Green Flower Finder

Joy's Green Flower Finder

Sorted name list

How many petals does the flower have ?

1 3 4 4-5

5 6 Many

1-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Hooded Pointed Torpedo Globe

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (also in purple)
Also known as American Wake Robin, Bog Onion, Brown Dragon, Indian Turnip, and Wild Turnip.
[Arisaema triphyllum] *1 p.9, 390, 443, 340
-- Flower: Green and/or purple with white stripes.
-- Flower: 1-petaled, Hooded shape.
-- Leaf: 1 or 2 Compound leaves.
-- Leaf: 3 Leaflets, Unlobed, Football shaped.
-- Leaf: Untoothed or wavy edged.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit's green and/or purple single hooded petal with white stripes
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Curly Dock
Also known as Curled Dock and Yellow Dock.
[Rumex crispus] *1 p.439, 709
-- Flower: Green, Lots of Shiny, 1-petaled, Hooded flowers.
-- Leaf: Untoothed Wavy edged, Unlobed, Spear shape.
-- Root: Large, Yellow, Forking taproot.

Curly Dock's Many Shiny, 1-Petaled, Hooded flowers
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Skunk Cabbage (also in brown)
Also known as Clumpfoot Cabbage, Foetid Pothos, Meadow Cabbage, Polecat Weed, and Swamp Cabbage.
[Symplocarpus foetidus] *1 p.391, 344
-- Flower: Green, 1-petaled, large hood-like,
-- Flower: Pointed petal enclosing an egg-shaped petal inside.
-- Flower: Brown and green spotted color of hood.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, large Heart Shape.
-- Leaf: Curled when first unfolding.
-- Leaf: Usually not visible when the flower is first in bloom.

Skunk Cabbage Leaves and Flower
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Smooth Solomon's Seal (also in white)
[Polygonatum biflorum] *1 p.115, 605
Plant Height: Arching, unbranched leaf stalk is usually 3 feet (90 cm) long, but can be up to 6 feet long.
-- Flower: Green turning to white, 1-petaled, Torpedo shape.
-- Flower: Hangs in clusters below the single stalk.
-- Leaf: Simple, Alternate, Spear shape.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Parallel veins.
Smooth Solomon's Seal flowers hang in clusters under the stalk.

Smooth Solomon's Seal's green flowers eventually turn mostly white.

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Ohio Buckeye tree (also in white and yellow)
Also known as American Horse Chestnut tree, Fetid Buckeye tree, and Texas Buckeye.
[Aesculus glabra] *3 p.359, 382, 530, 583
Plant Height: 30-70 feet (9-21 meters) tall
-- Flower: Yellow-Green, 1-petaled,
-- Flower: Torpedo Shape of pre-opened flower.
-- Flower: 3/4 to 1.25 inches (2–3 cm) long.
-- Flower: Stamens longer than the petals.
-- Leaf: Palmate Compound with 5 leaflets.
-- Leaflets: Toothed, Unlobed, Football Shape.

Ohio Buckeye Flowers

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Hazelnut shrub
Also known as American Hazel.
[Corylus americana] *8
Plant Height: 8 to 16 feet (2.5 to 5 meters) tall.
-- Flower: Green, 1-petaled, Torpedo shape.
-- Leaf: Toothed, Unlobed, Football shape.

Hazelnut Flower

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Red Mulberry tree
Also known as Moral tree.
[Morus rubra] *1 p.157, 432
Plant Height: 35–50 feet (10–15 meters) tall.
-- Flower: Green, 1-petaled, Globe shape, in Clusters.
-- Leaf: Toothed, Unlobed, Spade shape.

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3-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Closed
Pointed
Toad Shade Trillium (also in brown, red or yellow)
Also known as Wood Wakerobin.
[Trillium viride] *1 p.612
Plant Height: Up to 14 inches (35 cm) tall.
-- Flower: Green, 3-petaled.
-- Flower: Usually Closed, centered above the leaflets.
-- Leaflet: Normally 3 in a Whorl, Football shape.
-- Leaflet: Untoothed and Unlobed.

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4-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Stalked Star Fan
Stinging Nettle (also in white or pale yellow)
Also known as Burn Nettle, Common Nettle, or just Nettle.
[Urtica dioica] *1 p.22, 813
Plant Height: 3 to 7 feet (0.9 to 2 meters) tall.
-- Flower: Green buds turning White, 4-petaled,
-- Flower: Fan shaped, Clusters of tiny flowers.
-- Leaf: Toothed, Unlobed, Opposite, Spear shaped.
-- Leaf: Has thin, stiff hairs that can sting.
-- Stem: Square with thin, stiff, stinging hairs.
Stinging Nettle flowers start out as green buds.

Stinging Nettle Green Flower Buds

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Persimmon tree
Also known as Possumwood tree, Simmon tree, and Sugar-plum tree.
[Diospyros virginiana] *3 p.83, 393, 571, 635
Plant Height: 30 to 80 feet (9 to 24 meters) tall.
-- Flower: Green, 4-petaled, Star Shape.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Spade shape.
Persimmon trees have a 4-petaled, star shaped, green flower.

