Autumn flower thumbnails of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

Autumn Wildflowers

of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

"The blooming plants seem to have saved up a great deal of surplus vitality
for the grande finale as tho to compensate for the bleak season ahead".
Martha Crone

Thumbnails of some of the autumn flowering plants that you may encounter on a visit between Sept 1st and mid-October. Not all will be in bloom during this entire period of time; some are just ending their late summer bloom in early September. See the separate page of thumbnails of autumn seeds and fruits that you may see during this time period. Alternate common names for plant are shown in ( ), woody plants designated by "*".
Plant names with web links lead to a separate page of plant information and photos on that plant.

Photo credits page..............................................Printable PDF File

Erigeron strigosus

Leaf- few teeth, not clasping, stem hair close to stem

Amphicarpaea bracteata

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Thin-leaved Coneflower
(leaf)

Gentiana clausa and Gentiana andrewsii

Gentiana puberulenta

Lobelia siphilitica

Scutellaria lateriflora

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Stem stout, hairy, reddish purple, leaves clasp stem

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense

Leaves stiff, thick, lower stalked with wings, upper stalkless

Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve

Leaves narrow, 5x longer than wide, stalkless or clasping

Myosotis scorpioides

Leaves pale green, silky, silver tint, smooth edges

Epilobium coloratum

Liatris cylindracea

Liatris pycnostachya

Liatris scariosa . var. novae-angliae

Vernonia fasciculata

New England Aster - purple flower

New England Aster - rose flower

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Leaves oblong, no teeth, clasp stem strongly

Agastache scrophulariifolia

Centaurea biebersteinii

Eupatoriadelphus maculatus

Stem is purple or purple spotted

Greenish stem, purple only at stem nodes

Euphorbia cyathophora

Lobelia cardinalis

Asclepias tuberosa

Typha angustifolia


Arrow-leaved Tearthumb	Black Nightshade	Boneset	Boneset - leaf	Burnweed
Polygonum sagittatum	Solanum nigrum	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Leaf- surrounds stem	Erechtites hieracifolia


Chicory - white flower type	Dotted Smartweed	Enchanter’s Nightshade (Broadleaf Enc’ Nightshade)	Flowering Spurge	Flowering Spurge - leaves
Cichorium intybus	Polygonum punctatum	Circaea lutetiana	Euphorbia corollata	Main stem unbranched, many flowering branches above the upper stem whorl


Daisy Fleabane (Eastern Daisy Fleabane)	Daisy Fleabane (Eastern Daisy Fleabane)	Flat-topped Aster	Large-leaved Aster (Bigleaf Aster)	Large-leaved Aster (Bigleaf Aster)
Erigeron annuus	Leaf toothed, not clasping, stem hair standing out	Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens	Eurybia macrophylla	Basal leaves large, broadly oval, long stalked, heart shape bases


Lesser Dai sy Fleabane	Lesser Dai sy Fleabane	Hog Peanut	Northern Bugleweed	Plain Gentian (Yellowish Gentian)
Erigeron strigosus	Leaf- few teeth, not clasping, stem hair close to stem	Amphicarpaea bracteata	Lycopus uniflorus	Gentiana alba


Philadelphia Fleabane (Common Fleabane)	Philadelphia Fleabane (Common Fleabane)	Round-headed Bushclover (Round-headed Lespedeza)	Side-flowering Aster (Calico Aster)	Side-flowering Aster -leaf (Calico Aster)
Erigeron philadelphicus	Upper leaves clasping stem, stem hairy.	Lespedeza capitata	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum	Leaves oval to rounded, upper mostly stalkless, lower stalked, few sharp teeth


Turtlehead (White Turtlehead)	Virgin's Bower	Virginia Stickseed (Beggar's Lice)	White Arrowleaf Aster	White Arrowleaf Aster - leaf
Chelone glabra	Clematis virginiana	Hackelia virginiana	Symphyotrichum urophyllum	Middle leaves arrow shape base. Lower - heart shape base, often winged stalks


White Heath Aster (Many-flowered Aster)	White Heath Aster (Many-flowered Aster)	White Panicle Aster	White Wood Aster	White Wood Aster -leaf
Symphyotrichum ericoides	Leaves small, narrow .5 to 1.5" long, rough edges	Symphyotrichum lanceolatum	Eurybia divaricata	Large, toothed, long stalk, heart base. Flowers in branched cluster.


