9121.
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) field photograph, DSCN0551.
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Tall Hairy Agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) yellow woodland flower
Tall Hairy Agrimony flowers along a slender horizontal spike.
Illinois Tick Trefoil (Desmodium illinoense) Prairie Plant Pink Flower
Illinois Tick Trefoil with a few pink blooms beneath a pointed bud spike.
Showy Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Pink Plant Flower
Showy Tick Trefoil flower spike rising above a grassy prairie.
Prairie Cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall prairie flower bloom
Close view of a Prairie Cinquefoil flower with a bright yellow center.
Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) flower bloom
Sulphur Cinquefoil with several pale yellow flowers and bright yellow centers.
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) Prairie plant flower bloom
Curly Dock with dense brown seed heads above dry grasses.
Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) Purple flower bloom
Creeping Bellflower showing a row of nodding purple blooms.
Flower-of-an-Hour (Hibiscus trionum) Bloom
Close view of a Flower-of-an-Hour bloom above lobed leaves.
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) plant with flower
A dense stand of Catnip covered in pale flower clusters.
White Campion (Silene latifolia) Flower Bloom
Close view of White Campion flowers and ribbed green calyxes.
Bladder Campion Flower Plant
Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
Cream-colored Canada Milkvetch flower racemes and compound leaves with paired oval leaflets against a blue sky.
Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis) in flower at Lake in the Hills Fen Conservation Area, Lake in the Hills, Illinois. Photograph by Brian Woolman.
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens) purple flower
Leadplant with upright purple spikes above silvery green foliage.
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) yellow flower bloom
Close view of a yellow Common Evening Primrose flower.
Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
Field Pennycress flowering among tall grasses.
Tall Anemone (Anemone virginiana) Flower Bloom
Close view of a Tall Anemone flower with creamy sepals and yellow stamens.
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Pink Flower
Wild Bergamot with clusters of pink flowers above leafy stems.
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) Yellow Flower Bloom
Common St. John's Wort with a bright yellow flower and clustered buds.
Larger Canadian St. John’s-wort (Hypericum majus) with small yellow flowers and developing seed capsules
Larger Canadian St. John’s-wort (Hypericum majus)
Northern St. John’s-wort (Hypericum boreale) showing small yellow flowers and opposite rounded leaves
Northern St. John’s-wort (Hypericum boreale)
Close-up of Swamp Milkweed buds and open flowers showing pale crown hoods above pink petals
Close-up of Swamp Milkweed buds and open flowers showing pale crown hoods above pink petals.
Creamy white milkweed flowers showing raised hoods and pale reflexed petals.
Creamy white milkweed flowers showing raised hoods and pale reflexed petals. Photograph by Brian Woolman.
Cut Leaved Teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus) Flower Spiky
Close view of white flowers around a Cut-Leaved Teasel head.
Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor) Pink Prairie Flower
Field Thistle flower beside unopened buds and a dried flower head.
Canada Thistle (cirsium arvense) Pink Prairie Flower
Canada Thistle flowering at Glacial Park Conservation Area in Ringwood, Illinois.
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) Yellow Flower
Creeping Jenny with yellow flowers above rounded green leaves.
Red Columbine's red and yellow flower hanging from a curved stem.
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) Plant Flower
Nodding Onion with several drooping clusters of white flowers.
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) with Flowers
Close view of pink Obedient Plant flowers and unopened buds.
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris elongata) Ground Plant Flower
Close view of purple Self-Heal flowers on a compact head.
Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) Prairie Plant
Yellow Coneflower rising above prairie grasses under a blue sky.
Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) Plant Flower with Leaf
Close view of a yellow Fringed Loosestrife flower beneath long leaves.
White Avens (Geum canadense) Flower Blooming
Close view of a White Avens flower with white petals and a green center.
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) Spring Flower
Snowdrop flowers nodding above fallen brown leaves.
Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
Missouri Ironweed with purple flowers and unopened buds above its leaves.
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) Flower
Motherwort with small pink flowers clustered along an upright stem.
Jumpseed’s broad green leaves beside a slender flower spike.
Jumpseed's broad green leaves beside a slender flower spike.
Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) prairie flower
Close view of a yellow Compass Plant flower with a small insect at its center.
Large-flowered Trillium with a white flower and broad green leaves beside decaying wood.
Racemed Milkwort showing pink blossoms and purple buds on a slender stem.
Blood Milkwort flower head viewed from above in close-up.
Flowering upper stem of Prairie Milkweed with narrow leaves and several rounded flower clusters against blue sky
Flowering upper stem of Prairie Milkweed with narrow leaves and several rounded flower clusters against blue sky.
Clasping Milkweed with fading flowers above broad green leaves.
Wood Lily with an upward-facing orange flower and dark anthers.
Indian Pipe with several white stems rising from woodland leaf litter.
Prairie Smoke showing rounded pink flower heads and pointed sepals.
Downy Sunflower (Helianthus mollis)
Downy Sunflower with a yellow flower above broad gray-green leaves.
