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Native Wildflowers by scientific name
A B C D E G H I K L M O P R S T V Z

Scientific Name
Plant Family
Seeds per ounce
Bloom Time
Additional info
Scientific Names - A
Achillea millefolium - "Yarrow"
Compositae
-
June - Aug
Acorus calamus - "Sweet Flag"
Araceae
6,600
May - Aug
Actinomeris alternifolia - "Wingstem"
Compositae
9,000
Aug - Sept
Agastache foeniculum - "Anise Hyssop"
Labiatae
90,000
June - Sept
Agastache nepetoides - "Giant Yellow Hyssop"
Labiatae
90,000
July - Sept
Alisma plantago-aquatica - "Water Plantain"
Alismataceae
-
June - Sept
Allium canadense - "Wild Garlic"
Liliaceae
560
May - July
Allium cernuum - "Nodding Onion"
Liliaceae
7,600
July - Aug
Allium stellatum - "Prairie Onion"
Liliaceae
11,000
July - Aug
Amorpha canescens - "Leadplant"
Liliaceae
16,000
June - Aug
Amorpha fruticosa - "False Indigo"
Fabaceae
3,700
June - Aug
Anemone canadensis - "Canada Anemone" -
Ranunculaceae
8,000
May - July
Anemone cylindrica - "Thimbleweed"
Ranunculaceae
26,000
June - July
Anemone patens - "Pasque Flower"
Ranunculaceae
Anemone virginiana - "Tall Thimbleweed" -
Ranunculaceae
28,000
July - Aug
Angelica atropurpurea - "Angelica"
Umbelliferae
5,400
July - Oct
Aquilegia canadensis - "Columbine"
Ranunculaceae
38,000
April - July
Arisaema triphyllum - "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" -
Araceae
-
April - June
Artemisia ludoviciana - "Prairie Sage"
Compositae
250,000
July - Sept
Asarum canadense - "Wild Ginger"
Aristolochiaceae
-
April - May
Asclepias incarnata - "Swamp Milkweed"
Asclepiadaceae
4,800
June - Aug
Asclepias syriaca - "Silkweed"
Asclepiadaceae
4,000
June - Aug
Asclepias tuberosa - "Butterfly Milkweed"
Asclepiadaceae
4,300
June - Sept
Asclepias verticillata - "Whorled Milkweed"
Asclepiadaceae
11,000
June - Sept
Aster azureus - "Sky-blue Aster"
Compositae
80,000
Aug - Oct
Aster ericoides - "Heath Aster"
Compositae
200,000
July - Oct
Aster laevis - "Smooth Blue Aster"
Compositae
55,000
Aug - Oct
Aster lateriflorus - "Calico Aster"
Compositae
250,000
Aug - Oct
Aster novae-angliae - "New England Aster"
Compositae
66,000
Aug - Oct
Aster pilosus - "Frost Aster"
Compositae
140,000
Sept - Oct
Aster ptarmicoides - "Upland White Aster"
Compositae
64,000
June - Sept
Aster puniceus - "Swamp Aster"
Compositae
80,000
Aug - Oct
Aster sagittifolius - Arrow-leaved Aster
Compositae
-
Aug - Oct
Aster sericeus - "Silky Aster"
Compositae
56,000
Sept - Oct
Aster shortii - Short's Aster
Compositae
60,000
Aug - Oct
Aster simplex - "Panicled Aster"
Compositae
-
Aug - Oct
Aster umbellatus - "Flat-topped Aster"
Compositae
67,000
Aug - Oct
Astragalus canadensis - "Canada Milkvetch"
Fabaceae
17,000
June - Aug
Scientific Names - B
Baptisia australis - "Blue Wild Indigo"
Fabaceae
1,500
May - June
Baptisia leucantha - "White Wild Indigo"
Fabaceae
1,700
June - July
Baptisia leucophaea - "Cream Wild Indigo"
Fabaceae
1,400
May - June
Bidens cernua - "Nodding Bur Marigold"
Compositae
21,000
July - Oct
Boltonia asteroides - "False Aster"
Compositae
160,000
Aug - Oct
Scientific Names - C
Caltha palustris - "Marsh Marigold
Ranunculaceae
26,000
April - June
Campanula americana - "Tall Bellflower"
Campanulaceae
170,000
June - Aug
Campanula rotundifolia - "Harebells"
Campanulaceae
June - Sept
more info
Cassia fasciculata - "Partridge Pea"
Fabaceae
2,700
July - Sept
Cassia hebecarpa - "Wild Senna"
Fabaceae
1,400
July - Aug
Cassia marilandica - "Maryland Senna"
Fabaceae
1,700
July - Aug