White Snakeroot	Nodding Wild Onion	Wild Onion (Autumn Onion)	White Sagebrush (Prairie Sage)	Black-eyed Susan
Ageratina altissima	Allium cernuum	Allium stellatum	Artemisia ludoviciana	Rudbeckia hirta


Bur Marigold (Beggar-ticks)	Butter and Eggs	Canadian Hawkweed (Yellow Hawkweed)	Canadian Hawkweed (Yellow Hawkweed)	Common Evening Primrose
Bidens cernua	Linaria vulgaris	Hieracium canadense	Flowers- long stalked heads in loose branched clusters. Leaves -a few sharp teeth	Oenothera biennis


Elm-leaved Goldenrod	Compass Plant	Devil's Beggartick	Canada Goldenrod	Grass-leaved Goldenrod
Solidago ulmifolia	Silphium laciniatum	Bidens frondosa	Solidago canadensis	Euthamia graminifolia


Gray Goldenrod (Old Field Goldenrod)	Late Goldenrod (Giant Goldenrod)	Showy Goldenrod	Stiff Goldenrod	Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis	Solidago gigantea	Solidago speciosa	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	Solidago flexicaulis


Green-headed Coneflower (Goldenglow)	Green-headed Coneflower (Goldenglow)	Gray-headed Coneflower	Gray-headed Coneflower	Narrowleaf Hawksbeard
Rudbeckia laciniata	lower leaves are pinnately divided into wide lobed leaflets	Ratibida pinnata	larger lower leaves are pinnately divided into 3 to 7 narrow leaflets	Crepis tectorum


Jerusalem Artichoke	Jerusalem Artichoke - leaf	Pale Touch-me-not (Pale Jewelweed)	Paleleaf Woodland Sunflower	Partridge Pea
Helianthus tuberosus	Stout plant. Leaves - upper 2/3rds alternate, rough on top with long winged stalks	Impatiens pallida	Helianthus strumosus	Chamaecrista fasciculata


Prairie Dock (Prairie Rosinweed)	Prairie Dock - leaf	Smooth Oxeye	Smooth Oxeye	Spotted Touch-me-not (Spotted Jewelweed)
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Large arrow-shape basal leaves only. Very tall stems	Heliopsis helianthoides	Flowers from axils of stalked toothed leaves	Impatiens capensis


Common St. Johnswort	Stiff-haired Sunflower (Hairy Sunflower)	Stiff-haired Sunflower (Hairy Sunflower)	Wild Lettuce	Wild Lettuce -stem & leaves
Hypericum perforatum	Helianthus hirsutus	Leaves opposite, rounded bases on very short stalks. Flowers few & on thick stalks	Lactuca canadensis	Leaves vary from entire, toothed, to pinnately divided, but edges NOT spiny


Witch Hazel*	Canadian Clearweed	Common Ragweed	Thin-leaved Coneflower (Brown-eyed Susan)	Thin-leaved Coneflower (leaf)
Hamamelis virginiana	Pilea pumila	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Rudbeckia triloba	Rudbeckia triloba


Garlic Mustard	Stinging Nettle (California Nettle)	Blue Vervain (Swamp Vervain)	Bottle Gentian (Closed Gentian)	Chicory - blue flower type
Alliaria petiolata	Urtica dioica	Verbena hastata	Gentiana clausa and Gentiana andrewsii	Cichorium intybus