Round-Headed Bush Clover bending over sandy ground with clustered flower heads.
An upright White Wild Indigo (Baptisia lactea) flower spire growing among prairie grasses.
An upright White Wild Indigo (Baptisia lactea) flower spire growing among prairie grasses. Photo by Brian Woolman.
Wild Garlic showing white blossoms and green developing buds.
Slender-leaved False Foxglove flowering on slender branching stems.
Purple False Foxglove with open pink flowers and pale green buds.
Close view of violet-blue Blue Wild Indigo flowers and buds on smooth green stalks.
Close view of violet-blue Blue Wild Indigo flowers and buds on smooth green stalks.
Close-up of Plains Wild Indigo flowers with broad cream banners, projecting wing petals, and pale yellow buds.
Cream-colored pea flowers and unopened buds of Plains Wild Indigo.
Close view of Green Milkweed's elongated green flowers and pale five-parted crowns.
Close view of Green Milkweed's elongated green flowers and pale five-parted crowns. Photograph by Brian Woolman.
Silverweed Cinquefoil with a yellow flower beside red creeping stems.
Lavender flowers with purple dots project from dark, overlapping bracts in stacked rings along one stem.
Purple spots mark the lower lip of each lavender flower.
Rattlesnake Master's rounded pale green flower heads against blue sky.
Grass-leaved Goldenrod's dense yellow flower cluster viewed from above.
Bottle Gentian's blue blossoms above opposite leaves.
Prairie Gentian's flared blue blossom among dried grasses.
Prairie Alumroot's hairy green flowers and reddish anthers in close view.
Two Yellow Star Grass flowers beside slender green leaves.
Dwarf Dandelion's yellow flower on a thin upright stalk.
American Sea-rocket's white flowers and succulent leaves in close view.
Partridge Pea's yellow petals and dark curved anthers in close view.
New Jersey Tea's tiny white blossoms above dry leaf litter.
Bastard Toadflax's tiny white flowers among grasses.
Slender Dayflower's blue blossom beside narrow green leaves.
Sand Coreopsis's yellow flower head viewed from above.
Plains Coreopsis's red-and-yellow flowers on fine stems.
Tall Coreopsis's yellow rays around a dark reddish disk.
Sand Croton's tiny pale flowers above textured green leaves.
Sessile-leaved Tick Trefoil's pink blossoms and pale buds.
Shooting Star's nodding pink flowers on slender stalks.
Purple Coneflower's pink rays and raised spiny cone in close view.
Late Boneset's white flowers and round buds above toothed leaves.
Common Boneset's tiny white florets and textured green leaves in close view.
Tall Boneset flowering above mixed meadow vegetation.
Biennial Gaura's white flowers and pink buds in a dense flowering patch.
Prairie Mimosa's fine white florets forming a spherical flower head.
An insect visiting Wild Hyacinth's pale blue flowers.
Philadelphia Fleabane's open flowers beside round unopened buds.
Prairie Fleabane's clustered blooms above narrow green leaves.
Prairie Sunflower's yellow rays and dark center against pale sand.
Sawtooth Sunflower's yellow flowers above long narrow leaves.
Few-leaf Sunflower's yellow rays around a reddish-gold disk.
A False Sunflower bloom above opposite green leaves.
Quaker Ladies' pale blue petals and yellow center in close view.
Spotted St. John's Wort's spotted yellow petals in close view.
Rough Blazing Star's flowering spike against a clear blue sky.
A Prairie Blazing Star spike rising above surrounding vegetation.
Michigan Lily's spotted petals and dangling dark anthers.
Hoary Puccoon's golden blossoms above narrow green leaves.
Carolina Puccoon's bright yellow petals against green foliage.
Fringed Puccoon's fringed yellow petals viewed from above.
Pale-spiked Lobelia's divided flower lips and slender buds in close view.
Wild Lupine's pale blue flowers on branching upright stems.
Wild Mint's pinkish flower whorls along a leafy stem.
Stiff Sandwort's small white flowers on fine branching stems.
Wild Four-O’Clock's vivid pink flowers against a blue sky.
Spotted Bee Balm's spotted tubular flowers above pink bracts.
Blue Toadflax's open flower beside elongated purple buds.
Prairie Sundrops' bright yellow flower among upright grasses.
White Goldenrod's pale flower heads with yellow centers in close view.
Garden Phlox's bright pink flower cluster above broad leaves.
Sand Phlox's star-shaped white flowers among grasses.
A cluster of Prairie Phlox's bright pink blossoms.
Foxglove Beardtongue's pale flower cluster above an open meadow.
Wood Betony's yellow flowers around a dense green spike.
Wild Quinine's branching white clusters in green meadow foliage.
Violet Wood Sorrel's pale flowers beside three-part leaves.
Eastern Prickly Pear's yellow blossom above flattened green pads.
Stiff Goldenrod's golden flower clusters against a pale blue sky.
Pennsylvania Smartweed's tightly packed pink flowers in close view.
