Purple-pink flowers. The top petal is hairy and hooded. The 2 lower lip petals are lighter in color and have purple spots. There are 3-6 flowers on end of the stem.
Bloom Times: September
Dense Blazing Star
Purple flowers in 6-12 inch spikes, blooming from the top to the bottom.
Downy Lobelia
Purple tubular flowers often growing on one side of a spike. The upper lip has two lobes, the lower lip has three lobes and white markings.
Downy Skullcap
Tubular flowers open to 2 lips. The upper lip is hooded. The lower lip is larger and has a white patch near the throat. Several flowers grow along a central stalk (raceme).
Drummond’s St. John’s-wort
Yellow pinwheel-shaped flowers with needle-like leaves.
Dwarf St. John’s-wort
Flowers are in branching clusters at the end of the stem.
Early Goldenrod
Flowers are mostly on one side of the stem. The rays around the center disk are unevenly spaced and do not open at the same time. It is one of the earliest blooming goldenrods, beginning in July.
Eastern Oxeye
Yellow flower petals have slightly notched tips. The flower has a brownish-yellow center cone.
Evening Primrose
Cross-shaped flower with pale yellow, heart-shaped petals. The flower opens in the evening and closes during the heat of the day.
Frost Aster
Flowers with 16-35 white petals. The center is yellow to reddish.