Solitary flowers with pale to medium blue-violet petals with dark purple lines. Petals are unequal. The lowest petal is the largest and has a yellow patch close to the center of the flower. The two side petals have white hairs near the throat.
Environments: Dry
Frost Aster
Flowers with 16-35 white petals. The center is yellow to reddish.
Giant Goldenrod
Flowers in tall spreading branches at the top of the stem.
Henbit
Tubular flowers split into 2 lips. The upper lip is hooded and hairy. The lower, drooping lip has 3 lobes and purple spots. 6-10 flowers cluster at the top of the stem.
Kidneyleaf Rosinweed
Clusters of yellow flowers with 6-12 petals. The kidney-shaped leaves grow up to 14 inches long and are at the base of the plant.
Piedmont St. Johnswort
Yellow flowers with five petals growing in dense clumps. Leaves are linear and needle-like.
Pineywoods Goldenrod
Large clusters of small yellow flowers. The flowers are mostly on the upper side of each branch. The stem is often leaning over. The leaves bend downward or backward, and have smaller leaves alongside them.
Plantain Pussytoes
The flowers are fluffy white clusters at the end of the stem. The basal leaves are gray-green on the top and white on the bottom, very hairy.
Prickly Pear Cactus
The cactus is made of flattened oval pads with spines and bristles. Bright yellow flowers with a maroon base are open for one day. Seen in many home gardens in Morrisville.
Prickly Sow-thistle
Yellow, dandelion-like flowers with an urn-shaped base. The spiny leaves wrap around the stem.