Botanical Name
|
Common Name
|
Plant Height
|
Blooms
approx.
|
|
|
| Amorpha canescens |
Lead Plant |
1-3 feet |
Jun, July |
M, DM |
 |
| Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly Weed
|
2 feet |
Jun, Jul, Aug |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Asclepias viridiflora |
Short Green Milkweed
|
1 foot |
Jul |
DM, D |
 |
| Aster oblongifolius |
Aromatic Aster |
2 feet
|
Oct, Nov |
M, DM |
 |
| Aster ptarmicoides |
Stiff Aster |
2 feet |
Jul, Aug, Sep |
DM, D |
 |
| Baptisia leucantha |
White False Indigo
|
4 feet |
Jun, Jul |
WM, M,
DM, D |
 |
Baptisia leucophaea
|
Cream False Indigo
|
2 feet |
May, jun |
DM, D |
 |
Cacalia Plantaginea
|
Prairie Indian Plantain
|
4 feet |
Jun, Jul |
WM, M |
 |
| Carex Meadii |
Mead’s Stiff Sedge |
8 inches |
--- |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Ceanothus americanus |
New Jersey Tea |
3 feet |
Jun, Jul, Aug |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Galium boreale |
Northern bedstraw |
1-3 feet |
Jun, Jul |
M |
 |
| Gentiana puberulenta |
Prairie Gentian |
1 foot |
Aug, Sep, Oct |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Heuchera richardsonii |
Prairie Alumroot |
2 feet |
May, Jun, Jul |
WM, M,
DM, D |
 |
Hieracium canadense
|
Canadian hawkweed |
1 - 5 feet |
Jul, Aug, Sep |
D |
 |
| Hydrastis canadensis |
Goldenseal |
1 foot |
May, Jun |
WM, M |
 |
| Hypoxis hirsuta |
Yellow stargrass |
6 inches |
May, Jun |
WM, M, DM |
 |
Lilium philadelphicum
|
Prairie Lily |
1 foot |
Jun, Jul |
WM, M, DM |
 |
| Lithospermum canescens |
Hoary Puccoon |
1 foot |
May, Jun |
M, DM, D |
 |
Oxalis violacea
|
Violet Wood Sorrel |
4 inches |
Apr, May, Jun
again in Sep |
DM, D |
 |
| Panicum leibergii |
Leiberg’s Panic Grass |
2 feet |
--- |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Panicum scribnerianum |
Scribner’s Panic Grass |
1 foot |
--- |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Petalostemum candidum |
White Prairie Clover |
2 feet |
Jun, Jul, Aug |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Phlox glaberrima |
Smooth Phlox |
2 feet |
Jun, Jul, Aug,
again in Sep |
WM, M |
 |
| Phlox pilosa |
Downy Phlox |
1 foot |
May, Jun, Jul |
WM, M,
DM, D |
 |
Polygala senaga
|
Seneca Snakeroot |
3 feet |
May, Jun |
M, DM, D |
 |
| Potentilla arguta |
Prairie cinquefoil |
1-3 feet |
July, Aug, Sep |
WM, M,
DM, D
|
 |
| Prenanthes aspera |
Rough White Lettuce |
4 feet |
Aug, Sep |
DM, D |
 |
| Prenanthes racemosa |
Smooth White lettuce |
3 feet |
Jul, Aug, Sep |
WM, M, DM |
 |
| Psoralea tenuiflora |
Scurfy Pea |
2 feet |
Jun, Jul |
DM, D |
 |
| Scutellaria parvula |
Small Skullcap |
3-12 inches |
May, Jun, Jul |
DM, D |
|
| Sisyrinchium albidum |
White-eyed Grass |
6 inches |
May, Jun |
DM, D |
 |
| Sporobolus heterolepis |
Dropseed Grass |
3 feet |
--- |
WM, M,
DM, D |
|
| Viola pedatifida |
Prairie Violet |
6 inches |
Apr, May, Jun
again in Sep
|
M, DM |
 |
| Zizia aptera |
Heart-leaved Alexanders |
2 feet |
Apr, May |
M, DM |
 |
|
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