Prairie plants found in Union county:
Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf.
(Prairie dandelion)		Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf.
(False dandelion)		Agropyron smithii Rydb.
(Western wheatgrass)
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)
Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)		Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
(Spreading dogbane)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)		Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)		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 novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)		Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)		Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(False indigo)		Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(Cream false indigo)		Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
(False indigo)
Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
(Cream false indigo)		Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)		Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)		Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)
Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)		Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)		Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)		Cicuta maculata L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata L.
(Spotted water hemlock)		Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Sprengel
(Field thistle)		Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
(Rattle box)		Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Dichanthelium linearifolium (Scribner) Gould
(Rosette 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)
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)		Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)
Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)		Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)		Gentiana alba Muhl.
(Pale gentian)
Gentiana alba Muhl.
(Yellow gentian)		Gentiana flavida A. Gray
(Pale gentian)		Gentiana flavida A. Gray
(Yellow gentian)
Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)		Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)		Geranium maculatum L.
(Wild geranium)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Wild licorice)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Licorice-root)		Helenium autumnale L.
(Sneezeweed)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)		Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)		Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)		Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Hypericum punctatum Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)		Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)		Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)
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)		Lespedeza capitata Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)		Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)		Lilium philadelphicum L.
(Wood lily)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Wild flax)
Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Yellow flax)		Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)		Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter) MacM.
(Hairy puccoon)
Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Great lobelia)		Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Giant lobelia)		Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)		Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)		Melanthium virginicum L.
(Bunch-flower)		Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)		Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(Prairie dandelion)
Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(False dandelion)		Oenothera biennis L. var. canescens T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)		Oenothera villosa Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)
Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)
Panicum linearifolium Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)		Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Polygala sanguinea L.
(Field milkwort)
Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh
(Scurfy pea)		Psoralidium batesii Rydb.
(Scurfy pea)		Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Slender mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Narrow-leaved mountain mint)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)
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 hirta L.
(Black-eyed Susan)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)
Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)		Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)		Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)
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 graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)
Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)		Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Field goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)		Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		Solidago speciosa Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Dropseed)		Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Tall dropseed)		Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Rough dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)		Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)		Strophostyles leiosperma (T. & G.) Piper
(Wild bean)
Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)		Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)		Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)
Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)		Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)		Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)
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