Tridax procumbens ( Coat Buttons )

White or yellow flowers on hairy, taprooted perennial weed. Irregular leaf margins with rough teeth and small lobes. Opposite hairy leaves. Prefers disturbed areas. Weed common to Florida and Hawaii. Seed reproduction.

Tricyrtis macrantha ( Toad lily )

Macrantha is a tufted perennial with short rhizomes, arching or decumbent, brown-hairy stems. Leaves are ovate to lance-shaped, veined, hairy, dark green in color. Produces pendent, bell-shaped, deep yellow flowers, spotted red-brown inside. In general, Tricyrtis is a woodland perennial […]

Tricyrtis hirta ( White Towers Tricyritis )

White Towers has upright stems and produces upward-facing white flowers with pink-tinged stamens in most of the leaf axils. In general, Tricyrtis is a woodland perennial resembling false Solomon’s Seal in foliage. Flowers are somewhat orchid-like, spotted, 1 inch wide, […]

Tricyrtis hirta ( Toad lily )

Hirta is a rhizomatous perennial with hairy stems. Leaves are lance-shaped, veined, hairy, heart-shaped and pale green in color. Produces upright, funnel-shaped, purple-spotted white flowers. In general, Tricyrtis is a woodland perennial resembling false Solomon’s Seal in foliage. Flowers are […]

Tricyrtis formosana ( Toad lily )

Formosana is a rhizomatous perennial, spreading by stolons with upright, zig-zagging, hairy stems. Leaves are lance-shaped to ovate, veined, glossy and dark green in color, spotted darker purplish green. Produces upward-facing, star-shaped, white to pinkish white or pinkish purple flowers […]

Tricyrtis flava ( Toad lily )

Flava is a clump-forming perennial with short rhizomes, upright, hairy stems with widely ovate, veined, mid-green leaves, often with dark purplish green spots. Produces upward-facing, star-shaped yellow flowers, spotted brownish purple. In general, Tricyrtis is a woodland perrenial resembling false […]

Trapa natans ( Water Caltrops )

Aquatic annual that forms clumps. Leaves are diamond-shaped and float on top of the water. Stalks are reddish in color. White flowers bloom in summer followed by spiny fruit. Grow in an outdoor pool in warm climates.

Tradescantia spathacea ( Vittata Tradescantia )

Vittata has leaves with lonitudinal yellow stripes. Belongs to the Spathacea species which is a clump-forming perennial with rosettes of semi-upright, linear-lance-shaped dark green leaves above and deep purple underneath. Produces white flowers in paired, axillary cymes. In general, Tradescantias […]