Long-leaf Ground Cherry's bell-shaped flowers beneath pointed leaves.
Virginia Ground Cherry's drooping yellow flowers above leaf litter.
A Clammy Ground Cherry flower hanging beside a broad leaf.
Green-fringed Orchid's delicate fringed flowers beneath unopened buds.
Common Cinquefoil's yellow petals and central stamens in close view.
Glaucous White Lettuce's pale pink flowers along a fuzzy stalk.
Sweet Everlasting's mature flower heads with fluffy pale centers.
Slender Mountain Mint's tiny white flowers and narrow leaves.
Virginia Mountain Mint's small white flowers above narrow leaves.
Prairie Rose's pale pink blossom beside a closed bud.
Carolina Rose's vivid pink petals surrounding yellow stamens.
Wild Petunia's open lavender flowers beside fading blooms.
Rose Gentian's pale pink flowers with yellow centers.
Small Skullcap's violet tubular flowers along a leafy stalk.
Sleepy Catchfly's tiny white flower beside green buds.
Royal Catchfly's red petals and pale anthers in close view.
Rosinweed's yellow flower above paired green leaves.
Cup Plant's curved yellow rays surrounding dark flower centers.
Prairie Dock's yellow flower and rounded buds against a blue sky.
Prairie Blue-eyed Grass's white blossom in close view.
Horse Nettle's white flower with projecting yellow anthers.
Canada Goldenrod's spreading yellow flower plumes above a meadow.
Showy Goldenrod's dense yellow flower heads above leafy stems.
Nodding Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
Hairy Hedge Nettle (Stachys hispida): pink flowers in tiers above opposite toothed leaves.
Hairy Hedge Nettle (Stachys hispida)
Heath Aster's dense spray of white blossoms above grasses.
Smooth Blue Aster's purple flowers with golden centers.
Panicled Aster's white blossoms clustered among lance-shaped leaves.
New England Aster's purple flower cluster in close view.
Goat's Rue's pink and cream blossoms beneath hairy buds.
Ohio Spiderwort's purple flowers surrounding a cluster of green buds.
Venus' Looking Glass's open purple blossom beneath rounded buds.
Hoary Vervain's purple blossoms beside a sunny gravel path.
Smooth Ironweed's fine purple florets in close view.
Culver's Root's slender white flower spikes in close view.
Arrow-leaved Violet's purple flower among dry grasses and green leaves.
Golden Alexanders' yellow flower head beside developing green clusters.
Prairie Dogbane's pale flower cluster in close view.
Hog Peanut's purple flowers beside a woody stem.
Groundnut's rounded cluster of pink and purple flowers.
Yellow Giant Hyssop's upright green flower spike in sunlight.
Prairie Indian Plantain's slender flower heads on branching stalks.
Sand Cress's paired white flowers and small green buds.
Pale Indian Plantain's branching white flower heads beside an open field.
Two open yellow Large-flowered False Foxglove bells beneath unopened buds, with lobed foliage behind them.
Paired open flowers and unopened buds show the broad five-lobed mouths of Large-flowered False Foxglove. Photograph by Brian Woolman at Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve, Braidwood, Illinois.
Two yellow Fern-Leaf False Foxglove flowers with spotted throats, hairy stems, and finely divided upper leaves.
Fern-Leaf False Foxglove (Aureolaria pedicularia) in flower at Indiana Dunes National Park, Porter, Indiana. Photograph by Brian Woolman.
Hedge Bindweed's pale trumpet-shaped flower on a climbing vine.
Virgin's Bower's four white sepals surrounding a green center.
Mullein Foxglove (Dasistoma macrophylla): front view of yellow lobes and hairy flower throat.
Mullein Foxglove (Dasistoma macrophylla)
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed's broad pink flower heads above leafy stems.
Climbing False Buckwheat's pale green winged fruits in close view.
Cream Gentian's cream-colored flowers in close view.
Stiff Gentian's flowering stalks against a blue sky.
Woodland Sunflower's yellow flower in close view.
Two-flowered Cynthia's open yellow flower above two green buds.
Black Huckleberry's hanging reddish blossoms beneath green leaves.
Indian Tobacco's pale tubular blossom viewed from the side.
Roundleaf Ragwort's golden blossoms on branching stems.
Missouri Gooseberry's pale hanging flower with long projecting parts.
Common Blackberry's white flower beside rounded green buds.
Cutleaf Coneflower flowers and rounded green heads on branching stems.
Sweet Coneflower's long yellow rays around a dark brown center.
Bur Cucumber's green-centered flowers beside a broad leaf.
Wild Cucumber's flower spikes beside a lobed green leaf.
Smooth Carrion Flower's small star-shaped flowers in close view.
Indian Paintbrush's bright yellow bracts around green flowers.
Calico Aster's white flowers with pink and yellow centers.
American Germander's tall spike with flowers opening below green buds.
Purple Meadow Rue's pale flower cluster above an open meadow.
