Blue to purple flowers with a 2-lobed upper lip and a larger, 3-lobed lower lip with a white center. The back of the flower has a long, downward pointing spur.
Bloom Times: July
Bluet
Flowers are pale blue to violet with a yellow center. There is one flower per stem tip.
Broadleaf Arrowhead
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.
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.
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 Mallow
Low, creeping plant with small, reddish-orange flowers.