Prairie plants found in Pottawattamie county:
Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf.
(False dandelion)		Agropyron smithii Rydb.
(Western wheatgrass)		Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)
Allium canadense L.
(Wild onion)		Allium canadense L.
(Wild garlic)		Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
(Western ragweed)
Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)		Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)
Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)
Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)		Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Prairie milkweed)		Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Sullivant’s milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca L.
(Common milkweed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green milkweed)		Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green-flowered milkweed)		Aster azureus Lindley
(Sky-blue aster)
Aster azureus Lindley
(Azure aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)
Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)		Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)
Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)		Astragalus lotiflorus Hooker
(Milk vetch)		Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(False indigo)
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(Cream false indigo)		Baptisia lactea (Raf.) Thieret
(White wild indigo)		Baptisia lactea (Raf.) Thieret
(White false indigo)
Baptisia leucantha T. & G.
(White wild indigo)		Baptisia leucantha T. & G.
(White false indigo)		Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
(False indigo)
Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
(Cream false indigo)		Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hooker) Scribner
(Sand reed-grass)		Calylophus serrulatus (Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)		Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)
Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)		Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
(Downy painted cup)		Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)		Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)		Dalea enneandra Nutt.
(Dalea)
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)		Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)		Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. wilcoxianum
(Wilcox’s panic grass)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)		Echinacea pallida Nutt.
(Pale coneflower)
Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Smooth scouring-rush)		Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Prairie scouring-rush)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)		Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm.
(Spurge)
Euphorbia marginata Pursh
(Snow-on-the-mountain)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Galium obtusum Bigelow
(Wild madder)
Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)		Gaura coccinea Pursh
(Scarlet gaura)		Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Wild licorice)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Licorice-root)		Haplopappus spinulosus (Pursh) DC.
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)		Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)		Iris shrevei L. Small
(Blue flag)		Iris virginica var. shrevei (Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (illegal name)
(June grass)		Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes
(June grass)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)		Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)		Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)
Lespedeza capitata Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)		Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris punctata Hooker
(Dotted blazing star)
Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Wild flax)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Yellow flax)		Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)
Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
(Fringed puccoon)		Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
(Narrow-leaved puccoon)		Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)
Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)		Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don
(Rush-pink)		Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don
(Skeleton weed)
Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Machaeranthera spinulosa Greene
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)		Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)
Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(Prairie dandelion)		Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(False dandelion)		Oenothera laciniata Hill
(Ragged evening primrose)
Oenothera laciniata Hill
(Cut-leaved evening primrose)		Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Prairie sundrops)		Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Sundrops)
Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Onosmodium molle Michx.
(False gromwell)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
(Locoweed)		Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Panicum wilcoxianum Vasey
(Wilcox’s panic grass)		Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
(Prairie turnip)
Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt.
(Large-flowered beardtongue)		Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)		Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)
Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Plantago patagonica Jacq.
(Plantain)		Plantago purshii R. & S.
(Plantain)
Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles
(Western prairie fringed orchid)		Poa palustris L.
(Fowl meadow grass)		Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Psoralea esculenta Pursh
(Prairie turnip)		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Long-headed coneflower)		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Thimble-weed)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)		Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie rose)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Meadow rose)
Rosa blanda Aiton
(Smooth rose)		Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)		Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Fragrant coneflower)		Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Sweet coneflower)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)
Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)		Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)
Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)		Solidago altissima L.
(Tall goldenrod)		Solidago altissima L.
(Canada goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis L.
(Tall goldenrod)		Solidago canadensis L.
(Canada goldenrod)		Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Smooth goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Late goldenrod)		Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)		Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Field goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)		Solidago speciosa Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)
Strophostyles leiosperma (T. & G.) Piper
(Wild bean)		Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)		Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)		Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)		Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)		Yucca glauca Nutt. ex Fraser
(Soapweed)
Yucca glauca Nutt. ex Fraser
(Yucca)		Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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