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.
Bloom Times: September
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.
Starry Rosinweed
Large, yellow, daisy-like flowers with 8-20 petals and a yellow center. The leaves can be alternate or opposite.
Sulphur Cosmos
Golden yellow to orange cup-shaped flowers with a yellow center.
Swamp Rose-Mallow
Funnel-shaped flowers are white to pink with a maroon throat.
Swamp Sunflower
Flowers have 8-21 yellow petals with a reddish or purplish-brown center disk.
Trumpet Creeper
Clusters of orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers with 5 flared lobes.
Virginia Dayflower
Flowers in crowded terminal clusters. They have 3 kidney-shaped petals. Flowers open in the morning and close in the afternoon.
Water Lily
Cup shaped flower with >20 petals and yellow stamens. Flowers open in the day and close at night.