Autumn Wildflower Seedheads and Fruits of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
Presented by The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
Thumbnails of some autumn seed-heads and fruits that you may encounter on a visit - September 1st to Mid-October. This page includes both the Upland and Woodland Gardens. Alternate common names for plant are shown in ( ), woody plants designated by "*". Timing of bloom will vary with each year's weather pattern.
Plant names with web links lead to a separate page of plant information and photos on that plant.
Images are arranged by color categories and then by scientific name with color.
Download printable PDF File in Scientific Name Order within Color. Pages 11 high x 8.5 inches wide, 5 pages, 20 images per page. Low resolution 715kb. - - - Hi resolution 5.4mb. Best for printing.
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea rubra
Tall Thimbleweed
before capsule burst
Anemone cylindrica &
Anemone virginiana
Tall Thimbleweed
after capsule burst
Anemone cylindrica &
Anemone virginiana
(Common Dogbane)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
(AKA American Dogbane)
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias exaltata
Summer Green Pod - seed pappus is white.
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias verticillata
Chamerion angustifolium
Symphoricarpos albus
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
(Graybark Dogwood)
Cornus racemosa
Cornus sericea
(American Bittersweet)
Early fall
Celastrus scandens
Tall Thimbleweed
before capsule burst
Anemone cylindrica &
Anemone virginiana
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Clematis virginiana
Michigan Lily
Lilium superbum and Lilium michiganense
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Canada Ticktrefoil)
Desmodium canadense
(3 to 5 pod segments)
Desmodium glutinosum
(only 2 or 3 pod segments)
Physalis heterophylla
Staphylea trifolia
(Canada Ticktrefoil)
Desmodium canadense
Viburnum dentatum
Caulophyllum thalictroides
(Alternate-leaf Dogwood)
Cornus alternifolia
(Pale Dogwood)
Cornus amomum
(Cornus obliqua)
Juniperus virginiana
(AKA Grape Woodbine)
Parthenocissus vitacea
(Smooth Solomon's Seal)
Polygonatum biflorum
Smilax ecirrhata & Smilax lasioneura
Deep blue - almost black
Viburnum lentago
Deep blue - almost black
Vitis riparia
Aralia racemosa
Prunus serotina
Prunus virginiana
(American Black Elderberry)
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
Actaea rubra
Arisaema triphyllum
Asparagus officinalis
(AKA Water Arum)
Calla palustris
(American Bittersweet)
Late fall
Celastrus scandens
Crataegus chrysocarpa
Euonymus atropurpureus
Hydrastis canadensis
(Black Alder)
Ilex verticillata
Lonicera dioica
(Photo Emmett J. Judziewicz, Wisconsin Flora)
Lonicera tatarica
(Photo ©Robert W. Freckmann, Wis. Flora.)
(Feathery False Lily of the Valley)
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum stellatum
Mitchella repens. Photo ©Merel R. Black, Wisconsin Flora
Prunus pensylvanica
Rhus aromatica
Rhus glabra
Rhus hirta
6 species - information sheet for details
Solanum dulcamara
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
(American Cranberrybush)
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Viburnum opulus var. opulus
Zanthoxylum americanum
Triosteum perfoliatum
Amorpha canescens
Andropogon gerardii
Arctium minus
Astragalus canadensis
Cirsium discolor
Comptonia peregrina
Dioscorea villosa
Spotted Joe-Pye similar
Eupatorium purpureum
Gymnocladus dioicus
Heracleum maximum
(AKA Round-headed Lespedeza)
Lespedeza capitata
Oenothera biennis
(Ironwood)
Ostrya virginiana
(Common Ninebark)
Physocarpus opulifolius
Rumex crispus
Sorghastrum nutans
Strophostyles helvola
Typha latifolia
late fall seed dispersal
Liatris pilosa
(New England Blazing Star)
Liatris scariosa . var. novae-angliae
(Autumn Onion)
Allium stellatum
Allium tricoccum
Aronia melanocarpa
(Photinia melanocarpa)
(Wild White Indigo)
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
(Blue Wild Indigo)
Baptisia australis
Belamcanda chinensis
Rhamnus frangula
Rhamnus cathartica
Rubus allegheniensis
Solanum nigrum
