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  • Common Yarrow
    Achillea millefolium

    Common Yarrow
    Achillea millefolium

  • Maidenhair Fern
    Adiantum pedatum

    Maidenhair Fern
    Adiantum pedatum

  • Tall False Foxglove
    Agalinis aspera

    Tall False Foxglove
    Agalinis aspera

  • Slenderleaf False Foxglove
    Agalinis tenuifolia

    Slenderleaf False Foxglove
    Agalinis tenuifolia

  • Fragrant Hyssop
    Agastache foeniculum

    Fragrant Hyssop
    Agastache foeniculum

  • White Snakeroot
    Ageratina altissima

    White Snakeroot
    Ageratina altissima

  • Tall Hairy Agrimony
    Agrimonia gryposepala

    Tall Hairy Agrimony
    Agrimonia gryposepala

  • Upland Bentgrass
    Agrostis perennans

    Upland Bentgrass
    Agrostis perennans

  • Large-flowered Water Plantain
    Alisma triviale

    Large-flowered Water Plantain
    Alisma triviale

  • Wild Onion
    Allium stellatum

    Wild Onion
    Allium stellatum

  • Big Bluestem
    Andropogon gerardii

    Big Bluestem
    Andropogon gerardii

  • Tall Thimbleweed
    Anemone virginiana L.

    Tall Thimbleweed
    Anemone virginiana L.