Slender Nettle's branching flower clusters above narrow green leaves.
Hillside Blueberry's blue fruits and smaller pink berries among green leaves.
White Vervain's branching spikes beside a fallen tree trunk.
A butterfly visiting Wingstem's yellow flowers.
Tall Ironweed's purple flower heads in close view.
Common Blue Violet flowering among fallen leaves.
White Baneberry's delicate white flowers viewed from above.
White Snakeroot's fluffy white blossoms viewed from above.
Wild Leek's white flowers opening around a rounded cluster.
Rue Anemone's pale pink flower beside two rounded buds.
Rue Anemone's pale pink flower beside two rounded buds.
Hands held beside Green Dragon's long green flowering structure.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit's striped green hood in close view.
Wild Sarsaparilla's tiny pale flowers opening around green buds.
Early Buttercup's yellow flower above low green foliage.
Smooth Rock Cress's tiny pale flowers on branching stalks.
Hairy Wood Mint's pale flower whorls above toothed leaves.
Black Nightshade flowering among tall grasses.
Enchanter's Nightshade's slender flower spike above broad leaves.
Purple Cress's pale blossoms and buds against woodland trees.
Spring Cress's white flower cluster against green foliage.
American Bellflower's star-shaped blossoms along a tall spike.
Spring Beauty's five pink-veined petals in close view.
Cancer Root's pale flowers clustered around reddish-brown spikes.
Canadian Honewort's small white blossoms on branching stalks.
Dwarf Larkspur's deep purple flower in close view.
Cutleaf Toothwort's open white flowers above divided leaves.
Pointed-leaf Tick Trefoil's small pink flowers along a slender stalk.
Dutchman's Breeches' hanging blossoms above delicate foliage.
False Rue Anemone's white flower beside pale pink buds.
White Trout Lily's curled white petals above yellow anthers.
Stickseed's tiny white flowers and green fruits on a slender stalk.
Round-lobed Hepatica's purple blossoms and buds in close view.
Cow Parsnip's large white flower head above green leaves.
Virginia Waterleaf's purple blossoms and long stamens in close view.
Wood Nettle's pale flower sprays above and below green leaves.
Canada Mayflower's white flowers beside a glossy upright leaf.
Starry False Solomon's Seal's white blossoms among green foliage.
Indian Cucumber's whorled green leaves among ferns.
Virginia Bluebells flowering beside a woodland tree.
Two-leaf Miterwort's tiny fringed flowers along slender stalks.
Bluntleaf Sandwort's small white flower above green leaves.
Aniseroot's white flower clusters above toothed leaves.
Golden Ragwort's golden blossoms beside broad green leaves.
Wild Blue Phlox's blue-purple flowers dotted with water droplets.
Lopseed's pale flowers and pink buds in close view.
Mayapple's white flower beneath an umbrella-shaped leaf.
Jacob's Ladder's two pale blue flowers in sunlight.
Smooth Solomon's Seal's pale tubular flowers beneath an arching stem.
White Lettuce's drooping flowers with long pale styles.
Hispid Buttercup's golden-yellow petals among green foliage.
Clustered Black Snakeroot's tiny flowers beside glossy green leaves.
Early Figwort's small open flower beside a ridged stem.
Late Figwort's small reddish flower among round green buds.
Starry Campion's fringed white flowers along branching stems.
Snowy Campion's notched white petals in close view.
Fire Pink's scarlet blossom viewed from the side.
False Solomon's Seal flowering on a leafy woodland stem.
Zigzag Goldenrod's pale yellow flower spike above toothed leaves.
Elm-leaved Goldenrod's flowering stem above toothed green leaves.
Celandine Poppy's broad yellow petals in sunlight.
Blue Wood Aster's delicate flowers above broad green leaves.
Early Meadow Rue's pale hanging stamens in close view.
Starflower's small white blossom in close view.
Drooping Trillium's white blossom above broad woodland leaves.
Prairie Trillium's dark red bud above three green leaves.
Late Horse Gentian's open tubular flower in close view.
Early Horse Gentian's orange-red fruits beside broad green leaves.
Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
Large-flowered Bellwort's hanging yellow flower above fallen leaves.
Maple-leaved Viburnum flowers among textured green leaves.
Alpine Violet's pale purple flowers above heart-shaped leaves.
Small Yellow Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin) — field photograph,
Small Yellow Lady’s-slipper ·
Striped White Violet's pale flower among bright green leaves.
Harvestlice's small yellow flowers in close view.
Small-flowered Water Plantain's broad leaves beneath a delicate branching stalk.
Several yellow heads with raised golden centers on branching stems, with a fading head in the background.
Open and fading heads of Nodding Bur-Marigold.
Golden-yellow ray flowers surround a small yellow disk, with green buds beside the open head.
An open head and nearby buds of Bearded Beggarticks at Goose Lake Prairie, Illinois.
Wild Calla's pale flower spike against a white spathe.
Marsh Marigold's open flowers viewed from above.
White Turtlehead blossoms above paired green leaves.
