Prairie plants found in Sac county:
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Allium canadense L.
(Wild onion)		Allium canadense L.
(Wild garlic)
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)
Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)		Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)
Aster lanceolatus Willd.
(Panicled aster)		Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Aster simplex Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)		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)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)		Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(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)
Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)		Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)		Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
(Small white lady’s slipper orchid)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)
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)
Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Galium obtusum Bigelow
(Wild madder)		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)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)
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)		Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)		Lathyrus palustris L.
(Marsh vetchling)
Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Veiny pea)		Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Wild pea)		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)		Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Great lobelia)
Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Giant lobelia)		Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)		Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)		Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)
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)		Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)
Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.
(Swamp lousewort)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt.
(Large-flowered beardtongue)		Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)
Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Pulsatilla patens (L.) P. Miller
(Pasque flower)		Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Slender mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Narrow-leaved mountain mint)		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)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Meadow rose)
Rosa blanda Aiton
(Smooth rose)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)
Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)		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 missouriensis Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)		Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Dropseed)
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Tall dropseed)		Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Rough dropseed)		Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Stipa viridula Trin.
(Green needlegrass)		Stipa viridula Trin.
(Feather-bunchgrass)		Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)		Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)		Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)
Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
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