Nodding yellow flowers with 5 unequal petals. The leaves are pale underneath and have a slightly unpleasant smell. There is a small brown spike-like nectar gland close to the lowest pair of leaflets. The fruit is a long, thin bean pod that is curved into a sickle shape.
Flower Colors: Yellow
Slender Goldenrod
Flowers in interrupted clusters on the end of the stem. This goldenrod has smooth leaves and stems. The individual flowers are large compared to other goldenrods.
Slender Goldentop
Hundreds of small flower heads in large, branched clusters. The leaves are very narrow.
Small-headed Sunflower
Flowers have 5-8 yellow petals with a yellow center disk. The leaves have long stalks, are rough and opposite.
Small’s Ragwort
Bright yellow flowers in branching flat-topped clusters with 20 or more individual flowers.
Smooth Ground-cherry
Yellow, funnel-shaped flowers with a slightly darker center. The stamens are blue. The plant leaves are large and are irregularly toothed. The leaves that surround the fruit look like a paper lantern.
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.
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 St. John’s-wort
Small, 5 petaled yellow flowers with tiny black spots. The leaves and stems also have tiny black spots.
Starry Rosinweed
Large, yellow, daisy-like flowers with 8-20 petals and a yellow center. The leaves can be alternate or opposite.