New York Ironweed

Tiny, fluffy, deep purple flower heads in a 3-4 inch wide terminal cluster.

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.

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.

Poplar

Tulip-like flowers with yellow-green petals, an orange band at the base, and an orange center.

Purple Coneflower

Solitary dark pink to purple flowers with 8-21 drooping petals surrounding a purplish-brown center dome.

Purpledisc Sunflower

Clusters of large yellow flowers with a purple/brown center. The leaves are mostly at the base of the stem.

Queen Anne’s Lace

A lacy, flat-topped cluster of tiny white flowers that is 2-5 inches wide. The middle flower might be purple/maroon.

Sallow Sedge

Ornamental grass (sedge) with yellow-green seed heads that look like spiked corncobs.