Solitary white flowers with 6-18 petals surrounding a yellow center. Each plant has only one flower and one leaf. The leaf folds around the flower stalk.
Environments: Shade
Camellia
Evergreen shrub with large flowers that bloom in the late fall to early spring.
Clematis virginiana
A vine covered in white, cross-shaped flowers. Fruit is a cluster with feather-like tails.
Dimpled Trout Lily
Single, yellow, lily-shaped flowers with purple spotting. The leaves have purple, brown and green splotches.
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.
Jack in the Pulpit
There are one to two leaves, each divided into 3 large leaflets, creating an umbrella for the flower. Under the leaves is the pulpit, which is a green, hooded cover surrounding the flower spike (or jack). The tiny flowers are hiding inside the pulpit and they are clustered on a green or yellow spike. The flower size mentioned here is the jack size.
Leatherleaf Mahonia
3-6 inch spikes of yellow flowers. The leaves resemble holly leaves. There are 9-13 large leaflets, making the entire leaf 1-2 feet long. Fruit is a blue berry.
Lyreleaf Sage
Lavender to white flowers circling the stem. The flowers have 2 lips. The upper lip is shorter than the lower lip. Basal leaves have a lyre shape.
Marsh Dewflower
Small, light purple or pink 3 petaled flower growing in between the leaves.
May-Apple
Solitary white flower in the axil of a pair of umbrella-like leaves. The leaves are about 12 inches long and 12 inches wide.