Content tagged with "Wildflowers, Grasses and Other Nonwoody Plants"

You can tell by the name that this plant is commonly confused with "true" Solomon's seal, but once you learn to notice the big differences between the flower types and placement, the color of the berries and some characteristics of the leaves, you won't be fooled. In fact, you might even feel that you possess the wisdom of, well, Solomon!

The dense, cylindrical flower clusters are pink to white and, at first glance, look something like a clover head. But clovers are in the pea family, and milkwort is in the milkwort family!

A true lettuce that can be eaten as a cooked or salad green, Florida lettuce has lavender to purplish blue flowers and grows statewide.

Because each plant disperses a large number of seeds, garlic mustard can outcompete native vegetation for light, moisture, nutrients, soil and space as it quickly colonizes an area.