  • Prairie Sage
    Artemisia ludoviciana

    Prairie Sage
    Artemisia ludoviciana

  • Showy Milkweed
    Asclepia speciosa

    Showy Milkweed
    Asclepia speciosa

  • Marsh Milkweed
    Asclepias incarnata

    Marsh Milkweed
    Asclepias incarnata

  • Butterfly Weed
    Asclepias tuberosa

    Butterfly Weed
    Asclepias tuberosa

  • Whorled Milkweed
    Asclepias verticillata

    Whorled Milkweed
    Asclepias verticillata

  • Lady Fern
    Athyrium filix-femina

    Lady Fern
    Athyrium filix-femina

  • Narrow Leaved Spleenwort
    Athyrium pycnocarpon

    Narrow Leaved Spleenwort
    Athyrium pycnocarpon

  • Blue Grama
    Bouteloua gracilis

    Blue Grama
    Bouteloua gracilis

  • Kalm's Brome
    Bromus kalmii

    Kalm's Brome
    Bromus kalmii

  • Blue-joint Grass
    Calamagrostis canadensis

    Blue-joint Grass
    Calamagrostis canadensis

  • Tall Bellflower
    Campanula americana

    Tall Bellflower
    Campanula americana

  • Harebell
    Campanula rotundifolia

    Harebell
    Campanula rotundifolia

  • Lake Sedge
    Carex lacustris

    Lake Sedge
    Carex lacustris

  • Upright Sedge
    Carex stricta Lam

    Upright Sedge
    Carex stricta Lam

  • Northwest Territory Sedge
    Carex utriculata

    Northwest Territory Sedge
    Carex utriculata

  • Buttonbush
    Cephalanthus occidentalis

    Buttonbush
    Cephalanthus occidentalis

  • Partridge Pea
    Chamaecrista fasciculata

    Partridge Pea
    Chamaecrista fasciculata

  • Turtlehead
    Chelone glabra

    Turtlehead
    Chelone glabra

  • Virgin's Bower
    Clematis virginiana

    Virgin's Bower
    Clematis virginiana

  • Prairie Coreopsis
    Coreopsis palmata

    Prairie Coreopsis
    Coreopsis palmata

  • Water Pygmyweed
    Crassula aquatica

    Water Pygmyweed
    Crassula aquatica

  • Quebec Hawthorn
    Crataegus submollis

    Quebec Hawthorn
    Crataegus submollis

  • Umbrella Flatsedge
    Cyperus diandrus

    Umbrella Flatsedge
    Cyperus diandrus

  • White Prairie Clover
    Dalea candidum

    White Prairie Clover
    Dalea candidum

  • Purple Prairie Clover
    Dalea purpureum

    Purple Prairie Clover
    Dalea purpureum

  • Silky Prairie Clover
    Dalea villosum

    Silky Prairie Clover
    Dalea villosum

  • Prairie Larkspur
    Delphinium virescens

    Prairie Larkspur
    Delphinium virescens

  • Hay Scented Fern
    Dennstasdtia punctilobula

    Hay Scented Fern
    Dennstasdtia punctilobula

  • Showy Tick-Trefoil
    Desmodium canadense

    Showy Tick-Trefoil
    Desmodium canadense

  • Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
    Diervilla lonicera

    Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
    Diervilla lonicera

  • Flat Topped Aster
    Doellingeria umbellata

    Flat Topped Aster
    Doellingeria umbellata

  • Wood Fern
    Dryopteris marginalis

    Wood Fern
    Dryopteris marginalis

  • Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea angustifolia

    Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea angustifolia

  • Pale Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea pallida

    Pale Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea pallida

  • Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea purpurea

    Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea purpurea

  • Canada Wild Rye
    Elymus canadensis

    Canada Wild Rye
    Elymus canadensis

  • Quackgrass
    Elymus repens

    Quackgrass
    Elymus repens

  • Silky Wildrye
    Elymus villosus

    Silky Wildrye
    Elymus villosus

  • Virginia Wildrye
    Elymus virginicus

    Virginia Wildrye
    Elymus virginicus

  • Fire Weed
    Epilobium angustifolium

    Fire Weed
    Epilobium angustifolium

  • Sand Lovegrass
    Eragrostis trichodes

    Sand Lovegrass
    Eragrostis trichodes

  • Rattlesnake Master
    Eryngium yuccifolium

    Rattlesnake Master
    Eryngium yuccifolium

  • Joe-Pye Weed
    Eupatorium maculatum

    Joe-Pye Weed
    Eupatorium maculatum

  • Boneset
    Eupatorium perfoliatum

    Boneset
    Eupatorium perfoliatum

  • Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
    Eupatorium purpureum

    Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
    Eupatorium purpureum

  • Flowering Spurge
    Euphorbia corollata

    Flowering Spurge
    Euphorbia corollata

  • Large Leaved Aster
    Eurybia macrophylla

    Large Leaved Aster
    Eurybia macrophylla

  • Queen of the Prairie
    Filipendula rubra

    Queen of the Prairie
    Filipendula rubra

  • Northern Bedstraw
    Galium boreale

    Northern Bedstraw
