Common Summer Wildflowers of Toronto
An Identification Guide
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1. Green flowers
- Narrow-leaved Cattail (Typha angustifolia)
- Common Plantain (Plantago major)
- Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)
- European Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
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2. White flowers (1)
- Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- Virginia Water-leaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
- Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
- Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris)
- White Heath Aster (Aster ericoides)
- Heart-leaved Aster (Aster cordifolius)
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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3. White flowers (2)
- Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
- Broad-leaved Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
- Cow-parsnip (Heracleum lanatum)
- White Clover (Trifolium repens)
- Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum)
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4. White flowers (3)
- White Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba)
- Field Penny-cress (Thlaspi arvense)
- Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)
- Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
- Boneset (Eupatrorium perfoliatum)
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5. Red/pink flowers (1)
- Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
- Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)
- Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
- Orange Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
- Purple Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
- Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
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6. Red/pink flowers (2)
- Butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
- Fleabanes (Erigeron spp.)
- Common Mallow (Malva neglecta)
- Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- Common Burdock (Arctium minus)
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7. Red/pink flowers (3)
- Herb robert (Geranium robertianum)
- Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
- Dog-strangling Vine (Asclepias nigrum)
- Swamp Rose (Rosa carolina)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- Hairy Beard-tongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
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8. Blue/purple flowers (1)
- Blue-flag (Iris virginica)
- New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
- Spotted Joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
- Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
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9. Blue/purple flowers (2)
- Purple Vetch (Vicia americana)
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
- Blueweed (Echium vulgare)
- Bitter Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
- Field Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)
- Blueweed (Echium vulgare)
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10. Yellow flowers (1)
- Common (Tall) Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
- Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- Black Mustard (Brassica nigra)
- Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
- Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
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11. Yellow flowers (2)
- Zig-zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
- Blue-stem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
- Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
- Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
- Common (Tall) Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
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12. Yellow flowers (3)
- Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
- Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
- Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsis)
- Bullhead Pond-lily (Nuphar variegata)
- Gray-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- Meadow Goat's-beard (Tragopodon pratensis)
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13. Yellow flowers (4)
- Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
- Agrimony (Agrimonia sp.)
- Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
- Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
- Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
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14. Yellow flowers (5)
- Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
- Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
- Meadow Goat's-beard (Tragopodon pratensis)
- Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
- Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
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