White to pale yellow pea-shaped flowers with purple spots in the center. One to four flowers cluster in between the leaves.
Bloom Times: September
Slender Goldentop
Hundreds of small flower heads in large, branched clusters. The leaves are very narrow.
Slender Mountain-Mint
Flower is white to pale pink. It has a tubular opening spreading into two lips, the lower lip having three lobes. Each flower has 2 purple anthers. The flowers are crowded in dense, branching, flat-topped heads.
Small-headed Sunflower
Flowers have 5-8 yellow petals with a yellow center disk. The leaves have long stalks, are rough and opposite.
Smooth Ground-cherry
Yellow, funnel-shaped flowers with a slightly darker center. The stamens are blue. The plant leaves are large and are irregularly toothed. The leaves that surround the fruit look like a paper lantern.
Southern Crownbeard
Flower heads in a large, open, branching cluster. Flowers have a domed center disk of greenish-yellow tubular florets. The flowers are sparse and are not evenly arranged around the head of the flower. This makes the plant look like it is uneven or off balance.
Southern Rockbell
Pale blue to lavender star shaped flowers.
Spotted Beebalm
Flowers in whorled clusters of 2-6 at the top of the stem. Each cluster of flowers is supported by large whitish to pink-purple leaf-like bracts. The flowers are yellow with purple spots, split into 2 lips. The lower lip has 3 lobes with a notched middle lobe, the upper lip is arched and hairy at the tip.
Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed
Clusters of 8-20 light purple to pink flowers on a dark purple stem.
Spotted St. John’s-wort
Small, 5 petaled yellow flowers with tiny black spots. The leaves and stems also have tiny black spots.