ENPS Plant Database

The common name of this Alexanders comes from the heart-shaped leaves at the base of its stem. It has bright yellow flowers in a flat-topped cluster.

A herbaceous native perennial that displays clusters of purple blossoms through summer into fall.

June grass is a compact, cool-season bunchgrass with fine, bright green leaves and striking, feathery flower heads.

Rare in the Edmonton area.

If left to stand, the snow-covered stalks and seed heads form interesting shapes in the winter landscape.

The common name of pussy-toes comes from the tiny, soft, fuzzy flower clusters, which resemble a kitten's paw. An alternative name, everlasting, refers to the papery fruiting heads which persist for much of the summer.

Low goldenrod is rare within Edmonton, but it can readily be seen in natural areas outside the city limits.

All arnicas are poisonous.

A late bloomer, the brilliant flowerstalks bloom from the top down and are a favorite with insects and birds.

Related to wild chives, Nodding Onion is edible with a strong flavour.

An aster-like flower that produces a profuse and showy mid-spring to early summer bloom of daisy-like blooms.

Only female plants of rosy pussytoes exist in Alberta and these form seed by self-fertilization.