Palm sedge growing along Meadow Lake at the Morton Arboretum, Illinois. Photo: Jay Sturner (CC BY 2.0) Carex muskingumensis, commonly called Palm Sedge or Muskingum
Wild calla flowering in its natural marsh habitat, Quebec. Photo: Gilles Ayotte, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Calla palustris, commonly called wild calla or water
Bog birch growing low and wide in open rocky habitat, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. Photo: Ryan Hodnett, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Betula pumila,
Anacacho orchid tree foliage and seed pods, San Antonio Botanical Garden. Photo: Macdon, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Bauhinia lunarioides (also sold as Bauhinia congesta),
Western Wild Ginger’s paired heart-shaped leaves, with its unusual maroon flower hidden at ground level. Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Asarum
Flame Acanthus in bloom, showing its loose, wand-like branching and scattered tubular flowers. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Anisacanthus quadrifidus
American Groundnut’s dense raceme of dusky maroon-red flowers, twining up a shrub for support. Photo: Douglas Goldman / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Apios americana,
A stand of sand bluestem showing its tall, silvery-blue stems and fluffy, wind-dispersed seed heads. Photo: Justin Meissen, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Andropogon hallii,
A climbing aster shrub in full fall bloom, its arching canes covered in lavender-pink flowers. Photo: Everglades NPS, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Ampelaster carolinianus, commonly
Arkansas blue star in spring bloom, its clusters of pale blue star-shaped flowers held above a mound of threadlike foliage. Photo: peganum, Wikimedia Commons (CC
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