Georgia calamint in full bloom at the United States Botanic Garden, its small, fine-leaved branches covered in pale pink and white flowers. Photo: United States
Coastal plain palafox flowering in pine flatwoods at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Martin County, Florida. The long, curled styles give each head a lacy look.
Coastal plain honeycombhead, also called yellow buttons, at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Martin County, Florida. Each ray ends in three small teeth. Photo: Bob Peterson,
Tarflower in bloom in the scrub of Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, Florida. Photo: Dsandii, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Bejaria racemosa, known as
A lindenleaf rosemallow flower in South Florida. The petals stay cupped rather than opening flat, which is why the plant is also called sleepy hibiscus.
Seaside heliotrope in bloom at Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. The tiny white flowers open along paired, coiled stalks, and their yellow centers turn purple with age.
A flowering plant at Wekiwa Springs State Park, Florida. The forking, candelabra-like stem with small leafy bracts at each fork is characteristic of the species.
A lanceleaf blanketflower head in Bastrop County, Texas, with widely spaced, three-toothed rays that are red at the base and yellow at the tips around
Fragrant ladies’ tresses in bloom beside a blackwater stream in Croatan National Forest, North Carolina. Photo: bobistraveling, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Spiranthes odorata,
Rice button aster in bloom. The small heads open with yellow centers that turn reddish-purple as they age, so one branch often shows both colors.
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