    Galium boreale

  • Bottle Gentian
    Gentiana andrewsii

    Bottle Gentian
    Gentiana andrewsii

  • Sweet Everlasting
    Gnaphalium obtusifolium

    Sweet Everlasting
    Gnaphalium obtusifolium

  • Longleaf Bluets
    Hedyotis longifolia

    Longleaf Bluets
    Hedyotis longifolia

  • Sneezeweed
    Helenium autumnale

    Sneezeweed
    Helenium autumnale

  • Showy Sunflower
    Helianthus laetiflorus

    Showy Sunflower
    Helianthus laetiflorus

  • Maximilian Sunflower
    Helianthus maximiliani

    Maximilian Sunflower
    Helianthus maximiliani

  • Western Sunflower
    Helianthus occidentalis

    Western Sunflower
    Helianthus occidentalis

  • Oxeye
    Heliopsis helianthoides

    Oxeye
    Heliopsis helianthoides

  • Mud Plantain
    Heteranthera

    Mud Plantain
    Heteranthera

  • Golden Aster
    Heterotheca camporum

    Golden Aster
    Heterotheca camporum

  • Great St. Johnswort
    Hypericum pyramidatum

    Great St. Johnswort
    Hypericum pyramidatum

  • Soft Rush
    Juncus effusus

    Soft Rush
    Juncus effusus

  • Path Rush
    Juncus tenuis

    Path Rush
    Juncus tenuis

  • Torrey's Rush
    Juncus torreyi

    Torrey's Rush
    Juncus torreyi

  • June Grass
    Koeleria macrantha

    June Grass
    Koeleria macrantha

  • Roundheaded Bushclover
    Lespedeza capitata

    Roundheaded Bushclover
    Lespedeza capitata

  • Rough Blazingstar
    Liatris aspera

    Rough Blazingstar
    Liatris aspera

  • Cylindric Blazingstar
    Liatris cylindrica

    Cylindric Blazingstar
    Liatris cylindrica

  • Northern Blazing Star
    Liatris ligulistylis

    Northern Blazing Star
    Liatris ligulistylis

  • Dotted Blazingstar
    Liatris punctata

    Dotted Blazingstar
    Liatris punctata

  • Prairie Blazingstar
    Liatris pycnostachya

    Prairie Blazingstar
    Liatris pycnostachya

  • Michigan (Turk's Cap) Lily
    Lilium michiganense

    Michigan (Turk's Cap) Lily
    Lilium michiganense

  • Yelloweyed Grass
    Lindernia dubia

    Yelloweyed Grass
    Lindernia dubia

  • Cardinal Flower
    Lobelia cardinalis

    Cardinal Flower
    Lobelia cardinalis

  • Blue Lobelia
    Lobelia siphilitica

    Blue Lobelia
    Lobelia siphilitica

  • Pale-Spike Lobelia
    Lobelia spicata

    Pale-Spike Lobelia
    Lobelia spicata

  • Waterhorehound
    Lycopus americanus

    Waterhorehound
    Lycopus americanus

  • Variegated Moorgrass
    Molinia caerulea

    Variegated Moorgrass
    Molinia caerulea

  • Wild Bergamot
    Monarda fistulosa

    Wild Bergamot
    Monarda fistulosa

  • Dotted Mint - Spotted Bee Balm
    Monarda punctata

    Dotted Mint - Spotted Bee Balm
    Monarda punctata

  • Water Minerslettuce
    Montia chamissoi

    Water Minerslettuce
    Montia chamissoi

  • American Lotus
    Nelumbo lutea

    American Lotus
    Nelumbo lutea

  • Sensitive Fern
    Onoclea sensibilis

    Sensitive Fern
    Onoclea sensibilis

  • Interrupted Fern
    Osmunda claytoniana

    Interrupted Fern
    Osmunda claytoniana

  • Royal Fern
    Osmunda regalis

    Royal Fern
    Osmunda regalis

  • Cinnamon Fern
    Osmundo cinnamomea

    Cinnamon Fern
    Osmundo cinnamomea

  • Obedient Plant
    Physostegia virginiana

    Obedient Plant
    Physostegia virginiana

  • Christmas Fern
    Polystichum acrostichoides

    Christmas Fern
    Polystichum acrostichoides

  • Prairie Cinquefoil
    Potentilla arguta

    Prairie Cinquefoil
    Potentilla arguta

  • Rattlesnake Root
    Prenanthes alba

    Rattlesnake Root
    Prenanthes alba

  • Mountain Mint
    Pycnanthemum virginianum

    Mountain Mint
    Pycnanthemum virginianum

  • Macoun's Buttercup
    Ranunculus macounii

    Macoun's Buttercup
    Ranunculus macounii

  • Upright Coneflower
    Ratibida columnifera

    Upright Coneflower
    Ratibida columnifera

  • Black-eyed Susan
    Rudbeckia hirta

    Black-eyed Susan
    Rudbeckia hirta

  • Green-headed Coneflower
    Rudbeckia laciniata

    Green-headed Coneflower
    Rudbeckia laciniata

  • Sweet Coneflower
    Rudbeckia subtomentosa

    Sweet Coneflower
    Rudbeckia subtomentosa

  • Thinleaved Coneflower
    Rudbeckia triloba

    Thinleaved Coneflower
    Rudbeckia triloba

  • Wild Petunia
    Ruellia humilis

    Wild Petunia
    Ruellia humilis

  • Arrowhead
    Sagittaria latifolia

    Arrowhead
    Sagittaria latifolia

  • Sandbar Willow
    Salix interior

    Sandbar Willow
    Salix interior

  • Little Bluestem
    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Little Bluestem
    Schizachyrium scoparium

