Flowers range in color from blue-violet to pink-purple to lavender. They are star-shaped and have 5 white stamens. Flowers open one at a time.
Environments: Sun
Small’s Ragwort
Bright yellow flowers in branching flat-topped clusters with 20 or more individual flowers.
Smooth Rose-Mallow
White to pink funnel-shaped flowers with a maroon center. Each flower lasts for a day.
Sourwood Tree
White, bell-shaped flowers on a slender, 4-8 inch long panicle.
Southern Bluet
Solitary, tiny, four petaled white flowers
Southern Crownbeard
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.
Southern Magnolia
Tree with large, fragrant, creamy white flowers with 6-12 petals.
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.