Persimmon Flower

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4-5-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Star
Asiatic Bittersweet
[Celastrus orbiculatus] *5 p.326-327
-- Flower: Green, 4-5-petaled, Star shape.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Football shape.
Asiatic Bittersweet flowers can have 4 or 5 petals.
Asiatic Bittersweet Flowers

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Toxic
Greater Celandine (also in yellow)
Also known as Nipplewort, Swallowwort, and Tetterwort.
[Chelidonium majus] *1 p.254, 671
Plant Height: 12 to 47 inches (30 to 119 cm) tall.
-- Flower: Green, 4-petaled, Fan shape.
-- Flower: Occurs in an umbrella-like cluster.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Deeply Lobed, Wavy edged.

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5-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Torpedo Star Cup
Highbush Blueberry (also in white)
Also known as Blue Huckleberry, Blueberry bush, High Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Swamp Huckleberry, and Tall Huckleberry.
[Vaccinium corymbosum] *1 p.232, 657, 508
-- Flower: Green or White, 5-petaled, Torpedo shaped.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Football shape.
-- Leaf: 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) long.
-- Leaf: 1.5 inches (4 cm) wide.

Green Blueberry Flowers Before Turning White

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Hibiscus tree (also in pink or red)
Also known as China Rose, Chinese Hibiscus, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Rose of Sharon, and Shoeblack plant.
[Hibiscus rosa-sinensis] *4 p.91
Plant Height: Up to 20 feet (6 meters) tall.
-- Flower: Green, Red, or Pink.
-- Flower: 5-petaled, Fan shape.
-- Septals: Can also be Fan or Star shape.
-- Leaf: Toothed, deeply Lobed, Spear Shape.
-- Leaf: Occasional "thumbs" at the base.
These "green flowers" are actually the pale green sepals seen after the red or pink petals have fallen off.

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Virginia Bluebell (also in blue, pink or white)
Also known as Virginia Cowslip, Lungwort Oysterleaf, and Roanoke Bells.
[Mertensia virginica] *1 p.649, 421
-- Flower: Green, 5-petaled, Cup shape, 1 very long stamen.
-- Flower: This is actually the calex after the
-- Flower: real petals have fallen off.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Football shape.

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The 4-leaf clover shape is the plant's fruit.

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6-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Star Cup
Pawpaw tree (also in brown)
Also known as American Papaw, Paw Paw, or Paw-paw.
[Asimina triloba] *3 p.87, 364, 446
-- Flower: Green or Brown, 6-petaled.
-- Flower: Star and Cup shape.
-- Leaf: Simple, Untoothed, Unlobed, Spear shape.
-- Leaf: 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) long.
Pawpaw Flowers can be brown or green or both on the same blossom.

Pawpaw tree Flower's Star Shape

This view of a Pawpaw flower emphasizes its cup shape.

Cup Shaped Pawpaw Flower

Another view of a Pawpaw tree flower that emphasizes its cup shape.

Cup Shaped Pawpaw tree Flower

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Tulip tree (also in yellow plus orange)
Also known as Tulip-poplar tree, Yellow-poplar tree, Fiddle-tree, and Whitewood tree.
[Liriodendron tulipifera] *3 p.267, 390, 490, 618, 436
Plant Height: Up to 160 feet (49 meters) tall.
-- Flower: Green, 6-petaled, Cup or Fan shape.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, 4 Lobed, Tulip Shape.
A Tulip Tree flower is cup shaped before it fully opens.

Cup Shaped Tulip Tree Flower
A Tulip Tree flower is fan shaped after it fully opens.

Fan Shaped Tulip Tree Flower

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Many-Petaled Green Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Stalked Globe Cluster
Common Plantain (also in white)
Also known as Broadleaf Plantain, Greater Plantain, Waybread, and White Man's Footprint.
[Plantago major] *1 p.33, 681
-- Flower: Thin stalks with green buds before flowering.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Whorled Oval shape.
Basal Whorl with thin stalks of green buds.
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English Plantain (also in white)
Also known as Lamb's Tongue, Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribleaf, and Ribwort Plantain.
[Plantago lanceolata] *1 p.107, 680
-- Flower: Thin stalks of many tiny green flower buds.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Basal Whorl, Blade shaped.
Thin stalks with tiny green buds before flowering.

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Common Ragweed
Also known as American Wormwood, Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Low Ragweed, Roman Wormwood, Short Ragweed, Stammerwort, Stickweed, and Tassel Weed.
[Ambrosia artemisiifolia] *1 p.26, 355
-- Flower: Green, Stalks of many tiny round flowers.
-- Leaf: Untoothed, Lobed, Blade shape.

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Pineapple Weed (also in yellow)
Also known as Disc Mayweed, Rayless Mayweed, and Wild Chamomile.
[Matricaria matricarioides | Matricaria discoidea] *5 p.426
-- Flower: Green or Yellow-green, Many-petaled, Globe shaped.
-- Leaf: Feathery.
Pineapple Weed's yellow and green flowers.

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Staghorn Sumac tree (also in red)
[Rhus typhina] *1 p.410, 326
-- Flowers: Yellow-green, Many-petaled, Spike Cluster shape.
-- Seeds: Dark red, Fuzzy seed Cluster Spike.
-- Leaf: Lateral Compound, Opposite.
-- Leaflets: Toothed, Unlobed, Blade shape.

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