  • Hardstem Bulrush
    Scirpus acutus

    Hardstem Bulrush
    Scirpus acutus

  • Royal Catchfly
    Silene regia

    Royal Catchfly
    Silene regia

  • Compass Plant
    Silphium laciniatum

    Compass Plant
    Silphium laciniatum

  • Cup Plant
    Silphium perfoliatum

    Cup Plant
    Silphium perfoliatum

  • Prairie Dock
    Silphium terebinthinaceum

    Prairie Dock
    Silphium terebinthinaceum

  • Zig Zag Goldenrod
    Solidago flexicaulis

    Zig Zag Goldenrod
    Solidago flexicaulis

  • Gray Goldenrod
    Solidago nemoralis

    Gray Goldenrod
    Solidago nemoralis

  • White Upland Aster
    Solidago ptarmicoides

    White Upland Aster
    Solidago ptarmicoides

  • Riddell's Goldenrod
    Solidago riddellii

    Riddell's Goldenrod
    Solidago riddellii

  • Showy Goldenrod
    Solidago speciosa

    Showy Goldenrod
    Solidago speciosa

  • Indian Grass
    Sorghastrum nutans

    Indian Grass
    Sorghastrum nutans

  • Steeplebush
    Spiraea tomentosa

    Steeplebush
    Spiraea tomentosa

  • Meadowsweet
    Spirea alba

    Meadowsweet
    Spirea alba

  • Prairie Dropseed
    Sporobolus heterolepis

    Prairie Dropseed
    Sporobolus heterolepis

  • New England Aster
    Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

    New England Aster
    Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

  • Spiderwort
    Tradescantia bracteata

    Spiderwort
    Tradescantia bracteata

  • Rabbitfoot Clover
    Trifolium arvense

    Rabbitfoot Clover
    Trifolium arvense

  • Blue Vervain
    Verbena hastata

    Blue Vervain
    Verbena hastata

  • Hoary Vervain
    Verbena stricta

    Hoary Vervain
    Verbena stricta

  • Ironweed
    Vernonia fasciculata

    Ironweed
    Vernonia fasciculata

  • Culvers Root
    Veronicastrum virginicum

    Culvers Root
    Veronicastrum virginicum
Name Type Light Exposure Soil Moisture Height Bloom Color Bloom Months   Notes/Description
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Type:
Fern
Light Exposure:
Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 foot
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Tall False Foxglove
Agalinis aspera
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info This annual plant is 1–2½' tall, branching occasionally. It has a tendency to sprawl in the absence of supportive vegetation. The dark green stems are grooved and hairless. The opposite leaves are 1-3 inches long, dark green, and linear. They have smooth margins and a prominent midvein. The leaves are usually hairless, although new growth may be slightly pubescent. Secondary leaves may develop from the axils of the primary leaves along the central stem, but they are smaller in size than the latter. Some of the upper stems develop racemes of flowers. These flowers are up to 1 inch long and across, and vary in color from lavender to purple.
Slenderleaf False Foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Fragrant Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Tall Hairy Agrimony
Agrimonia gryposepala
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info There are 2 species of agrimony in Minnesota, Tall Hairy Agrimony and Roadside Agrimony (Agrimonia striata). Differences between them are subtle, the more obvious are that the latter has hairy underside of leaves, not just along the veins, the flowering branches are mostly erect, it is more densely hairy all the way up the stem, and it tends to be a larger, more robust plant overall.
Upland Bentgrass
Agrostis perennans
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info This is a perennial grass about ½–2½' tall that develops either individually or in loose tufts of unbranched leafy culms. In sunny habitats with fertile soil, this grass is taller and more stout, while in shaded habitats with poor soil it is shorter and more delicate. The culms are light green, terete, slender, and glabrous. The longer blades of lower leaves have a tendency to droop, while the shorter blades of upper leaves are more stiff and straight. The leaf blades are 1-6 mm. across and 2-10 inches long; they are medium green or grayish green, flat, and hairless. The leaf sheaths are medium green or grayish green, hairless, and open.
Large-flowered Water Plantain
Alisma triviale
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Alisma triviale prefers full or partial sun and mucky soil or shallow, slow-moving, even stagnant water. It withstands drought better than most aquatic plants. The oval basal leaves of Alisma trivale are about one-foot tall and form a rosette from which rises a whorled panicle of small white flowers, reaching a height of three feet during summer. This species prefers full or partial sun and mucky soil or shallow, slow-moving, even stagnant water. It withstands drought better than most aquatic plants.
Wild Onion
Allium stellatum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 6 feet
Bloom Color:
Red, Brown
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Tall Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana L.
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White, Green, Brown
