A blooming mound of Desert Zinnia after seasonal rain, near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Photo: Alex Abair / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Desert Zinnia
New Mexico yucca rosettes on a rocky Oklahoma panhandle mesa, with a flower stalk just emerging. Photo: Rebou, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Yucca harrimaniae
A mature beaked yucca shows the species’ signature pom-pom crown and shaggy, thatched trunk, with a spent flower spike above the leaves. Photo: Bigmacthealmanac, Wikimedia
A narrowleaf yucca rosette on the slickrock of Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah. Photo: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0) Yucca angustissima, the Narrowleaf
Walter’s violet in bloom, Jessamine Creek Gorge, Kentucky. Photo: Mason Brock (Public domain) Viola walteri, commonly called Walter’s Violet or Prostrate Blue Violet, is a
Flower racemes and pinnately compound leaves of Kentucky wisteria in cultivation. Photo: Jaknouse (CC BY-SA 3.0) Wisteria macrostachya, commonly known as Kentucky Wisteria, is a
Walter’s Viburnum flowering in Hillsborough River State Park, Florida. Photo: Homer Edward Price, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Viburnum obovatum, commonly known as Walter’s Viburnum
Goosefoot Violet growing at about 10,500 feet on the Gilpin Lake Trail, Routt National Forest, Colorado. Photo: brewbooks, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Viola purpurea,
Wingstem’s late-summer flower clusters, with their characteristically ragged, downward-curling ray florets. Photo: Melissa McMasters / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Verbesina alternifolia, commonly called Wingstem
A wild rabbiteye blueberry flowering in Boyle Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. Photo: Eric Hunt / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Vaccinium virgatum (long known by
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