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Water Hemlock's branching white flower cluster viewed from above.
Swamp Thistle's open flower flanked by two rounded buds.
Shrubby Cinquefoil's yellow flowers and unopened green buds.
Flat-topped Aster's white flowers in close view.
Purple-leaf Willowherb's pale blossoms and buds on short stalks.
Fringed Willowherb's pale pink flowers among slender green pods.
Greater Fringed Gentian flowers above long green calyx tubes.
Sneezeweed flower head viewed close up above a round bud.
Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow's pale flower with a deep red center.
Swamp Rose Mallow's deep pink flower in close view.
Orange spotted Jewelweed flower hanging beneath green leaves.
Jewelweed's orange flower with a curved spur visible behind it.
Southern Blueflag's violet flower against a smooth water background.
Marsh Pea's pink flowers in close view.
Marsh Blazing Star's dense purple flowers above narrow leaves.
Kalm's Lobelia flowering among dry, fine stems.
Great Blue Lobelia's blossoms spaced along a tall spike.
Seedbox's four yellow petals above narrow green leaves.
Creeping Water Primrose's yellow flowers among narrow green leaves.
American Water Horehound's white flowers spaced along an upright stem.
Prairie Loosestrife flowering amid upright grasses.
Tufted Loosestrife's yellow clusters beside a fern frond.
Winged Loosestrife blossoms along a slender angled stem.
Spatterdock's yellow flower above broad floating leaves.
American White Water-lily flower viewed just above the water.
Butterweed's bright yellow flower cluster seen from above.
Swamp Lousewort's curved flowers opening along a green stalk.
Ditch Stonecrop's small pale flowers in close view.
Water Smartweed's rounded pink flower spike in sunlight.
Scarlet Smartweed's upright pink flower spike in close view.
Swamp Smartweed's white flower spikes above narrow leaves.
Nodding Smartweed's arching flower clusters in close view.
Dotted Smartweed's tiny white flowers along branching stems.
Tubercled Orchid flowering among grasses.
Pickerelweed flowers clustered along an upright spike.
A Long-leaved Pondweed spike emerging from the water.
Cursed Crowfoot flowers beside developing green seed heads.
Virginia Meadow Beauty flower above a cluster of reddish buds.
Wild Black Currant's hanging flower clusters beneath new leaves.
Marsh Yellow Cress flower clusters viewed from above.
Pale Dock's tall green stalk beneath a cloudy sky.
Grassy Arrowhead white flowers on a low branching stalk.
Broadleaf Arrowhead white blossoms above broad green leaves.
Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea): nodding red flowers on tall stalks.
Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Marsh Skullcap flowers viewed close up beneath green leaves.
Mad-Dog Skullcap pair of pale purple flowers viewed close up.
Water Parsnip's small white flowers in branching clusters.
Giant Bur-reed flower heads with smaller green heads above them.
Meadowsweet's white flower cluster in close view.
A Steeplebush flower spike with pale buds at the tip and open pink blossoms below.
A tall maroon Skunk Cabbage flower hood beside blue-reflecting water.
A brown Narrow-leaved Cattail flower head leaning among long green blades beside the water.
Purple Blue Vervain flowers opening along narrow upright spikes.
Blue Vervain flower spikes branching from reddish stems.
A dark winged insect visiting the lower flowers on a Purple Giant Hyssop spike.
A close view of Large-bract Tick-trefoil's purple flowers and unopened buds.
Showy Orchid's purple-and-white flowers opening above broad leaves.
Pokeweed's rounded buds and tiny open flowers above a broad leaf.
A close view of Canada Frostweed's softly crinkled yellow petals.
Leather-leaf blossoms with delicate white bells along a diagonal branch.
Northern Evening Primrose (Oenothera parviflora)
Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)
Small White Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium candidum) in flower, DSCN3105
Small White Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium candidum)
Fen Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca), DSCN59736: five green-veined white petals and a yellow-tipped flower center
Fen Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
Small Yellow Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin) — field photograph, DSCN9289
Small Yellow Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin)
Pink Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium acaule). Single pink pouch with dark veins and greenish-brown side petals.
Pink Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides). Field photograph showing the flower or its natural habitat, DSCN8460.
Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea): white flowers with deeply fringed lips.
Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Oklahoma Grass-pink Orchid (Calopogon oklahomensis): pink orchid flowers with an upper bristly lip.
Oklahoma Grass-pink (Calopogon oklahomensis)
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata): loose cluster of drooping pale flowers.
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
Pink Sullivant’s Milkweed flowers with raised hoods and reflexed petals in a rounded cluster
Sullivant’s Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla): white flowers and divided green leaves.
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)
White Camas (Anticlea elegans): creamy white flowers with greenish centers.
White Camas (Anticlea elegans)
False Asphodel (Triantha glutinosa): small white flowers along a slender stem.
False Asphodel (Triantha glutinosa)
Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius): white flower cluster above toothed compound leaves.
Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius)
Little Evening Primrose (Oenothera perennis): four-petaled yellow flower above narrow green leaves.
Little Evening Primrose (Oenothera perennis)
Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre): deep maroon flowers with pointed sepals.
Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus): pink-purple flowers along a leafy stem.
Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus)
Three-leaf False Solomon’s-seal (Maianthemum trifolium): loose cluster of white star-shaped flowers above smooth leaves.
Three-leaf False Solomon’s-seal (Maianthemum trifolium)
Yellow Sundrops (Oenothera serrulata): crinkled yellow flower above narrow green leaves.
Yellow Sundrops (Oenothera serrulata)
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) flower plant
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) blue wildflower flower
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)
Birds-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) yellow ground flower
Birds-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris) prairie flower
Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum): pink and white flower head above three-part leaves.
Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum)
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus): close view of yellow rays and a dark flower disk.
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Forked Aster (Eurybia furcata): open white flower heads and buds.
Forked Aster (Eurybia furcata)
Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis): flowering shoot with emerging lobed leaves.
Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
Greater Yellow Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens): close view of yellow pouch and twisted lateral petals.
Greater Yellow Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)
Hoary Frostweed (Crocanthemum bicknellii): five yellow petals viewed from above.
Hoary Frostweed (Crocanthemum bicknellii)
Hybrid Bottle Gentian (Gentiana × pallidocyanea): cluster of blue-violet closed flowers.
Hybrid Bottle Gentian (Gentiana × pallidocyanea)
Hybrid Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium × favillianum): cream pouch flower viewed from the front.
Hybrid Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium × favillianum)
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus): slender white flower racemes among foliage.
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus)
Pale Beardtongue (Penstemon pallidus): white flowers showing extended lower lips.
Pale Beardtongue (Penstemon pallidus)
Silky Aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum): purple flower heads on slender stems.
Silky Aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum): close view of a flowering colony.
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Earleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis auriculata): flower and upper leaf pairs.
Earleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis auriculata)
Pale False Foxglove (Agalinis skinneriana): three pale flowers and narrow foliage.
Pale False Foxglove (Agalinis skinneriana)
Tuberous Grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus): front view of a pink flower with a tufted upper lip.
Tuberous Grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora): close view of hanging yellow tubular flowers.
Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora)
Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum): yellow flower beside a bristly seed head.
Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)
Water Avens (Geum rivale): close view of nodding flowers.
Water Avens (Geum rivale)
Swamp Saxifrage (Micranthes pensylvanica): open meadow habitat.
Swamp Saxifrage (Micranthes pensylvanica)
Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima subsp. interior): close view of five-lobed flowers.
Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima subsp. interior)
Seneca Snakeroot (Polygala senega): close view of a white flower spike.
Seneca Snakeroot (Polygala senega)
Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa): white flower spike in close view.
Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa)
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides): close view of flowers.
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora): close view of white flowers and projecting stamens.
Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora)
Cylindrical Blazing Star (Liatris cylindracea): flower heads with cylindrical bracts.
Cylindrical Blazing Star (Liatris cylindracea)
Grooved Yellow Flax (Linum sulcatum): five-petaled yellow flower.
Grooved Yellow Flax (Linum sulcatum)
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba): close view of spring flowers.
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
October Ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes ovalis): close view of the white flower spike.
October Ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes ovalis)
Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata): lobed leaves and developing flower clusters.
Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata)
Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica): nodding blue flowers.
Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica)
Violet Bush Clover (Lespedeza frutescens): close view of purple flowers.
Violet Bush Clover (Lespedeza frutescens)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra): flowers and foliage.
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Trumpet Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus): side view of the long yellow trumpet.
Trumpet Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi): close view of hanging flowers.
Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Blue Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum): close view of blue-purple flowers.
Blue Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis): white flower head closeup.
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Goldthread (Coptis trifolia): white flower closeup.
Goldthread (Coptis trifolia)
Curlycup Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa): yellow ray and disk flowers.
Curlycup Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)
Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum): flowers and narrow leaves.
Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
Leafcup (Polymnia canadensis): white rays and yellow disk florets.
Leafcup (Polymnia canadensis)
Maryland Black Snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica): close view of small flower clusters.
Maryland Black Snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)
Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum): flower and green sepals.
Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)
Purple Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus): open five-petaled flower.
Purple Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra): white flower cluster closeup.
Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Rope Dodder (Cuscuta glomerata): dense white flowers wrapped around host stem.
Rope Dodder (Cuscuta glomerata)
Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma): red flower head closeup.
Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Wild Honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica): flower cluster closeup.
Wild Honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea): flowering stem in prairie.
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea)
Bog Goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa): upright yellow flower plumes in wetland vegetation.
Bog Goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa)
Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare): flower cluster in a meadow.
Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium): branched white flower clusters.
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens): dense white orchid flower spike.
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea): yellow flowering branches against blue sky.
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis): arching yellow flower plume.
Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
Marsh Bellflower (Campanula aparinoides): five-lobed pale flower closeup.
