Dense, dome-shaped clusters of pink to purple or white flowers.
Stems: Unbranched
Hollow Joe-Pye-Weed
Clusters of light purple to pink flowers on a stem with a white, waxy coating.
Large Yellow Vetch
Pea-shaped yellow to whitish flowers that are sometimes streaked with purple.
Maryland Senna
Bright yellow flowers with dark brown anthers. The compound leaves have 6-12 pairs of leaflets.
Narrowleaf Cattail
Cylindrical flower with female flowers below the male flowers on the stalk. There is a gap of 1/2 inch to several inches between the two sections of flowers.
Old Field Cinquefoil
Yellow flowers with five petals. The leaves are palmately divided (like fingers on a hand) into 5 leaflets. The largest leaflet is sharply toothed for more than half of its length. (Compare to running five-fingers, Potentilla canadensis, where the largest leaflet is toothed for less than half of its length.)
Slender Goldentop
Hundreds of small flower heads in large, branched clusters. The leaves are very narrow.
Smooth Rose-Mallow
White to pink funnel-shaped flowers with a maroon center. Each flower lasts for a day.
Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed
Clusters of 8-20 light purple to pink flowers on a dark purple stem.
Whorled Coreopsis
Clusters of bright yellow flowers with 8 petals. Leaves are opposite and divided into 3 leaflets, appearing to be 6 whorled leaves.