Prairie plants found in Hardin county:
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Amorpha nana Nutt.
(Fragrant false indigo)
Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)		Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)		Anemone patens L.
(Pasque flower)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved 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 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 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 canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)		Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)
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 hirsuta Lag.
(Hairy grama)
Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)		Bromus kalmii Gray
(Kalm’s bromegrass)		Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)		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 muhlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.
(Sedge)		Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
(Downy painted cup)		Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)		Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)		Cirsium hillii (Canby) Fern.
(Hill’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)		Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Dichanthelium linearifolium (Scribner) Gould
(Rosette panic grass)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Cinnamon willowherb)		Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Purple-leaved willow-herb)
Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)		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 boreale L.
(Northern bedstraw)		Gentiana alba Muhl.
(Pale gentian)		Gentiana alba Muhl.
(Yellow gentian)
Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
(Bottle 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)
Helianthemum bicknellii Fern.
(Frost weed)		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)		Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)		Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)		Hieracium umbellatum L.
(Hawkweed)		Hieracium umbellatum L.
(Canada hawkweed)
Hypericum punctatum Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)		Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (illegal name)
(June grass)		Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes
(June grass)
Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(False dandelion)		Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(Dwarf dandelion)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)		Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)		Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Veiny pea)
Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Wild pea)		Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris cylindracea Michx.
(Cylindric 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 caroliniense (Walter) MacM.
(Hairy 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)		Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)		Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)		Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)
Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)		Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)
Onosmodium molle Michx.
(False gromwell)		Opuntia compressa (Salisb.) J. P. Macbr.
(Eastern prickly pear)		Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
(Little prickly pear)
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
(Eastern prickly pear)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)
Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Panicum linearifolium Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)		Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)
Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)		Phlox maculata L.
(Wild phlox)		Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)
Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Poa palustris L.
(Fowl meadow grass)		Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)
Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)		Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		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)
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Long-headed coneflower)		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Thimble-weed)		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 petiolaris Smith
(Shrub willow)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)		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 nemoralis Aiton
(Field goldenrod)		Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)		Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian 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)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)		Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Ironweed)		Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Western ironweed)
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 pedata L.
(Bird’s foot violet)		Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
Zigadenus elegans Pursh
(White camass)		Zigadenus elegans Pursh
(Death camass)		Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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