(Typha angustifolia)
Description:
Habitat: Marsh edges and shallows. Prefers lime-rich mineral soils.
Height: 2 m
Flowering: July
Common Summer Wildflowers of Toronto
- Green flowers
- Narrow-leaved Cattail(Typha angustifolia)
- Common Plantain
(Plantago major)
Description:
Habitat: Dry, sunny sites, especially gardens, roadsides, disturbed sites.
Height: 30 cm
Flowering: July - August
- Riverbank Grape
(Vitis riparia)
Description:
Habitat: Edge habitats, especially moist areas such as stream banks.
Width: 10 m
Flowering: June - August
- American Stinging Nettle
Habitat: Prefers shady, moist habitats such as along woodland trails, on forest edge.
Height: 1.5 m
Flowering: June
- Narrow-leaved Cattail
- White flowers (1)
- Canada Anemone
(Anemone canadensis)
Description:
Habitat: Prefer moist, open sites, but will grow in partial shade.
Height: 30 cm
Flowering: June - July
- Virginia Water-leaf
(Hydrophyllum virginianum)
Description:
Habitat: Deciduous woodland understorey.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: May - June
- Ox-eye Daisy
(Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Description:
Habitat: Open sunny habitats, especially dry meadows, abandoned fields, roadsides.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - September
- Bladder Campion
(Silene vulgaris)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially abandoned fields, roadsides.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - August
- White Heath Aster
Habitat: Old field, dry meadow.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: August - September
- Heart-leaved Aster
Habitat:
Height: 1 m
Flowering: August - September
- Common Yarrow
(Achillea millefolium)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny areas. Poor soils.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: July - August
- Canada Anemone
- White flowers (2)
- Common Reed
Habitat: Marshes, swales.
Height: 3 m
Flowering: July - September
- Common Arrowhead
(Sagittaria latifolia)
Habitat: Water up to about 50 cm. deep, especially marshes, ponds, slow-moving rivers.
Height: 80 cm
Flowering: June
- Cow-parsnip
Description:
Habitat: Wet areas, particularly edges of marsh, streams.
Height: 2 m
Flowering: June - July
- White Clover
(Trifolium repens)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially fields, roadsides. Grown as crop.
Height: 25 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Alsike Clover
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially fields, roadsides. Grown as crop.
Height: 25 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Common Reed
- White flowers (3)
- White Sweet Clover
(Melilotus alba)
Habitat:
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - October
- Field Penny-cress
(Thlaspi arvense)
Description:
Habitat: Dry, sunny habitats, especially roadsides, waste lands.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Queen Anne's Lace
(Daucus carota)
Description:
Habitat: Dry meadows, roadsides, abandoned, disturbed land.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July - September
- Turtlehead
(Chelone glabra)
Description:
Habitat: Wet areas, particularly marshes and streambanks in open woodland.
Height: 2 m
Flowering: August - October
- Boneset
(Eupatrorium perfoliatum)
Habitat: Wet meadows.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July - October
- White Sweet Clover
- Red/pink flowers (1)
- Himalayan Balsam
(Impatiens glandulifera)
Habitat: Wet meadows, swamps.
Height: 2 m.
Flowering: July - June
- Bouncing Bet
Habitat: Fields, meadows, roadsides.
Height: 1 m.
Flowering: July
- Wild Teasel
(Dipsacus fullonum)
Description:
Habitat: Roadsides, old fields.
Height: 2 m.
- Orange Day-lily
(Hemerocallis fulva)
Description:
Habitat: Dry, sunny sites, especially gardens, roadsides, disturbed sites.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - August
- Purple Flowering Raspberry
(Rubus odoratus)
Description:
Habitat: Moist woodlands.
Height: 1 m
Width: 2 m
Flowering: July
- Red Clover
(Trifolium pratense)
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially fields, roadsides. Grown as crop.
Height: 25 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Himalayan Balsam
- Red/pink flowers (2)
- Butterfly-weed
(Asclepias tuberosa)
Habitat: Prairie, dry meadow.
Height: 80 cm
Flowering: July - August
- Spotted JewelweedSpotted Touch-me-not
(Impatiens capensis)
Description:
Habitat: Open woodland, moist sites such as streamsides.
Height: 1.5 m
Flowering: August - September
- Common Mallow
Habitat: Dry, sunny sites, especially gardens, roadsides, disturbed sites.
Height: 35 cm
Flowering: June
- Field Bindweed
(Convolvulus arvensis)
Description:
Habitat: Dry meadows, woodland edges, streamside.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - August
- Common Burdock
(Arctium minus)
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats especially roadsides, abandoned land.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July
- Butterfly-weed
- Red/pink flowers (3)
- Herb robert
(Geranium robertianum)
Habitat: Open woodlands, shady areas.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: June - September
- Dame's Rocket
(Hesperis matronalis)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny areas, but will tolerate light shade and can be found in woodlands.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: May - July
- Swamp Rose
Description:
Habitat: Prefers dry, poor soils. Forest edge.
Height: 2 m
Flowering: June
- Wild Bergamot
(Monarda fistulosa)
Description:
Habitat: Prairie, meadows.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July - August
- Common Milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny sites, particularly disturbed land, roadsides, old fields.
Height: 1.5 m
Flowering: June - August
- Hairy Beard-tongue
(Penstemon hirsutus)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially dry meadows.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Herb robert
- Blue/purple flowers (1)
- Southern Blue-flag
Description:
Habitat: Wet areas, particularly wet meadows, marshes, along the edges of streams and ponds.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: June
- New England Aster
(Aster novae-angliae)
Description:
Habitat: Open ground, meadows, but prefers moist areas.
