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.
Locations: Hatcher Creek Greenway
Field Pennycress
Tiny, white flowers in clusters. The seeds are flat, papery pods.
Giant Ironweed
Magenta flowers in a large, loose cluster at the end of the stem. Each flower head has 13-30 flowers. The leaves are up to 12 inches long, and are rough-hairy underneath.
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.
Hemp Dogbane
Clusters of pinkish-white bell-shaped flowers.
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.
Hop Clover
Half-inch yellow flower heads with 20-30 tiny, pea-shaped flowers.
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.
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.