Flowers: fall

Field Guide Home

You Searched:

Search found 25 items

Photo of autumn sneezeweed flowerheads, closeup.

Autumn Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Photo of black mustard flower cluster

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Edible

Photo of bushy clump of brown-eyed Susan plants.

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Photo of buffalo bur flower and leaves.

Buffalo Bur (Kansas Thistle)

Solanum rostratum

Poisonous

Photo of Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

Carolina False Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Edible

Common dandelion flower head viewed from above

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Edible

Photo of common evening primrose, closeup of flowers.

Common Evening Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Edible

Photo of common violet

Common Violet

Viola sororia

Edible

Photo of common water hemlock or spotted cowbane flowers

Common Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Poisonous

Photo of elephant's foot closeup of flowers

Elephant's Foot

Elephantopus carolinianus

Photo of several big bluestem seed heads against a blue sky.

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of hedge parsley flower clusters

Hedge Parsley

Torilis arvensis

Photo of a clump of hydrilla held in a hand

Hydrilla

Hydrilla verticillata

Invasive

Photo of a large-flowered gaura inflorescence

Large-Flowered Gaura

Oenothera filiformis (formerly Gaura longiflora, G. biennis)

Photo of moth mullein flowers

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Photo of southern naiad aquatic plant with a penny for scale

Naiads (Water Nymphs; Waterweeds)

Najas spp.

Closeup of single flowerhead of a New World aster with yellow disk florets and lavender ray florets

New World Asters (American Asters)

Symphyotrichum spp. (formerly Aster spp.)

Photo of pale Indian plantain flower clusters.

Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (also Cacalia atriplicifolia)

Photo of a prairie dock flowerhead

Prairie Dock (Prairie Rosinweed)

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Photo of purple-headed sneezeweed flowerhead showing round, purplish disk.

Purple-Headed Sneezeweed

Helenium flexuosum

Photo of many blooming ashy sunflower plants, showing gray-green leaves.

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of tall thistle plants with flowers

Tall Thistle

Cirsium altissimum

Edible

Photo of cut-leaved teasel showing flowerhead and joined, cuplike leaves.

Teasels

Dipsacus fullonum and D. laciniatus

Invasive

Photo of water milfoil plants along the shore of a pond

Water Milfoils

Myriophyllum spp.

Photo of white avens flower and upper stem leaves.

White Avens (Red Root)

Geum canadense