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info This perennial plant is about 1-2½' tall. The stems have scattered white hairs and there is little branching, except for the production of long stalks for the flowers. The leaves occur in 1 or 2 whorls along the stem, usually in groups of 2 or 3. They are up to 5 inches long and across, and have long petioles with scattered white hairs. Each major leaf is divided into 2 or 3 deep lobes, which are in turn divided into 2 or 3 shallower lobes. Because these divisions are rather sharp, the leaves are cleft. Furthermore, the margins are coarsely serrate or dentate. The leaves are often light green or yellowish green in bright sunlight.
Prairie Sage
Artemisia ludoviciana
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 2 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Showy Milkweed
Asclepia speciosa
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Marsh Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Orange
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info One of the best natives for dry, sunny areas, butterfly milkweed is a host plant for the larva of the monarch butterfly and provides nectar and pollen for butterflies, bees, and other pollinating insects. Bright orange flowers sit on top of a compact plant of 2' by 2' at maturity.
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Narrow Leaved Spleenwort
Athyrium pycnocarpon
Type:
Fern
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 foot
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Kalm's Brome
Bromus kalmii
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info A native brome with attractive drooping seed heads.
Blue-joint Grass
Calamagrostis canadensis
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 4 feet
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Tall Bellflower
Campanula americana
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Blue
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info A dainty, late spring/early summer bloomer, harebell can bloom throughout the summer into fall if soil moisture is adaquate. Plant with prairie phlox and butterfly weed for fabulous June & July color combinations.
Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Readily spreads by underground roots and therefore makes a good shoreline stabilizer.
Upright Sedge
Carex stricta Lam
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Orange, Green, Blue
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info A slender, 1-3 ft. grass-like plant with a cluster of brown seed capsules clinging high on the stem. Stems bearing greenish or brownish spikes of inconspicuous flowers above dense tufts of grass-like leaves. Green leaves are exceeded by the stem in height. Forms large tufts or hummocks to 3 ft. wide.The easiest way to recognize this sedge is by its distinctive, elevated tussocks (dense tufts) in open wet areas. It grows abundantly, often in seasonally flooded sites.
Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 12 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Virgin's Bower
Clematis virginiana
Type:
Vine
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 6 to 20 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Prairie Coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info This coreopsis species performs best on dry soil in full sun, and will bloom continuously if spent flowers are removed. A good species to include in prairies or perennial gardens. In part shade it will not bloom as well. Damper soils will encourage spreading by roots.
Water Pygmyweed
Crassula aquatica
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 inches
Bloom Color:
White, Green
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Crassula aquatica is a small plant forming thin mats or small patches on mud and sand, and growing more erect when exposed to open air for longer periods. The flesh of the plant is greenish-yellow to bright red or purplish. The tiny fleshy pointed leaves are only a few millimeters long.A flower grows on a short stalk from the intersection of each oppositely-arranged pair of leaves. The flower is only about two millimeters long and wide. The fruit is a minute follicle containing several seeds. This plant is widespread across North America and Eurasia.
Quebec Hawthorn
Crataegus submollis
Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 20 feet
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Crataegus submollis is a deciduous Tree growing to 7 m (23ft) by 7 m (23ft). It is hardy to zone (UK) 5 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Midges.Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist or wet soil and can tolerate drought. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. It can tolerate atmospheric pollution.
Umbrella Flatsedge
Cyperus diandrus
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info Umbrella flat sedge is an ornamental grass often seen at the edges of rivers and ponds. It is a warm season perennial and grows best in USDA zones 8 to 11. The plant may become invasive in some areas, so it is important to become familiar with the plant and recognize its characteristics before adding it to your garden area.
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candidum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 inches
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpureum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 6 inches
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Silky Prairie Clover
