Tall ironweed in bloom. Loose clusters of bright purple heads top a slender stem lined with very narrow leaves, the trait behind its other common
Largeflower false rosemary in bloom at Juno Dunes Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida. Photo: Bob Peterson, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Conradina grandiflora,
Southern bayberry in March at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with fresh spring leaves above last year’s broad, dark green foliage and a cluster of catkins. Photo:
A dense stand of giant sword fern. Its fronds are much longer and broader than those of the familiar Boston fern. Photo: Mokkie, via Wikimedia
Coastal plain tickseed in bloom in a Mississippi pine savanna in October. The golden rays are toothed at the tips and surround a dark red-brown
Hairy chaffhead in full bloom in a pine flatwoods in Highlands County, Florida, November. Photo: Sterling Herron, via iNaturalist (CC0) Carphephorus paniculatus, the Hairy Chaffhead,
Hercules’ club in bloom at White Cliffs Natural Area, Little River County, Arkansas. Note the paired, reddish prickles on the twigs. Photo: Eric Hunt, via
A flowering stem of St. Andrew’s cross at Gillam Park, Little Rock Audubon Center, Arkansas. The four narrow petals of each flower form a slanted
Sawgrass prairie in Everglades National Park. This single sedge forms the matrix of the largest freshwater marsh in North America, with open sloughs threading between
A flowering stem in a grassy opening in Anson County, North Carolina. Photo: Becky Dill, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Penstemon laevigatus, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue, is
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