(Limonium Carolinianum; Statice Limonium of Gray) Plumbago family Flowers - Very tiny, pale, dull lavender, erect, set along upper side of branches. Calyx 5-toothed, tubular, plait...
Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita, patens. Spatha multiflora. Umbella congesta. Caps. supera. Specific Character and Synonyms. ALLIUM descende...
(Asclepias tuberosa) Milkweed family Flowers - Bright reddish orange, in many-flowered, terminal clusters, each flower similar in structure to the common milkweed (q.v.). Stem: Ere...
(Chimaphila umbellata) Wintergreen family Flowers - Flesh-colored, or pinkish, fragrant, waxy, usually with deep pink ring around center, and the anthers colored; about 1/2 in. acr...
(Medeola Virginiana) Lily-of-the-valley family Flowers - Greenish yellow, on fine, curving footstalks, in a loose cluster above a circle of leaves. Perianth of 6 wide-spread divisi...
(Galium Aparine) Madder family Flowers - Small, white, 4-parted, inconspicuous, in clusters of 1 to 3 on peduncles from the axils of upper leaves. Stem: 2 to 5 ft. long, scrambling...
(Jeffersonia diphylla) Barberry family Flowers - White, 1 in. broad, solitary, on a naked scape about 7 in. high in flower, more than twice as tall in fruit. Calyx of 4 petal-like...
(Circaea Lutetiana) Evening Primrose family Flowers - Very small, white, slender pedicelled, in terminal and lateral racemes. Calyx 2-parted, hairy 2 petals, 2 alternate stamens. S...
(Spiraea tomentosa) Rose family Flowers - Pink or magenta, rarely white, very small, in dense, pyramidal clusters. Calyx of 5 sepals; corolla of 5 rounded petals; stamens, 20 to 60...
Class and Order. Pentandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Corolla infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globosum. Caps. 3-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. IPOMŒA Quamoclit...
(Sagittaria latifolia; S. variabilis of Gray) Water-plantain family Flowers - White, 1 to 1 1/2 in. wide, in 3-bracted whorls of 3, borne near the summit of a leafless scape 4 in....
(Bursa Bursa-pastoris; Capsella Bursa-pastoris of Gray) Mustard family Flowers - Small, white, in a long loose raceme, followed by triangular and notched (somewhat heart-shaped) po...
Class and Order. Icosandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, superus. Petala 5. Bacca 2. s. 3 sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. MYRTUS tomentosa pedunculis uniflo...
(Clethra alnifolia) White Alder family Flowers - Very fragrant, white, about 1/3 in. across, borne in long, narrow, upright, clustered spikes, with awl-shaped bracts. Calyx of 5 se...
(Dalibarda repens) Rose family Flowers - White, solitary, or 2 at end of a scape 2 to 5 in. high. Calyx deeply, unevenly 5 or 6 parted, the larger divisions toothed; 5 petals falli...
(Parsonia petiolata; Cuphea viscosissima of Gray) Loosestrife family Flowers - Purplish pink, about 1/4 in. across, on short peduncles from leaf axils, solitary or clustered. Calyx...
(Anemone quinquefolia) Crowfoot family Flowers - Solitary, about 1 in. broad, white or delicately tinted with blue or pink outside. Calyx of 4 to 9 oval, petal-like sepals; no peta...
(Oxalis acetosella) Wood-sorrel family Flowers - White or delicate pink, veined with deep pink, about 1/2 in. long. Five sepals; 5 spreading petals rounded at tips; 10 stamens, 5 l...
(Dentaria diphylla) Mustard family Flowers - White, about 1/2 in. across, in a terminal loose cluster, the formation of each similar to that of bulbous cress. Stem: 8 to 15 in. hig...
NARROW-LEAVED LAUREL (K. angustifolia), and so on through a list of folk names testifying chiefly to the plant's wickedness in the pasture, may be especially deadly food for cattle...
(Ipomoea pandurata) Morning-glory family Flowers - Funnel form, wide-spread, 2 to 3 in. long, pure white or pinkish purple inside the throat; the peduncles 1 to 5 flowered. Stem: T...
Class and Order. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cal. cylindricus, calyculatus. Squamis apice sphacelatis. Specific Character and...
(Taraxacum Taraxacum; T. Densleonis of Gray) Chicory family Flower-head - Solitary, golden yellow, to 2 in. across, containing 150 to 200 perfect ray florets on a flat receptacle a...
(Sonchus arvensis) Chicory family Flower-heads - Bright yellow, very showy, to 2 in. across, several or numerous, on rough peduncles in a spreading cluster. Involucre nearly 1 in....
(Berberis vulgaris) Barberry family Flowers - Yellow, small, odor disagreeable, 6-parted, borne in drooping, many-flowered racemes from the leaf axils along arching twigs. Stem: A...
(Aplectrum spicatum; A. hyemale of Gray)) Orchid family Flowers - Dingy yellowish brown and purplish, about 1 in. long, each on a short pedicel, in a few-flowered, loose, bracted r...
(Celastrus scandens) Staff-tree family Flowers - Small, greenish-white, 5-parted, some staminate, some pistillate only; in terminal compound racemes 4 in. long or less. Stem: Woody...