Dalea villosum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Prairie Larkspur
Delphinium virescens
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstasdtia punctilobula
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Showy Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium canadense
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 4 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Shade, Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info One of the most popular native shrubs, dwarf bush honeysuckle grows well under a wide range of growing conditions with a nice 3'x3' shape, taller in sun. It spreads by runners, and some gardeners may want to pull or cut them to avoid excessive spreading.
Flat Topped Aster
Doellingeria umbellata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Type:
Fern
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 1 foot
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 4 feet
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Quackgrass
Elymus repens
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info Quackgrass is a native of Europe, but has spread throughout the northern temperate zones of the world. It is primarily found in the northern portion of the U.S., and is common throughout Ohio. Quackgrass is a creeping, sod-forming perennial grass, characterized by its straw-colored, sharp-tipped rhizomes (horizontal underground stems) and the pair of whitish-green to reddish, claw-like structures (auricles) that clasp the stem at the top of the sheath. It reproduces through seed and creeping rhizomes. This species can form large patches.
Silky Wildrye
Elymus villosus
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Fire Weed
Epilobium angustifolium
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
 4 to 6 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple, Orange
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Sand lovegrass is a native, warm-season, short-lived, leafy, perennial bunchgrass which reaches mature heights from 2.5 to 4 feet with a shallow, wide spreading root system. Sand Lovegrass grows best on sandy soils with an annual precipitation of 18 to 36 inches. Sand Lovegrass typically greens up two weeks earlier than most of the other native grasses and is very palatable. When overgrazed, it will decrease relative to other grasses. Seeding rates are very low due to extremely small dark round seed it produces. Sand Lovegrass is commonly found as a component in native areas along with hairy grama, western wheatgrass, and sand dropseed.
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 5 to 6 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Large Leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
August
 USDA Info
Northern Bedstraw
Galium boreale
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Blue
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Sweet Everlasting
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 inches
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Longleaf Bluets
Hedyotis longifolia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 6 to 12 inches
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 6 inches
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Showy Sunflower
Helianthus laetiflorus
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 4 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Western Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Mud Plantain
Heteranthera
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 2 to 6 inches
Bloom Color:
Green, Blue
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info This aquatic annual or perennial plant of the genus Heteranthera of the pickerelweed family (Pontederiaceae), consist of about 10 species, distributed primarily in tropical America. The broad or ribbonlike leaves of these plants have leafstalks that form sheaths around the long stems. Some species of Heteranthera grow below the water; others float or are rooted on muddy stream banks and lakeshores. Water star grass (H. dubia) is widely distributed throughout North America; it has yellow star-shaped flowers.
Golden Aster
Heterotheca camporum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Great St. Johnswort
Hypericum pyramidatum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 1 foot
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 1 foot
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
June Grass
Koeleria macrantha
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August
 USDA Info June grass thrives on dry, well-drained/sandy soils. It is one of the few cool season native grasses, greening up in May with pale green ornamental flowering stalks in June. By mid-summer, the stalks turn tan and remain attractive throughout the growing season.
Roundheaded Bushclover
Lespedeza capitata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Rough Blazingstar
Liatris aspera
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Cylindric Blazingstar
Liatris cylindrica
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Northern Blazing Star
Liatris ligulistylis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Dotted Blazingstar
Liatris punctata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
Prairie Blazingstar
Liatris pycnostachya
