(Lobelia cardinalis) Bellflower family Flowers - Rich vermilion, very rarely rose or white, 1 to 1 1/2 in, long, numerous, growing in terminal, erect, green-bracted, more or less 1...
"I want the inner meaning and the understanding of the wildflowers in the meadow. Why are they? What end? What purpose? The plant knows, and sees, and feels; where is its mind when...
(Fragaria Virginiana) Rose family Flowers - White, loosely clustered at summit of an erect hairy scape usually shorter than the leaves. Calyx persistent in fruit, deeply 5-cleft, w...
(Coreopsis lanceolata) Thistle family Flowers-heads - Showy, bright golden yellow, the 6 to io wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed ray florets around yellowish disk florets soon turning...
(Ulmaria rubra; Spirea lobata of Gray) Rose family Flowers - Deep pink, like the peach blossom, fragrant, about 1/3 in. across, clustered in large cymose panicles on a long footsta...
BEARD (Clematis Virginiana) Crowfoot family Flowers - White and greenish, about 1 in. across or less, in loose clusters from the axils. Calyx of 4 or 5 petal-like sepals; no petals...
(Scrophularia Marylandica; S. nodosa of Gray) Figwort family Flowers - Very small, dull green on outside; vivid, shining brownish purple within; borne in almost leafless terminal c...
(Aletris farinosa) Lily family Flowers - Small, oblong-tubular, pure white or yellowish, about 1/4 in. long, set obliquely in a long, wand-like, spiked raceme, at the end of a slen...
(Gaylussacia resinosa) Huckleberry family Flowers - White and pink, pale or deep, small, cylindric, bell-shaped. 5-parted, borne in 1-sided racemes from the sides of the stiff, gra...
(Pastinaca sativa) Carrot family Flowers - Dull or greenish yellow, small, without involucre or involucels; borne in 7 to 15 rayed umbels, 2 to 6 in. across. Stem: 2 to 5 ft. tall,...
(Vagnera racemosa; Smilacina racemosa of Gray) Lily-of-the-Valley family Flowers - White or greenish, small, slightly fragrant, in a densely flowered terminal raceme. Perianth of 6...
(Chamaenerion angustifolium; Epilobium angustifolium of Gray) Evening Primrose family Flowers - Magenta or pink, sometimes pale, or rarely white, more or less than 1 in. across, in...
RED AND REDDISH: Nightshade. Twisted-stalk. American Cranberry. Marsh Calla. Wild Spikenard (pale red speckled berries). Two-leaved Solomon's Seal (pale red speckled). Wake-robins....
(Epigaea repens) Heath family Flowers - Pink, fading to nearly white, very fragrant about 1/2 in. across when expanded, few or many in clusters at ends of branches. Calyx of 5 dry...
"The transition from wind-fertilization to insect-fertilization and the first traces of adaptation to insects, could only be due to the influence of quite short-lipped insects with...
(Chelidonium majus) Poppy family Flowers - Lustreless yellow, about 1/2 in. across, on slender pedicels, in a small umbel-like cluster. Sepals 2, soon falling; 4 petals, many yello...
(Monotropa uniflora) Indian-pipe family Flowers - Solitary, smooth, waxy, white (rarely pink), oblong-bell shaped, nodding from the tip of a fleshy, white, scaly scape 4 to 10 in....
(Myosotis Palustris) Borage family Flowers - Pure blue, pinkish, or white, with yellow eye; flat, 5-lobed, borne in many-flowered, long, often 1-sided racemes. Calyx 5-cleft; the l...
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) Lily family Flowers - Opening in the sunshine, white within, greenish on the outside, veined, borne on slender pedicels in an erect, loose cluster. Perian...
(Viburnum alnifolium; V. lantanoides of Gray) Honeysuckle family Flowers - In loose, compound, flat, terminal clusters, 3 to 5 in. across; the outer, showy, white flowers each abou...
(Gerardia purpurea) Figwort family Flowers - Bright purplish pink, deep magenta, or pale to whitish, about 1 in. long and broad, growing along the rigid, spreading branches. Calyx...
Purple Trillium. Black Cohosh. Mandrake. Jamestown Weed. Salt-marsh Fleabane. Camomile. Carrion-flower. Barberry. Skunk Cabbage. Hound's Tongue. Beech-drops.
(Streptopus roseus) Lily-of-the-Valley family Flowers - Dull, purplish pink, 1/2 in. long or less, solitary, on threadlike, curved footstalks longer than the small flower itself, n...
(Parnassia Caroliniana) Saxifrage family Flowers - Creamy white, delicately veined with greenish, solitary, 1 in. broad or over, at the end of a scape 8 in. to 2 ft. high, 1 ovate...
(Habenaria blephariglottis) Orchid family Flowers - Pure white, fragrant, borne on a spike from 3 to 6 in. long. Spur long, slender; oval sepals; smaller petals toothed; the oblong...
(Saxifraga Virginiensis) Saxifrage family Flowers - White, small, numerous, perfect, spreading into a loose panicle. Calyx 5-lobed; 5 petals; 10 stamens; 1 pistil with 2 styles. Sc...
(Cypripedium reginae; C. spectabile of Gray) Orchid family Flowers - Usually solitary, at summit of stem, white, or the inflated white lip painted with purplish pink and white stri...
(Washingtonia longistylis; Osmorrhiza longistylis of Gray) Carrot family Flowers - Small, white, 5-parted; in few rayed, long-peduncled umbels, with small bracts below them. Stem:...
{Pedicularis Canadensis) Figwort family Flowers - Greenish yellow and purplish red, in a short dense spike. Calyx oblique, tubular, cleft on lower side, and with 2 or 3 scallops on...