Prairie plants found in Dallas county:
Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)
Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Indian hemp)		Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Hemp dogbane)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Sand milkweed)		Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Blunt-leaved milkweed)		Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca L.
(Common milkweed)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)		Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)
Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)		Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)		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)
Carex muhlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.
(Sedge)		Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)		Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)		Desmodium illinoense Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. wilcoxianum
(Wilcox’s panic grass)		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)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)		Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)
Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)		Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)
Geranium maculatum L.
(Wild geranium)		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)
Hypericum punctatum Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)		Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)
Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)		Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)		Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.
(Prairie bush clover)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris punctata Hooker
(Dotted blazing star)		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)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)		Oenothera laciniata Hill
(Ragged evening primrose)
Oenothera laciniata Hill
(Cut-leaved evening primrose)		Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Onosmodium molle Michx.
(False gromwell)
Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
(Cowbane)		Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)
Panicum wilcoxianum Vasey
(Wilcox’s panic grass)		Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Polygala senega L.
(Seneca snakeroot)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		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 arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)		Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie rose)		Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		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 gigantea Aiton
(Smooth goldenrod)		Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Late goldenrod)		Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Field goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)		Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)		Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)		Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)
Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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