White flowers in a tightly-packed spike that bends over at the end. The flower spike is 2-14 inches long. The leaves have a heart-shaped base.
Bloom Times: August
Longbristle Smartweed
Small pink flowers on spikes. Sometimes there is a gap between the lower flowers. There are long hairs where the leaf attaches to the stem, and at the base of the flowers.
Maryland Golden Aster
Flowers in large, branched clusters. The center is darker yellow.
Maryland Meadow Beauty
Pink flowers that have 8 stamens with curved yellow anthers.
Maryland Senna
Bright yellow flowers with dark brown anthers. The compound leaves have 6-12 pairs of leaflets.
Midwestern Tickseed-Sunflower
Eight petaled flower with a yellow center disc.
Mock Strawberry
The flower has 5 blunt-tipped oval petals and a yellow center.
Morning Glory
Flowers can be white, pink, red, purple, or blue. They are funnel-shaped and grow in clusters of 1 to 5. Each flower opens once in the morning and lasts a few hours.
Narrow-leaf Evening Primrose
Cup-shaped flower with notched petals. Flowers close at night (compared to other primroses that open at night).
New York Ironweed
Tiny, fluffy, deep purple flower heads in a 3-4 inch wide terminal cluster.