Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Yellow Crownbeard, Small Yellow Crownbeard, Crownbeard Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here. Similar Species: Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
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Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora Raf.)
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family) Synonym(s): Green-flowered Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Wand Milkweed, Green Comet Milkweed Base Flower Color: GreenReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Long-Leaved Bluets (Houstonia longifolia Terrell var. compacta)
Rubiaceae (Madder Family) Synonym(s): Longleaf Summer Bluet, Pale Bluets Base Flower Color: PinkReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Scaly Blazing Star (Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx. var. squarrosa)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Scaly Blazing Star, Scaly Gayfeather, Scaly Liatris, Colicroot, Loosescale Gayfeather Base Flower Color: PurpleReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SeptBloom Notes: This is one of the earliest Liatris species to bloom. For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Winged Loosestrife (Lythrum alatum Pursh)
Lythraceae (Loosestrife Family) Synonym(s): Wing-angle Loosestrife, Winged Loosestrife, Northern Winged Lythrum Base Flower Color: Pink, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus L.)
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family) Synonym(s): Big Taper, Flannel Mullein, Flannel Plant, Great Mullein, Mullein, Velvet Dock, Velvet Plant, Woolly Mullein, Orange Mullein Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, AugNotes: Native to Eurasia and Africa For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.)
Asteraceae (Aster Family) Base Flower Color: White, YellowReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, OctBloom Notes: This may be var. strigosus or var. calcicola. The difference is var. calcicola has rhizomes that bear over wintering leaf tuffs and are only known in Decatur Co. while var. strigosus has no rhizomes and is commonContinue reading “Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.)”
Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera peramoena (A. Gray) A. Gray)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Base Flower Color: Pink, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Seaside Brookweed (Samolus valerandi L)
Primulaceae (Primrose Family) Synonym(s): Water Pimpernel, Thin-leaf Brookweed, Limewater Brookweed, Chiricahuna Mountain Brookweed Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Narrowleaf White-Topped Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Flax-leaf Whitetop Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jun, July, Aug For more information about this plant, Click Here.