The true flower is the small green center. It is surrounded by 4 white, petal-like, 2 inch long bracts that are notched at the ends. These white bracts are commonly mistaken for the actual flowers.
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Downy Beardtongue
Flowers are pink on the outside, white on the inside, and have 2 lips. The upper lip has 2 lobes and is shorter than the lower lip with 3 lobes.
Downy Lobelia
Purple tubular flowers often growing on one side of a spike. The upper lip has two lobes, the lower lip has three lobes and white markings.
Drummond’s St. John’s-wort
Yellow pinwheel-shaped flowers with needle-like leaves.
Dwarf St. John’s-wort
Flowers are in branching clusters at the end of the stem.
Early Goldenrod
Flowers are mostly on one side of the stem. The rays around the center disk are unevenly spaced and do not open at the same time. It is one of the earliest blooming goldenrods, beginning in July.
Eastern Redbud
Clusters of pink to red or purple pea-shaped flowers blooming before the leaves. Flowers grow right on the stems of new and old branches.
Elderberry
Dense clusters of small white flowers.
European Field Pansy
The flower has 5 white to pale yellow petals (sometimes light purple). The lower petal is the largest and has a darker yellow patch.
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.