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 4 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Michigan (Turk's Cap) Lily
Lilium michiganense
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Orange
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Yelloweyed Grass
Lindernia dubia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 4 to 8 inches
Bloom Color:
Purple, White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Lindernia dubia is a species of flowering plant known by the common names yellowseed false pimpernel and moist bank pimpernel. It is a member of the 'new' plant family Linderniaceae, and it is sometimes treated as a member of the families Scrophulariaceae and Plantaginaceae. It is native to much of the Americas from Canada to Chile, and it can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It grows in wet habitat, such as riverbanks, pond margins, and meadows.
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Red
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September
 USDA Info A hummingbird favorite, cardinal flower is a striking plant in the garden or restoration. It is a short-lived perennial, usually blooming 3-5 years. It can reseed if seeds receive enough light and consistent moisture during germination.
Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Blue
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Great summer bloomer, especially showy in raingarden base.
Pale-Spike Lobelia
Lobelia spicata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Blue
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Waterhorehound
Lycopus americanus
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info There are several Lycopus species in Minnesota, all with similar clusters of small, white, tubular flowers at the leaf axils, most growing in the same type of habitat at the same time, often next to each other. American Water Horehound is most easily distinguished by its deeply lobed lower leaves, which the others all lack.
Variegated Moorgrass
Molinia caerulea
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Dotted Mint - Spotted Bee Balm
Monarda punctata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Water Minerslettuce
Montia chamissoi
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 6 inches
Bloom Color:
Pink, White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info Montia chamissoi is a perennial herb in the Purslane (Portulacaceae) family. It is a native North American plant found in western North America, from Alaska to the southwestern and central United States as well as in British Colombia, where it favors favors wet meadows, boggy areas, and along streams. Flowering in June and August, Montia chamissoi has creeping or floating stems, sometimes with slender stolons bearing small bulblets.
American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 6 inches
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Interrupted Fern
Osmunda claytoniana
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Type:
Fern
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundo cinnamomea
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Type:
Fern
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
May, June, July, August, September, October
 USDA Info
Prairie Cinquefoil
Potentilla arguta
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Rattlesnake Root
Prenanthes alba
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink, White
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info White Rattlesnake-root is one of the few flowering plants seen in the woods towards the end of summer. It can also be found in smaller forms, typically with smaller, less variable leaves, in rock outcrops and on the rocky shore of Lake Superior. The flower shape is similar to other Prenanthes species, but P. alba is distinguished by its branching clusters of dangling white to pinkish flowers with hairless, purplish bracts, smooth stem and (typically) variable leaf shapes. In some references, P. alba is known by synonym Nabalus albus.
Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Macoun's Buttercup
Ranunculus macounii
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info With relatively ample wetlands and marshes to provide for some representation across the state, Macoun's Buttercup's range restriction to NW Minnesota and westward would seem to be some indication of a preference for cooler latitudes and more alkaline soils. Within that range in Minnesota it is by no means abundant. It does bear some resemblance to two other native buttercups, both of which are more prevalent in eastern and southern portions of the state. Pennsylvania Buttercup (R. pensylvanicus) is similar in size and leaf shape and also has bristly hairs throughout, but its stems tend to be less stout and do not root at the nodes, and its flowers are half the size, with small round petals and a cylindrical seed head. Hispid Buttercup (R. hispidus) has very similar flowers to R. macounii, somewhat the same stature and leaf shape, and as it name suggests can be quite hairy, but its stems are typically more slender and more spreading to ascending, densely hairy when young becoming nearly smooth with age. Its leaves are also more evenly divided into three main segments that are also more regularly incised into smaller lobes or just merely toothed where the lobing of R. macounii leaves is more irregular
