Plants – Page 18 – Quiet Nature

Sericea Lespedeza

White to pale yellow pea-shaped flowers with purple spots in the center. One to four flowers cluster in between the leaves.

Slender Blue Iris

Lavender to violet flowers with 3 small petals and 3 long sepals. The sepals have white patches that are tinged with yellow, and have dark veins.

Slender Goldentop

Hundreds of small flower heads in large, branched clusters. The leaves are very narrow.

Flower is white to pale pink. It has a tubular opening spreading into two lips, the lower lip having three lobes. Each flower has 2 purple anthers. The flowers are crowded in dense, branching, flat-topped heads.

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.

Small-headed Sunflower

Flowers have 5-8 yellow petals with a yellow center disk. The leaves have long stalks, are rough and opposite.

Small’s Ragwort

Bright yellow flowers in branching flat-topped clusters with 20 or more individual flowers.

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.