Flower Guide: Wild Flowers East of the Rockies / (Revised and with New Illustrations)

This pocket field guide opens with a concise primer on plant anatomy, life cycles, and pollination, then presents more than 300 color paintings and short species accounts for wildflowers found from the Atlantic seaboard west to the Mississippi Valley. Identification notes highlight distinguishing floral parts, leaf arrangements, habitats, and seasonal traits, while brief discussions explain cross-fertilization, insect and wind pollination, and attractant features such as color and scent. Entries pair accurate illustrations with practical pointers intended to help casual observers and budding naturalists recognize and appreciate common roadside, meadow, and woodland blossoms.