Locations: Hatcher Creek Greenway

Early Goldenrod

Flowers are mostly on one side of the stem. The rays around the center disk are unevenly spaced and do not open at the same time. It is one of the earliest blooming goldenrods, beginning in July.

Eastern Oxeye

Yellow flower petals have slightly notched tips. The flower has a brownish-yellow center cone.

Evening Primrose

Cross-shaped flower with pale yellow, heart-shaped petals. The flower opens in the evening and closes during the heat of the day.

Field Pansy

Solitary flowers with pale to medium blue-violet petals with dark purple lines. Petals are unequal. The lowest petal is the largest and has a yellow patch close to the center of the flower. The two side petals have white hairs near the throat.

Gray’s Sedge

Ornamental grass (sedge) with green seed heads that look like spiked clubs.

Heartleaf Pickerelweed

Bright lavender-blue tubular flowers in a dense spike up to 5 inches long. Flowers bloom from the bottom up.

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.