Marsh Bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida): single flower head and narrow drooping rays.
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Riddell’s Goldenrod (Solidago riddellii): flowering stem against the sky.
Riddell’s Goldenrod (Solidago riddellii)
Robin’s Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus): pale rays around yellow disc florets.
Robin’s Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia): round sticky leaves above sphagnum.
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Spoon-leaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia): elongated leaf blades with sticky hairs.
Spoon-leaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia)
Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris): elongated cluster of yellow flowers.
Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris)
Tansy Mustard (Descurainia pinnata): tiny flowers and short plump pods closeup.
Tansy Mustard (Descurainia pinnata)
American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia): flowers and plant details.
American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla nuttalliana): flowers and plant details.
American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla nuttalliana)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa): flowers and plant details.
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana): flowers and plant details.
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
Cream Pea (Lathyrus ochroleucus): flowers and plant details.
Cream Pea (Lathyrus ochroleucus)
Field Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis): flowers and plant details.
Field Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
Lance-leaf Fog Fruit (Phyla lanceolata): flowers and plant details.
Lance-leaf Fog Fruit (Phyla lanceolata)
Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum): flowers and plant details.
Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
Cream-colored Kittentails flowers open along a dense green spike against a background of fallen leaves.
Kittentails (Besseya bullii)
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre): flowers and plant details.
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre)
Narrow-leaved Vervain (Verbena simplex): flowers and plant details.
Narrow-leaved Vervain (Verbena simplex)
Pussytoes (Antennaria sp.); species identification pending.
Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra): flowers and plant details.
Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra)
True Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides): flowers and plant details.
True Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia): flowers and plant details.
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Giant Chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum): flowers and plant details.
Giant Chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)
Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum): flowers and plant details.
Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)
Stiff Sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus): flowers and plant details.
Stiff Sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus)
Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus): flower details.
Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
Bluebead Lily (Clintonia borealis): flower details.
Bluebead Lily (Clintonia borealis)
Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza): flower details.
Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
Yellow common mullein flowers emerging from a densely woolly green flower spike.
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Common Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella): flower details.
Common Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
European Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis): flower details.
European Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)
Flat-leaved Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia): flower details.
Flat-leaved Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia)
Garden Valerian (Valeriana officinalis): flower details.
Garden Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Giant St. John's-wort (Hypericum ascyron): flower details.
Giant St. John's-wort (Hypericum ascyron)
Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale): flower details.
Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum): flower details.
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Long-leaf Bluets (Houstonia longifolia): flower details.
Long-leaf Bluets (Houstonia longifolia)
Tall Buttercup (Ranunculus acris): flower details.
Tall Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria): flower details.
Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
Narrow-leaved New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceus): flower details.
Narrow-leaved New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceus)
Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale): flower details.
Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale)
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus): flower details.
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Rough Avens (Geum laciniatum): flower details.
Rough Avens (Geum laciniatum)
Rough Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica): flower details.
Rough Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)
Seaside Arrowgrass (Triglochin maritima): flower details.
Seaside Arrowgrass (Triglochin maritima)
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum): flower details.
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
Thimbleweed flower with pale hairy sepals, yellow anthers and an elongated green center tipped with reddish styles.
Thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale): flower details.
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
Woodland Lettuce (Lactuca floridana): flower details.
Woodland Lettuce (Lactuca floridana)
Yellow Water Buttercup (Ranunculus flabellaris): flower details.
Yellow Water Buttercup (Ranunculus flabellaris)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare): flower details.
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Glade Mallow (Napaea dioica): flower details.
Glade Mallow (Napaea dioica)
Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans): flower details.
Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)
False Boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides): flower details.
False Boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)
Blue Flax (Linum lewisii): flower details.
Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)
Yellow Goat's-beard (Tragopogon dubius): flower details.
Yellow Goat's-beard (Tragopogon dubius)
Tall White Lettuce (Nabalus altissimus): nodding pale flower heads with smooth green bracts.
Tall White Lettuce (Nabalus altissimus)
Northern Water-plantain (Alisma triviale): three white petals extending beyond green sepals.
Northern Water-plantain (Alisma triviale)
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus): field photograph.
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium): field photograph.
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Branching Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum): field photograph.
Branching Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum)
Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis): yellow flower head beside an unopened bud.
Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis)
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus): close view of a pale flower with dark markings.
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum): leafy shrub with scattered white flower clusters.
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Slender Hoary Alyssum stems with white flower clusters and developing pods among taller meadow vegetation.
Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana)
Large-flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus): pale purple flowers beside yellow meadow blooms.
Large-flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor): field photograph.
Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
Little-leaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus): leaf and stem details.
Little-leaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)
Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium): fruit details.
Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
Meadow Hawkweed (Pilosella caespitosa): top view of yellow flower heads with a visiting insect.
Meadow Hawkweed (Pilosella caespitosa)
Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca): orange flower cluster beside broad green leaves.
Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)
Prairie Rocket (Erysimum capitatum): small flowering plant among grasses.
