Most wild herbs propagate through seeds. That's why they have to bloom every year. The flower color serves us as an important identification feature when collecting. White specimens are particularly common. The shape of the flowers varies, and each species flowers in a unique way.
Woodruff shows its beautiful white flowers from April
White flowers with four petals
- Pennywort: May to August; grape
- Hairy bittercress: May to June; grape
- Watercress: May to October; grape
- Bedstraw: July to September; grape
- Meadow bedstraw: May to September; grape
- Common horseradish: May to June; grape
- Shepherd's Purse: May to September; grape
- Garlic mustard: April to June; grape
- Woodruff: May to June; umbel
White flowers with five petals
- Earth chestnut: April to June; umbel
- French herb: May to October; cyme
- Goat's Beard: June to July; panicle
- Common Bärwurz: May to June; umbel
- Ordinary lamb's lettuce: May to June; mock umbel
- Giersch: June to August; umbel
- Small burnet: June to October; umbel
- Sweet umbel: May to July: umbel
- Plate herb: April to June; whorl
- Devil's Claw: June to July; ear of corn
- Chickweed: March to October; single flower
- Angelica: July to August; umbel
- wood sorrel: April to June; single flower
- Meadow Bear Claw: June to October; umbel
- Meadow chervil: April to June; umbel
- Wild carrot: June to August; umbel
Other white flowers
- Daisies: February to November; single flower
- Mugwort: July to September; panicle
- wild garlic: April to May; mock umbel
- Chamomile: April to September; single flower
- Canadian Fleabane: June to October; panicle
- Meadowsweet: June to September; panicle
- Melissa: July to August; whorl
- Yarrow: July to October; grape
- White dead-nettle: May to September; whorl
- Meadow Marguerite: May to October; single flower