Castilleja coccinea - "Indian Paintbrush"
Scrophulariaceae
300,000
May - July
Ceanothus americanus - "New Jersey Tea"
Rhamnaceae
7,600
May - July
Ceanothus ovatus - "Red Root"
Rhamnaceae
10,000
June - July
Celastrus scandens - "Bittersweet"
Celastraceae
1,800
May - June
Cephalanthus occidentalis - "Buttonbush"
Rubiaceae
6,000
June - Aug
Chelone glabra - "Turtlehead"
Scrophulariaceae
92,000
July - Sept
Cicuta maculata - "Water Hemlock"
Umbelliferae
12,000
June - Sept
Clematis virginiana - "Virgin's Bower"
Ranunculaceae
16,000
July - Sept
Cleome serrulata - "Rocky Mountain Bee Plant"
Capperidaceae
6,500
July - Aug
Coreopsis lanceolata - "Lanceleaf Coreopsis"
Compositae
20,000
May - Aug
Coreopsis palmata - "Prairie Coreopsis"
Compositae
10,000
June - Aug
Coreopsis tinctoria - "Plains Coreopsis"
Compositae
-
June - Sept
Coreopsis tripteris - "Tall Coreopsis"
Compositae
14,000
July - Oct
Crotalaria sagittalis - "Rattlebox"
Fabaceae
4,500
June - Sept
Scientific Names - D
Decodon verticillatus - "Swamp Loosestrife"
Lythraceae
-
July - Aug
Delphinium virescens - "Prairie Larkspur"
Ranunculaceae
60,000
June - July
Desmanthus illinoensis - "Illinois Bundleflower"
Fabaceae
4,200
July - Aug
Desmodium canadense - "Showy Tick Trefoil"
Fabaceae
5,500
July - Aug
Desmodium illinoense - "Illinois Tick Trefoil"
Fabaceae
4,300
July - Aug
Dodecatheon meadia - "Midland Shooting Star"
Primulaceae
April - June
Scientific Names - E
Echinacea angustifolia - "Narrow Purple Coneflower     Compositae         5,000    more info
Echinacea pallida - "Pale Purple Coneflower"
Compositae
5,200
June - July
Echinacea paradoxa - "Bush's Coneflower"
Compositae
5,000
June - Aug
Echinacea purpurea - "Purple Coneflower"
Compositae
6,600
July - Sept
Eleocharis - palustris - "Spike Rush"      
Epilobium angustifolium - "Fireweed"
Onagraceae
500,000
July - Sept
Epilobium glandulosum - "Northern Willow Herb"
Onagraceae
60,000
July - Sept
Eryngium yuccifolium - "Rattlesnake Master"
Umbelliferae
7,500
Sept - Nov
Eupatorium altissimum - "Tall Boneset"
Compositae
50,000
Aug - Oct
Eupatorium coelestinum - "Mist Flower"
Compositae
350,000
Sept - Oct
Eupatorium maculatum - "Joe Pye Weed"
Compositae
95,000
June - Aug
Eupatorium perfoliatum - "Boneset"
Compositae
160,000
July - Sept
Eupatorium purpureum - "Sweet Joe Pye"
Compositae
42,000
July - Sept
Eupatorium rugosum - "White Snakeroot"
Compositae
150,000
July - Oct
Epilobium angustifolium - "Flowering Spurge"
Euphorbiaceae
8,000
June - Oct
Scientific Names - G
Gaura biennis - "Biennial Gaura"
Onagraceae
2,700
June - Oct
Gentiana andrewsii - "Bottle Gentian"
Gentianaceae
280,000
Aug - Oct
Gentiana flavida - "Cream Gentian"
Gentianaceae
140,000
Aug - Sept
Gentiana quinquefolia - "Stiff Gentian"
Gentianaceae
180,000
Aug - Oct
Geranium maculatum - "Wild Geranium"
Geraniaceae
5,000
April - June
Geum triflorum - "Prairie Smoke"
Rosaceae
27,000
April - June
Glycyrrhiza lepidota - "Wild Licorice"
Fabaceae
3,900
June - July
Glyceria grandis - "Reed Manna Grass"      
Glyceria striata - "Fowl Manna Grass"      
Scientific Names - H
Hierochloe odorata - "Sweet Grass"      
Helenium autumnale - "Sneezeweed"
Compositae
130,000
Aug - Oct
Helianthus grosseserratus - "Sawtooth Sunflower"
Compositae
15,000
Aug - Oct
Helianthus laetiflorus - "Showy Sunflower"
Compositae
4,000
July - Sept
Helianthus maximiliani - "Maximilian Sunflower"
Compositae
13,000
Aug - Sept
Helianthus mollis - "Ashy Sunflower"
Compositae
7,000
Aug - Sept
Helianthus occidentalis - "Western Sunflower"
Compositae
 