Prairie Rocket (Erysimum capitatum)
Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola): two small yellow flower heads on a slender branching stem.
Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum): purple tubular flowers above layered toothed leaves.
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Rough Hawkweed (Hieracium scabrum): yellow flower heads along a branching stem.
Rough Hawkweed (Hieracium scabrum)
Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila): close view of white blossoms on a woody twig.
Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila)
Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis): pale flowers and long green calyx tubes.
Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
Spiny Sowthistle (Sonchus asper): leaf and stem details.
Spiny Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
Spring Whitlow-grass (Draba verna): slender flowering plant growing in gravel.
Spring Whitlow-grass (Draba verna)
Velvet-leaf Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides): low flowering twigs among fallen leaves.
Velvet-leaf Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus): red autumn leaves along branching twigs.
Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
Long green bracts radiate from a darkening flower head with fine structures projecting from its center.
Devil’s Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa)
Two Big Devil’s Beggarticks heads face the camera, each with tiny yellow florets inside a dense ring of green bracts.
Big Devil’s Beggarticks (Bidens vulgata)
Eastern Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus) with pink four-lobed fruit capsules and bright red arils.
Eastern Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus)
Narrowleaf Hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum), showing a yellow flower head and buds.
Narrowleaf Hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum)
Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica): slender green spathe among upright leaf stalks.
Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica)
Common Burdock (Arctium minus): close view of purple flowers and green burs.
Common Burdock (Arctium minus)
Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium): clusters of green spiny burs along a stem.
Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)
Lance-leaved Violet (Viola lanceolata): white flower with purple veins on the lower petal.
Lance-leaved Violet (Viola lanceolata)
Lesser Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis virgata): top view showing fringed petals and a green center.
Lesser Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)
One-flowered Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora): close view of white flowers with curved pinkish tubes.
One-flowered Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora)
Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus): close view of a yellow flower head and green stem leaves.
Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
Northern White Violet (Viola minuscula): white flowers and basal foliage.
Northern White Violet (Viola minuscula)
Buffalo Bur (Solanum rostratum): yellow flowers above lobed green leaves.
Buffalo Bur (Solanum rostratum)
Earthnut Pea (Lathyrus tuberosus): pink flowers beside green leaves and a curling tendril.
Earthnut Pea (Lathyrus tuberosus)
French Grass (Orbexilum onobrychis): close view of small purple flowers along a spike.
French Grass (Orbexilum onobrychis)
Spring Fumewort (Corydalis solida): small flowering plants among fallen oak leaves.
Spring Fumewort (Corydalis solida)
Fuzzy Bean (Strophostyles helvola): pink pea-shaped flower beside a fading pale flower.
Fuzzy Bean (Strophostyles helvola)
Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris): close view of yellow flowers beside green leaves.
Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris): four-petaled yellow flowers and green buds above broad toothed stem leaves.
Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus): yellow flowers and a pale unopened bud.
Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
Hairy Valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata): Close view of pale flowers on an upright stalk.
Hairy Valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata)
Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine): Close side view of small orchid flowers.
Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine)
Loesel’s Twayblade (Liparis loeselii): Close view of yellow-green flowers against a dark background.
Loesel’s Twayblade (Liparis loeselii)
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica): Yellow flower above toothed, three-part leaves.
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica)
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna): yellow flowers among rain-speckled leaves.
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
White Clover (Trifolium repens): rounded white flower head viewed from the side.
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum): front view of a yellow flower above mottled leaves.
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
Great Plains Ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum): close view of white orchid flowers arranged around a spike.
Great Plains Ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum)
Moonseed (Menispermum canadense): greenish-white male flowers with projecting stamens.
Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata): close view of yellow rays and central disk florets.
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
Oregano (Origanum vulgare): close view of pale flowers and broad overlapping bracts.
Oregano (Origanum vulgare)
Low Calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum): close view of pale tubular flowers and narrow leaves.
Low Calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum)
Marsh Hedge Nettle (Stachys palustris): pink-purple flowers along an upright flowering stem.
Marsh Hedge Nettle (Stachys palustris)
Hairy Willowherb: pink flower with a four-lobed white stigma.
Hairy Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)
A tall purple False Indigo flower spike rises above shorter spikes between sprays of oval green leaflets.
False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
Pale veins fan across the smooth falls of a violet Siberian Iris flower.
Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica)
Close Gas Plant flowers show branching magenta veins and stamens curving out past the petals.
Gas Plant (Dictamnus albus)
A Hungarian Iris flower viewed at an angle shows yellow standards and reddish veins on its drooping falls.
Hungarian Iris (Iris variegata)
Close view of pale pink hoods above reflexed reddish-purple petals of Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
Dense cluster of five-petaled yellow flowers with spreading stamens and green buds of Round-fruited St. John’s-wort (Hypericum sphaerocarpum)
Round-fruited St. John’s-wort (Hypericum sphaerocarpum)
Lavender flowers on an oval Common Teasel head, framed by long curved bracts. Dipsacus fullonum.
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

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