Prairie plants found in Cherokee 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)		Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl.
(Wild prairie onion)
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
(Western ragweed)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)
Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)
Anemone patens L.
(Pasque flower)		Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Prairie milkweed)		Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Sullivant’s milkweed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)		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)		Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)
Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)		Astragalus lotiflorus Hooker
(Milk vetch)		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)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)		Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex HBK.) Lag. ex Steudel
(Blue grama)		Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.
(Hairy 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)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
(Downy painted cup)		Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)		Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)		Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)
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)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)
Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)
Desmodium illinoense Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)		Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. wilcoxianum
(Wilcox’s panic grass)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)		Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)
Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Smooth scouring-rush)		Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Prairie scouring-rush)		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 boreale L.
(Northern bedstraw)		Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)
Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Wild licorice)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Haplopappus spinulosus (Pursh) DC.
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Helenium autumnale L.
(Sneezeweed)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)
Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)		Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)		Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus maximiliani Schrader
(Maximillian’s sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)		Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)		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)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)		Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)		Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)		Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Veiny pea)		Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Wild pea)
Lespedeza capitata Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)		Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris punctata Hooker
(Dotted blazing star)
Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)		Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)		Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)		Lilium philadelphicum L.
(Wood lily)		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)
Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)		Machaeranthera spinulosa Greene
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)		Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)
Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(Prairie dandelion)		Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(False dandelion)		Oenothera biennis L. var. canescens T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)
Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Oenothera villosa Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)		Onosmodium molle Michx.
(False gromwell)
Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)
Panicum wilcoxianum Vasey
(Wilcox’s panic grass)		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 purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		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)
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)
Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)		Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
(Glaucous white lettuce)		Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
(Smooth white lettuce)
Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Psoralea esculenta Pursh
(Prairie turnip)
Pulsatilla patens (L.) P. Miller
(Pasque flower)		Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Common mountain mint)		Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Virginia mountain mint)
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl.
(Early buttercup)		Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
(Bristly crowfoot)		Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
(Bristly buttercup)
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)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)
Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)		Silene antirrhina L.
(Sleepy catchfly)		Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)
Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)		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 rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		Solidago speciosa Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)
Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)		Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)		Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)
Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)		Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Ironweed)		Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Western ironweed)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)
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