Aug - Sept
Heliopsis helianthoides - "Ox-eye Sunflower"
Compositae
6,300
June - Sept
Hepatica acutiloba - "Hepatica"    
Aprl - June
Heracleum maximum - "Cow Parsnip"
Umbelliferae
2,600
June - Aug
Heuchera richardsonii - "Prairie Alumroot"
Saxifragaceae
700,000
April - June
Hibiscus militaris - "Rose Mallow"
Malvaceae
2,800
Aug - Sept
Hypericum pyramidatum - "Great St. John's Wort"
Guttiferae
190,000
June - Aug
Hystrix patula - "Bottlebrush Grass"      
Scientific Names - I
Iris shrevei - "Blue Flag Iris"  
Iridaceae
1,000
May - July
Scientific Names - K
Kuhnia eupatorioiides - "False Boneset"  
Compositae
32,000
Aug - Sept
Scientific Names - L
Lespedeza capitata - "Roundheaded Bushclover"
Fabaceae
8,000
Aug - Sept
Liatris aspera - "Rough Blazingstar"
Compositae
16,000
July - Oct
Liatris ligulistylis - "Meadow Blazingstar"
Compositae
10,000
Aug - Sept
Liatris pycnostachya - "Prairie Blazingstar"
Compositae
11,000
July - Sept
Liatris spicata - "Marsh Blazingstar"
Compositae
11,000
July - Sept
Liatris squarrosa - "Scaly Blazingstar"
Compositae
7,000
July - Sept
Lilium michiganense - "Turk's Cap Lily"
Liliaceae
10,000
July - Aug
Lobelia cardinalis - "Cardinal Flower"
Campanulaceae
400,000
July - Sept
Lobelia siphilitica - "Great Blue Lobelia"
Campanulaceae
500,000
Aug - Sept
Ludwigia alternifolia - "Seedbox"
Onagraceae
-
June - Aug
Lupinus perennis - "Wild Lupine"
Fabaceae
1,100
April - July
Lycopus americanus - "Water Horehound"
Labiatae
130,000
July - Sept
Scientific Names - M
Mentha arvensis - "Wood Mint"
Labiatae
300,000
June - Sept
Mimulus ringens - "Monkeyflower"
Scrophulariaceae
2,300,00
June - Sept
Mitella diphylla - "Miterwort"      
Monarda fistulosa - "Wild Bergamot"
Labiatae
70,000
July - Aug
Monarda punctata - "Dotted Mint"
Labiatae
90,000
July - Sept
Scientific Names - O
Oenothera biennis - "Evening Primrose"
Onagraceae
90,000
June - Sept
Osmorhiza claytinii - "Sweet Cicely"
Umbelliferae
2,500
May - June
Scientific Names - P
Parthenium integrifolium - "Wild Quinine"
Compositae
7,000
June - Sept
Pedicularis canadensis - "Wood Betony"
Scrophulariaceae
 
June - Sept
Penstemon digitalis - "Foxglove Beardtongue"
Scrophulariaceae
130,000
June - July
Penstemon grandiflorus - "Large-flowered Beardtongue"
Scrophulariaceae
14,000
May - June
Penthorum sedoides - "Ditch Stonecrop"
Saxifragaceae
1,300,000
June - Sept
Petalostemon candidus - "White Prairie Clover"
Fabaceae
19,000
June - Sept
Petalostemum purpureum - "Purple Prairie Clover"
Fabaceae
18,000
July - Sept
Phlox divaricata - "Woodland Blue Phlox"
Polemoniaceae
 