Height: 1.5 m
Flowering: August - September
- Spotted Joe-pye-weed
(Eupatorium maculatum)
Habitat: Moist sites, especially marshes, swamps, wet meadows.
Height: 1.75 m
Flowering: July - September
- Purple Loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria)
Habitat: Wetlands, particularly pond edges.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July - August
- Wild Lupine
(Lupinus perennis)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny areas, particularly sandy soils.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - July
- Ground Ivy
(Glechoma hederacea)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as old meadows, dry woodland, roadsides.
Height: 5 cm
Flowering: May - July
- Southern Blue-flag
- Blue/purple flowers (2)
- Purple Vetch
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as meadows, roadside, forest edge.
Width: 3 m
Flowering: June - August
- Chicory
(Cichorium intybus)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially dry meadow, roadsides, waste areas.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - July
- Viper's BuglossBlueweed
(Echium vulgare)
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially dry meadow, roadsides, waste areas.
Height: 75 cm
Flowering: June - July
- Bittersweet Nightshade
(Solanum dulcamara)
Description:
Habitat: Moist, shady sites such as woodland edges.
Height: 75 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Forget-me-not
(Myosotis scorpioides)
Description:
Habitat: Moist areas, such as edges of marsh, stream-side.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: May - June
- Viper's BuglossBlueweed(Echium vulgare)
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially dry meadow, roadsides, waste areas.
Height: 75 cm
Flowering: June - July
- Purple Vetch
- Yellow flowers (1)
- Tall Buttercup
(Ranunculus acris)
Description:
Habitat: Prefers wet or damp situations, such as edges of marsh, stream.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: May - August
- Black-eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia hirta)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially dry meadows.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July - August
- Butter-and-eggs
(Linaria vulgaris)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as roadsides, waste land.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: July
- Bush Honeysuckle
(Diervilla lonicera)
Description:
Habitat: Woodland. Dry soils.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June
- Black Mustard
(Brassica nigra)
Description:
Habitat: Widespread, especially open areas.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June
- Cup Plant
(Silphium perfoliatum)
Habitat: Meadows, old fields.
Height: 2.5 m.
Flowering: July - September
- Evening Primrose
(Oenothera biennis)
Description:
Habitat: Meadows, roadsides.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: June - September
- Tall Buttercup
- Yellow flowers (2)
- Zig-zag Goldenrod
(Solidago flexicaulis)
Description:
Habitat: Swamp edge, open woodlands.
Height: 80 cm
Flowering: July - August
- Blue-stem Goldenrod
Habitat: Open woodlands.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: September - August
- Canada Goldenrod
(Solidago canadensis)
Description:
Habitat: Meadows, fields, roadsides.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: August - November
- Bush Honeysuckle(Diervilla lonicera)
Description:
Habitat: Woodland. Dry soils.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June
- Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Lotus corniculatus)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially roadsides, abandoned fields.
Height: 75 cm
Flowering: June - July
- Tall Buttercup(Ranunculus acris)
Description:
Habitat: Prefers wet or damp situations, such as edges of marsh, stream.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: May - August
- Zig-zag Goldenrod
- Yellow flowers (3)
- Woodland Sunflower
(Helianthus divaricatus)
Description:
Habitat: Dry woods.
Height: 1.5 m
Flowering: July - September
- Jerusalem Artichoke
(Helianthus tuberosus)
Habitat: Meadows, forest edge.
Height: 2 m
Flowering: July - September
- Common Mullein
(Verbascum thapsis)
Description:
Habitat: Dry, sunny sites, especially gardens, roadsides, disturbed sites.
Height: 2 m
Flowering: July - August
- Bullhead Pond-lily
(Nuphar variegata)
Habitat: Ponds, marshes, slow-moving rivers.
Width: 20 cm
- Gray-headed Coneflower
(Ratibida pinnata)
Habitat: Dry meadows.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - October
- Meadow Goat's-beard
(Tragopodon pratensis)
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as old meadows, roadsides.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - July
- Woodland Sunflower
- Yellow flowers (4)
- Fringed Loosestrife
(Lysimachia ciliata)
Description:
Habitat: Woodland, especially moist areas and swamps.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July
- Common St. John's Wort
(Hypericum perforatum)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially woodland edges, abandoned fields.
Height: 80 cm
Flowering: July - August
- Common Tansy
(Tanacetum vulgare)
Habitat: Roadsides.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July - September
- Common Cinquefoil
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as abandoned fields, roadsides.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Rough-fruited Cinquefoil
(Potentilla recta)
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as abandoned fields, roadsides.
Height: 60 cm
Flowering: June - August
- Fringed Loosestrife
- Yellow flowers (5)
- Celandine
(Chelidonium majus)
Description:
Habitat: Grows on damp ground, banks, hedgerows and by walls.
Height: 50 cm
Flowering: May - August
- Meadow Goat's-beard(Tragopodon pratensis)
Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as old meadows, roadsides.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: June - July
- Fringed Loosestrife(Lysimachia ciliata)
Description:
Habitat: Woodland, especially moist areas and swamps.
Height: 1 m
Flowering: July
- Common St. John's Wort(Hypericum perforatum)
Description:
Habitat: Open, sunny habitats, especially woodland edges, abandoned fields.
Height: 80 cm
Flowering: July - August
- Celandine