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.
Sericea Lespedeza
White to pale yellow pea-shaped flowers with purple spots in the center. One to four flowers cluster in between the leaves.
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.
Smooth Ground-cherry
Yellow, funnel-shaped flowers with a slightly darker center. The stamens are blue. The plant leaves are large and are irregularly toothed. The leaves that surround the fruit look like a paper lantern.
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.
Spotted St. John’s-wort
Small, 5 petaled yellow flowers with tiny black spots. The leaves and stems also have tiny black spots.
Spring Beauty
Star-shaped flowers with 5 petals that are white to pink with dark pink stripes.
Strawberry Bush
Flat, greenish-white star-shaped flowers. The flowers form spiky fruits that start off green and round. The mature red fruit splits open and displays red seeds.