Cylindrical flower with female flowers below the male flowers on the stalk. There is a gap of 1/2 inch to several inches between the two sections of flowers.
Bloom Times: May
Narrowleaf Skullcap
Hairy purple flower with a hooded upper lip. The spreading lower lip has two white bands. The upper leaves are lance-shaped and have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are oval-shaped with toothed edges.
Narrowleaf Vetch
Pink pea-shaped flower
Old Field Cinquefoil
Yellow flowers with five petals. The leaves are palmately divided (like fingers on a hand) into 5 leaflets. The largest leaflet is sharply toothed for more than half of its length. (Compare to running five-fingers, Potentilla canadensis, where the largest leaflet is toothed for less than half of its length.)
Opposite Leaf Dwarf Dandelion
Small, solitary dandelion-like flowers with 12-35 toothed petals.
Orange Jewelweed
Cornucopia-shaped, orange to orange-yellow flowers with reddish-brown spotting. Flower has a backward-pointing spur and two lips. The lower lip is larger and is split into two lobes.
Ox-eye Daisy
White ray petals with flattened yellow center disk flowers. Each stem has a single flower.
Pale Spiked Lobelia
Small pale-purple or white flowers growing in a spike. The flowers have 2 lips. The upper lips has 2 lobes, the lower lip is divided into 3 wider lobes.
Periwinkle
Solitary purple flowers with a pinwheel shape. There is a white mark at the base of each petal.
Philadelphia Fleabane
One hundred or more white (sometimes pink or lavender) threadlike petals surrounding a yellow center. The leaves and stem are shaggy-hairy. The leaves are oval and clasp the stem.