Upright Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info Black-eyed Susan is one of the most commonly recognized native plants. A staple in many native gardens, it is a biennial that blooms in its second year and readily reseeds. Finches also enjoy the seeds.
Green-headed Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
 4 to 6 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Thinleaved Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Sandbar Willow
Salix interior
Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 5 to 10 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info This shrub has two growth forms: a small tree up to 20' tall with a trunk up to 6 inches across, or a thicket of little-branched woody stems up to 8' tall. An older tree develops gray flaking bark on its trunk, while the trunk bark of younger trees is gray and more smooth. Woody branches and slender stems are variably colored, but often gray or yellowish-brown and smooth. The alternate leaves are up to 5 inches long and 1/2 inch across; they are linear in shape and remotely denticulate along their margins. Mature leaves are usually hairless; their upper surfaces are medium green, while their lower surfaces are pale green.
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Hardstem Bulrush
Scirpus acutus
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
 6 feet
Bloom Color:
Orange
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Royal Catchfly
Silene regia
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 8 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 10 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 6 to 7 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August
 USDA Info
Zig Zag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info Zig Zag Goldenrod gets its name from the way that its stems 'zig zag' from leaf to leaf. These leaves are bluntly toothed all along the stem with the middle leaves usually the largest at 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. The small flowers appear from late summer to early fall in a cluster near the top of the plant. Zig Zag Goldenrod can be aggressive and therefore may not be suitable for small woodland gardens.
Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
White Upland Aster
Solidago ptarmicoides
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Riddell's Goldenrod
Solidago riddellii
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 to 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info
Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Pink
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Meadowsweet
Spirea alba
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 5 to 6 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 1 to 2 feet
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 6 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
August, September, October
 USDA Info Easily grown in average, Medium well-drained soil in full sun. Prefers moist, rich soils. Good air circulation helps reduce incidence of foliar diseases. Pinching back stems several times before mid-July will help control plant height, promote bushiness and perhaps obviate the need for staking. Easily grown from seed and may self-seed in the garden in optimum growing conditions. Plants may be cut to the ground after flowering to prevent any unwanted self-seeding and/or if foliage has become unsightly.
Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
Rabbitfoot Clover
Trifolium arvense
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 4 to 16 inches
Bloom Color:
Pink, White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info This wildflower is an annual (less often a biennial) about 4-16 inches tall, branching occasionally to abundantly. The erect to ascending stems are medium green, hairy, and terete. Alternate trifoliate leaves occur at intervals along these stems. These leaves have short hairy petioles. Individual leaflets are ½-1 inch long and about one-third as much across; they are elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or oblanceolate-oblong in shape. Leaflet margins are usually smooth and ciliate, although sometimes there are tiny teeth towards their tips. The upper leaflet surface is medium green and sparsely covered with appressed long hairs, while the lower surface is hairy. The leaflets are sessile or nearly so. At the base of the petiole of each compound leaf, there is a pair of stipules about ¼ inch long. The green body of each stipule usually adheres to the petiole, while its awn-like tip is detached from the petiole and it is either green or red.
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 3 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
 USDA Info Blue vervain is a great choice for larger moist areas like shoreline restorations, where it can bloom continuously until frost. It spreads readily from seed.
Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
 USDA Info
Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 5 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
August, September
 USDA Info
Culvers Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Medium
 6 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
 USDA Info
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