wildflower

noun

A flowering plant that grows on its own in the wild rather than being planted.

Example sentences

“The meadow was dotted with wildflowers in early summer.”
“Bees moved from one wildflower to the next along the roadside.”

One word in modern usage. Often plural and paired with 'meadow': 'a meadow full of wildflowers'.

Related words

sunflowerA tall plant of the genus Helianthus with a large round flower head ringed by yellow petals.harvestThe time or activity of gathering crops once they are ripe.cactusA plant belonging to a family of spiny, water-storing succulents native to the Americas and adapted to hot, dry regions.sproutA new shoot growing from a seed or from another part of a plant.mushroomThe soft, fleshy part of a fungus that grows above the ground or on rotting wood, often shaped like a small umbrella.seedThe small, hard part that a plant produces and that can grow into a new plant of the same kind.