Flowering Plants of Ojibway
and Surrounding Areas
Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Spring
Light: Sun, partial shade
Water: Dry to moist soil
Field Marks: Orange, tubular flowers. Alternate, oblong leaves covered in tiny hairs.
Common Silverweed
Argentina anserina
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Spring
Light: Full shade
Water: Moist soil
Field Marks: Flowers with five yellow petals. Hairy, saw-toothed leaves.
Aniseroot
Osmorhiza longistylis
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Spring
Light: Shade
Water: Moist soil
Field Marks: Open clusters of small, white flowers. Biternate leaves.
Narrow-Leaved Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Spring and summer
Light: Sun, partial shade
Water: Wet to moist soil
Field Marks: Flowers with yellow centers and six blue-violet petals. Grass-like leaves.
Field Milkwort
Polygala sanguinea
Duration: Annual
Blooms: Summer
Light: Full sun
Water: Dry soil
Field Marks: Pink flowers at end of stem. Widely-spaced narrow leaves.
Seedbox
Ludwigia alternifolia
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Summer months
Light: Full to partial sun
Water: Wet to moist soil
Status: Critically imperilled in Canada
Field Marks: Flowers with four yellow petals. Lance-shaped leaves.
Round-Headed Bush-Clover
Lespedeza capitata
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Summer
Light: Sun
Water: Dry soil
Field Marks: Clusters of white flowers with a purple spot. Trifoliate leaves arranged alternatively.
White-Tubed Colicroot
Aletris farinosa
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Summer
Light: Sun
Water: Moist to dry soil
Status: Endangered in Canada
Field Marks: Urn-shaped flowers clustered on a leafless stalk. Densely whorled leaves at base of plant.
White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Autumn
Light: Full sun
Water: Dry soil
Status: Common in Canada
Field Marks: Composite flowerheads with white petals and yellow centers. Stalkless, narrow leaves.
Canadian Lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
Duration: Perennial
Blooms: Spring
Light: Full shade
Water: Moist soil
Field Marks: Whorled tubular yellow flowers. Long, soft, and hairy leaves arranged alternatively.