Clusters of tiny green or greenish-white flowers growing in spikes between leaves.
Locations: Hatcher Creek Greenway
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.
Field Pennycress
Tiny, white flowers in clusters. The seeds are flat, papery pods.
Giant Goldenrod
Flowers in tall spreading branches at the top of the stem.
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.
Hackberry-leaf Goldenrod
Flowers in a long, arching branch, on one side of the stem. The leaves have a rounded base (ovate). The leaves of Solidago rugosa var. aspera have leaves with a pointed base (elliptical).
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.