Small bluish to lavender or white flowers in a cylinder-shaped head. The flower is tubular with a hooded upper lip. The lower lip is fringed and has 3 lobes.
Locations: Crabtree Creek Greenway
Hemp Dogbane
Clusters of pinkish-white bell-shaped flowers.
Ivyleaf Speedwell
Solitary pale blue to lavender flowers with four petals growing between the leaves. The shape of the leaves resembles an ivy leaf.
Japanese Mazus
Pale purple flowers with two lips. The lower lip is longer and has 3 lobes. It is white with yellow spots. The upper lip is darker purple.
Large Buttonweed
Single small, white, cross-shaped flowers in between leaves.
Longbristle Smartweed
Small pink flowers on spikes. Sometimes there is a gap between the lower flowers. There are long hairs where the leaf attaches to the stem, and at the base of the flowers.
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.
Maryland Meadow Beauty
Pink flowers that have 8 stamens with curved yellow anthers.
Maryland Senna
Bright yellow flowers with dark brown anthers. The compound leaves have 6-12 pairs of leaflets.