Prairie plants found in Buena Vista county:
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl.
(Wild prairie onion)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		Anemone patens L.
(Pasque flower)
Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)		Artemisia campestris L.
(Western sagewort)		Artemisia campestris L.
(Tall wormwood)
Artemisia caudata Michx.
(Western sagewort)		Artemisia caudata Michx.
(Tall wormwood)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)		Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green milkweed)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green-flowered milkweed)		Aster novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)		Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Astragalus lotiflorus Hooker
(Milk vetch)		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)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)		Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Calylophus serrulatus (Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)		Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
(Downy painted cup)		Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)		Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Echinacea pallida Nutt.
(Pale coneflower)		Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)		Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm.
(Spurge)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
(Bottle gentian)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Wild licorice)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Licorice-root)		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)		Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)		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)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)		Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)		Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
(Fringed puccoon)		Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
(Narrow-leaved puccoon)
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)		Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)		Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)		Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
(Prairie turnip)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Plantago patagonica Jacq.
(Plantain)		Plantago purshii R. & S.
(Plantain)
Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles
(Western prairie fringed orchid)		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)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)
Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)		Silene antirrhina L.
(Sleepy catchfly)		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)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)
Strophostyles leiosperma (T. & G.) Piper
(Wild bean)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)
Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)		Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
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