Conoclinium coelestinum
Mistflower grows to 3 feet high, but often lower, with leaves opposite, somewhat triangular in shape, and bluntly toothed. At the top of the plant the branches, with their short-stemmed clusters of flowers, form an almost flat top. Disc flowers are bright blue or violet, about 1/4 inch long. There are no ray flowers.Blue Mistflower […]
Cooperia drummondii
The fragrant, solitary, white flower of this showy, bulbous perennial, is six-petaled and terminal on a leafless, usually 12 in. stem. Opening in the evening, it lasts 2-4 days before turning pink and withering. Smooth, gray-green, grass-like leaves elongate after the flower has faded. Cooperia drummondii is quite similar to C. pedunculata, but slightly smaller […]
Cotinus obovatus
American smoketree is an upright, small tree or multi-trunked shrub, growing 15-30 ft. tall. Has a short trunk, open crown of spreading branches, resinous sap with a strong odor, and deep orange-yellow heartwood. Six to ten inch flower panicles develop long, red or purple, hairlike petioles that, in the crowded flower clusters, create a smoky […]
Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
Ageratina havanensis
Havana snakeroot or mistflower is a rounded shrub, 2-6 ft. tall, with many much-branched stems arising from the base. Leaf blades triangular to roughly ovate or narrower, up to 3 inches long, with 3 main veins; margins wavy to coarsely toothed, tip pointed, and the base broadly tapered to almost perpendicular. Opposite leaves hang from […]
Bouteloua curtipendula
Side-oats grama is a bunchy or sod-forming grass with 2-3 ft. stems in erect, wiry clumps. Purplish, oat-like spikelets uniformly line one side of the stem, bleaching to a tan color in the fall. The basal foliage often turns shades of purple and red in fall. This is a perennial warm season grass; clump forming. […]
Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluestem is a warm season, perennial bunchgrass with blue-green stems 4-8 ft. tall. The seedhead is usually branched into three parts and resembles a turkey’s foot. Fall color is maroonish-tan.Big Bluestem is the star component of the “Big Four” native grass species that characterize the tallgrass prairies of central North America (the other three […]
Amorpha fruticosa
False indigo-bush is a 6-12 ft., loose, airy shrub which often forms dense thickets. Plants develop a leggy character with the majority of their pinnately compound, fine-textured foliage on the upper third of the plant. Leaflets velvety on the lower surface, margins frequently almost parallel, often abruptly rounded at both ends and with a notch […]