Half-inch yellow flower heads with 20-30 tiny, pea-shaped flowers.
Locations: Hatcher Creek Greenway
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.
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Yellow-orange flowers with toothed petals, often growing in clumps. The leaves are linear with 1-2 lobes.
Large Buttonweed
Single small, white, cross-shaped flowers in between leaves.
Late-flowering Boneset
Spreading cluster of small white flowers. Leaves are long, drooping and sharply toothed.
Leatherleaf Mahonia
3-6 inch spikes of yellow flowers. The leaves resemble holly leaves. There are 9-13 large leaflets, making the entire leaf 1-2 feet long. Fruit is a blue berry.
Lizard’s-tail
White flowers in a tightly-packed spike that bends over at the end. The flower spike is 2-14 inches long. The leaves have a heart-shaped base.
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.