Prairie plants found in Kossuth county:
Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf.
(False dandelion)		Agropyron smithii Rydb.
(Western wheatgrass)		Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)
Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl.
(Wild prairie onion)		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 neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)		Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)		Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)		Asclepias syriaca L.
(Common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)		Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)
Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)		Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster lanceolatus Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)		Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Aster simplex Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex D. Don
(Milk vetch)		Astragalus canadensis L.
(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)		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 bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)		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)		Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
(Small white lady’s slipper orchid)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)		Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
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)		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)		Geranium maculatum L.
(Wild geranium)		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)
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)		Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Veiny pea)		Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Wild pea)
Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.
(Prairie bush clover)		Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris ligulistylis (A. Nelson) K. Schum.
(Blazing star)
Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie 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 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 nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)		Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)
Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)		Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(Prairie dandelion)		Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(False dandelion)
Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
(Cowbane)		Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s 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)		Phalaris arundinacea L.
(Reed canary grass)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles
(Western prairie fringed orchid)
Poa palustris L.
(Fowl meadow grass)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
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 pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)		Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie 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)		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 gigantea Aiton
(Smooth goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Late goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		Spiraea alba Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)		Spiranthes cernua (L.) L. C. Rich.
(Nodding ladies’-tresses)
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 hastata L.
(Blue vervain)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary 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)
Zigadenus elegans Pursh
(White camass)		Zigadenus elegans Pursh
(Death camass)		Zizia aptera (Gray) Fern.
(Heart-leaved meadow parsnip)
Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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