April - June
Phlox maculata - "Wild Sweet William Polemoniaceae     more info
Phlox pilosa - "Prairie Phlox"
Polemoniaceae
19,000
May - July
Physostegia virginiana - "False Dragonhead"
Labiatae
11,000
June - Oct
Polemonium reptans - "Jacob's Ladder"
Polemoniaceae
18,000
April - June
Polygonatum canaliculatum - "Solomon's Seal"
Liliaceae
-
May - June
Polygonum pensylvanicum - "Smartweed"
Polygonaceae
-
June - Oct
Potentilla arguta - "Prairie Cinquefoil"
Rosaceae
230,000
June - Sept
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - "Slender Mountain Mint"
Labiatae
378,000
June - Sept
Pycnanthemum virginianum - "Mountain Mint"
Labiatae
220,000
June - Sept
Scientific Names - R
Ratibida columnifera - "Long-headed Coneflower"
Compositae
42,000
June - Aug
Ratibida pinnata - "Yellow Coneflower"
Compositae
30,000
July - Sept
Rosa arkansana - "Prairie Wild Rose"
Rosaceae
2,500
June - Aug
Rosa palustris - "Swamp Rose"
Rosaceae
1,600
June - Aug
Rosa spp. - "Wild Rose"
Rosaceae
-
June - Aug
Rudbeckia fulgida - "Orange Coneflower"
Compositae
31,000
July - Sept
Rudbeckia hirta - "Black-eyed Susan"
Compositae
92,000
June - Oct
Rudbeckia laciniata - "Wild Golden Glow"
Compositae
14,000
July - Oct
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - "Sweet Black-eyed Susan"
Compositae
43,000
Aug - Oct
Rudbeckia triloba - "Brown-eyed Susan"
Compositae
34,000
Aug - Oct
Ruellia humilis - "Wild Petunia"
Acanthaceae
5,200
June - Aug
Rumex orbiculatus - "Water Dock"
Polygonaceae
-
June - Sept
Scientific Names - S
Sagittaria latifolia - "Common Arrowhead"
Alismataceae
61,000
July - Sept
Scrophularia marilandica - "Late Figwort"
Scrophulariaceae
170,000
May - July
Scutellaria lateriflora - "Mad Dog Skullcap"
Labiatae
65,000
July - Sept
Silene regia - "Royal Catchfly"
Caryophyllaceae
23,000
July - Aug
Silphium integrifolium - "Rosinweed"
Compositae
1,200
July - Sept
Silphium laciniatum - "Compass Plant"
Compositae
660
June - Sept
Silphium perfoliatum - "Cup Plant"
Compositae
1,400
July - Sept
Silphium terebinthinaceum - "Prairie Dock"
Compositae
1,000
July - Sept
Sisyrinchium angustifolium  "Blue eyed Grass"
Plugs not available
Iridaceae
   
Sisyrinchium campestre- "Blue eyed Grass"
Plugs not available
     
Smilacina racemosa - "False Solomon's Seal"
Liliaceae
400
April - June
Smilax herbacea - "Carrion Flower"
Liliaceae
-
May - June
Solidago canadensis - "Canada Goldenrod"
Compositae
-
July - Sept
Solidago flexicaulis - "Zig-Zag Goldenrod"
Compositae
84,000
Aug - Oct
Solidago graminifolia - "Grass-leaved Goldenrod"
Compositae
350,000
July - Sept
Solidago nemoralis - "Old Field Goldenrod"
Compositae
300,000
Aug - Oct
Solidago ohioensis - "Ohio Goldenrod"
Compositae
110,000
July - Sept
Solidago riddellii - "Riddell's Goldenrod"
Compositae
93,000
Aug - Oct
Solidago rigida - "Stiff Goldenrod"
Compositae
41,000
Aug - Oct
Solidago speciosa - "Showy Goldenrod"
Compositae
95,000
Aug - Oct
Solidago ulmifolia - "Elm-leaved Goldenrod"
Compositae
130,000
July - Oct
Sparganium eurycarpum - "Giant Bur Reed"
Sparganiaceae
500
June - Aug
Staphylea trifolia - "Bladdernut"
Staphylaceae
425
April - May
Scientific Names - T
Tephrosia virginiana - "Goat's Rue"
Fabaceae
2,500
June - July
Teucrium canadense - "Germander"
Labiatae
20,000
July - Sept
Thalictrum dasycarpum - "Purple Meadow Rue"
Ranunculaceae
7,300
April - May
Tradescantia bracteata - "Prairie Spiderwort"
Commelinaceae
10,000
May - July
Tradescantia ohiensis - "Ohio Spiderwort"
Commelinaceae
8,000
May - July
Scientific Names - V
Verbena hastata - "Blue Vervain"
Verbenaceae
93,000
July - Sept
Verbena stricta - "Hoary Vervain"
Verbenaceae
28,000
June - Sept
Vernonia fasciculata - "Ironweed"
Compositae
24,000
July - Sept
Veronicastrum virginicum - "Culver's Root"
Scrophulariaceae
800,000
June - Aug
Viola pedatifida - "Prairie Violet"
Violaceae
28,000
April - June
Scientific Names - Z
Zigadenus elegans - "White Camass"
Liliaceae
-
May - June
Zizia aptera - "Heartleaf Alexanders"
Umbelliferae
12,000
April - May
Zizia aurea - "Golden Alexanders"
Umbelliferae
11,000
April - June


