White, 3 petaled flowers. Male and female flowers are on the same scape, the male flowers on the upper portion, the female flowers on the lower portion. Male flowers have bushy yellow centers, female flowers have mounded green centers. The leaves are 12 inches long, held above water, and are shaped like arrowheads.
Bloom Times: August
Bull Thistle
Wide, fluffy flower that is purplish-pink. Flower sits on a green urn-shaped base.
Butterfly Milkweed
Orange or reddish-orange 5 petal flowers in clusters at the end of the stem.
Buttonbush
1.5 inch round flower heads packed with tiny white flowers. It looks like a pincushion.
Calliopsis
Branched clusters of yellow flowers with maroon centers. The yellow petals have a maroon base and 3 teeth at the tip.
Camphorweed
Flower heads in clusters at the end of stems. Fuzzy rosy-pink flowers with no petals.
Cardinal Flower
Bright red, 2-lipped flowers in a tall spike. The upper lip has two spreading lobes and an upright gray-tipped filament tube. The lower lip is split into 3 lobes.
Carolina Horse-Nettle
The flower is star-shaped with five white to light violet petals. There are large yellow anthers in the center. The small green-yellow fruit looks like a tomato.
Carolina Wild Petunia
Clusters of 2-4 unstalked, light purple, funnel-shaped flowers. The petals are wrinkled or creased.
Clematis terniflora
A weedy vine with clusters of white, cross-shaped flowers. Often climbing on top of trees and shrubs. Fruit is a cluster with feather-like tails.