Purple flowers in 6-12 inch spikes, blooming from the top to the bottom.
Petals: Other
False Nettle
Clusters of tiny green or greenish-white flowers growing in spikes between leaves.
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.
Hollow Joe-Pye-Weed
Clusters of light purple to pink flowers on a stem with a white, waxy coating.
Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
5- 10 inch wide clusters of white flowers at the branch tips. Leaves are narrow and linear.
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.
Late-flowering Boneset
Spreading cluster of small white flowers. Leaves are long, drooping and sharply toothed.
Little Brown Jug
Jug-shaped flowers growing at the base of the plant, often under the heart-shaped leaves.