Grasses and Sedges by scientific name
A B C E G H J K L P S
Scientific Names - A
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Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem
Gramineae
10,000
Andropogon scoparius - Little Bluestem
Gramineae
15,000
Scientific Names - B
Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats Grama
Gramineae
6,000
Bouteloua gracilis - Blue Grama
Gramineae
40,000
Bromus ciliatus - Fringed Brome
Gramineae
10,000
Bromus kalmii - Kalm's Brome
Gramineae
8,000
Bromus purgans - Hairy Wood Chess
Gramineae
7,600
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalo Grass
Poaceae
3,600
Scientific Names - C
Calamagrostis canadensis - Blue Joint Grass
Gramineae
280,000
Carex bebbii - Bebb's Sedge
Cyperaceae
34,000
Carex comosa - Bottlebrush Sedge
Cyperaceae
30,000
Carex crinita - Fringed Sedge
Cyperaceae
23,000
Carex hystricina - Porcupine Sedge
Cyperaceae
30,000
Carex lupulina - Hop Sedge
Cyperaceae
3,300
Carex lurida - Lurid Sedge
Cyperaceae
12,000
Carex pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Sedge
   Cyperaceae
     
Carex scoparia - Broom Sedge
Cyperaceae
84,000
Carex sprengelii - Long-beaked Sedge
Cyperaceae
10,000
Carex stipata - Awl-fruited Sedge
Cyperaceae
34,000
Carex stricta - Tussock Sedge
Cyperaceae
53,000
Carex vulpinoidea - Fox Sedge
Cyperaceae
100,000
Scientific Names - D
Scientific Names - E
Eleocharis palustris - Spike Rush
Cyperaceae
51,000
Elymus canadensis - Canada Wild Rye
Gramineae
5,200
Elymus virginicus - Virginia Wild Rye
Gramineae
4,200
Eragrostis trichodes - Sand Lovegrass
Gramineae
-
Scientific Names - G
Glyceria grandis - Reed Manna Grass
Gramineae
80,000
Glyceria striata - Fowl Manna Grass
Gramineae
160,000
Scientific Names - H
Hystrix patula - Bottlebrush Grass
Gramineae
7,600
Scientific Names - J
Juncus balticus - Baltic Rush
Juncaceae
-
Juncus dudleyi - Dudley's Rush
Juncaceae
-
Juncus effusus - Soft Rush
Juncaceae
1,000,000
Juncus interior - Inland Rush
Juncaceae
2,800,000
Juncus tenuis - Path Rush
Juncaceae
1,000,000
Juncus torreyi - Torrey's Rush
Juncaceae
1,600,000
Scientific Names - K
Koeleria cristata - June Grass
Gramineae
200,000
Scientific Names - L
Leersia oryzoides - Rice Cut Grass
Gramineae
200,000
Scientific Names - P
Panicum virgatum - Switch Grass  
Gramineae
14,000
Scientific Names - S
Scirpus acutus - Hard-stem Bulrush
Cyperaceae
20,000
Scirpus americanus - Three-square Rush
Cyperaceae
12,000
Scirpus atrovirens - Dark Green Bulrush
Cyperaceae
460,000
Scirpus cyperinus - Wool Grass
Cyperaceae
1,700,000
Scirpus fluviatils - River Bulrush        
Scirpus pungens - Common Three-Square
Cyperaceae
     
Scirpus validus - Soft-Stem Bulrush
Cyperaceae
31,000
Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass
Gramineae
12,000
Spartina pectinata - Prairie Cordgrass
Gramineae
6,600
Sporobolus asper - Tall Dropseed
Gramineae
30,000
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed
Gramineae
16,000
Stipa spartea - Porcupine Grass
Poaceae
680



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