Downy Gentian	Great Blue Lobelia (Blue Cardinal Flower)	Heart-leaved Aster (Common Blue Wood Aster)	Hoary Vervain	Mad-dog Skullcap
Gentiana puberulenta	Lobelia siphilitica	Symphyotrichum cordifolium	Verbena stricta	Scutellaria lateriflora


Redstem Aster (Purple-stemmed Aster)	Redstem Aster (Purple-stemmed Aster)	Sky Blue Aster (Azure Aster)	Sky Blue Aster (Azure Aster)	Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum puniceum	Stem stout, hairy, reddish purple, leaves clasp stem	Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense	Leaves stiff, thick, lower stalked with wings, upper stalkless	Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve


Smooth Blue Aster	True Forget-me-not	Western Silver Aster (Silky Aster)	Silky Aster (Western Silver Aster)	Climbing Nightshade (Bittersweet Nightshade)
Leaves narrow, 5x longer than wide, stalkless or clasping	Myosotis scorpioides	Symphyotrichum sericeum	Leaves pale green, silky, silver tint, smooth edges	Solanum dulcamara


European Bellflower (Rampion Bellflower)	Willowherb	Dense Blazing Star (Spiked Blazing Star)	Large-headed Blazing Star (Rocky Mt. Blazing Star)	Ontario Blazing Star (Cylindrical Blazing Star
Campanula rapunculoides	Epilobium coloratum	Liatris spicata	Liatris ligulistylis	Liatris cylindracea


Prairie Blazing Star	Rough Blazing Star (Rough Gayfeather)	Northern Blazing Star (New England Blazing Star)	Shaggy Blazing Star	Ironweed (Prairie Ironweed)
Liatris pycnostachya	Liatris aspera	Liatris scariosa . var. novae-angliae	Liatris pilosa	Vernonia fasciculata


Lesser Burdock	New England Aster - purple flower	New England Aster - rose flower	New England Aster	Pale Purple Coneflower
Arctium minus	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Leaves oblong, no teeth, clasp stem strongly	Echinacea pallida


Purple Coneflower (Eastern Purple Coneflower)	Purple Giant Hyssop	Swamp Beggartick (Purple-stem Beggartick)	White Rattlesnake Root	Wild Bergamot
Echinacea purpurea	Agastache scrophulariifolia	Bidens connata	Prenanthes alba	Monarda fistulosa


Grecian Foxglove	Groundnut (Wild Bean)	Live Forever (Witch's Moneybags)	Red Turtlehead	Spotted Knapweed
Digitalis lanata	Apios americana	Hylotelephium telephium	Chelone obliqua	Centaurea biebersteinii


Spotted Joe-Pye Weed	Spotted Joe-Pye Weed	Sweet Scented Joe-Pye Weed	Sweet Scented Joe-Pye Weed	Wild Poinsettia
Eupatoriadelphus maculatus	Stem is purple or purple spotted	Eupatorium purpureum	Greenish stem, purple only at stem nodes	Euphorbia cyathophora


Cardinal Flower	Butterfly Weed (Butterfly Milkweed)	Common Cattail	Narrow-leaved Cattail	Curly Dock
Lobelia cardinalis	Asclepias tuberosa	Typha latifolia	Typha angustifolia	Rumex crispus


©2013 Friends of the Wild Flower Garden, Inc. All photos are the property of Friends unless otherwise credited on the Photo Credit Listing. Re-use prohibited without permission. www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org 042013

Autumn Wildflowers of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
"The blooming plants seem to have saved up a great deal of surplus vitality for the grande finale as tho to compensate for the bleak season ahead". Martha Crone
Thumbnails of some of the autumn flowering plants that you may encounter on a visit between Sept 1st and mid-October. Not all will be in bloom during this entire period of time; some are just ending their late summer bloom in early September. See the separate page of thumbnails of autumn seeds and fruits that you may see during this time period. Alternate common names for plant are shown in ( ), woody plants designated by "*". Plant names with web links lead to a separate page of plant information and photos on that plant. Photo credits page..............................................Printable PDF File