Each plant has a single flower. Each of the 5 petals is narrow toward the center and rounded at the tip. The center of the flower is flattened and surrounded by many stamens.
Locations: Hatcher Creek Greenway
Sallow Sedge
Ornamental grass (sedge) with yellow-green seed heads that look like spiked corncobs.
Scarlet Rose Mallow
There is one funnel-shaped flower per stalk. Flower petals are spoon-shaped and slightly creased.
Small Venus’ Looking Glass
Flowers range in color from blue-violet to pink-purple to lavender. They are star-shaped and have 5 white stamens. Flowers open one at a time.
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.
Spring Beauty
Star-shaped flowers with 5 petals that are white to pink with dark pink stripes.
Swamp Rose-Mallow
Funnel-shaped flowers are white to pink with a maroon throat.
Tiny Bluet
Flowers are blue-lavender and have a darker, red center.
Trumpet Creeper
Clusters of orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers with 5 flared lobes.
Violet
Purple flower (deep violet to lavender, sometimes white) with darker veins and white throats. There are 5 unequal petals. The lowest petal points backward and the 2 petals on the side are hairy.