Prairie plants found in Washington county:
Allium canadense L.
(Wild onion)		Allium canadense L.
(Wild garlic)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)		Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)
Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)		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 amplexicaulis Smith
(Sand milkweed)		Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Blunt-leaved milkweed)		Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)		Aster azureus Lindley
(Sky-blue aster)		Aster azureus Lindley
(Azure aster)
Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)		Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)
Aster novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)		Aster praealtus Poiret
(Willow aster)		Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(False indigo)		Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(Cream false indigo)		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)
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)		Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)
Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)		Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)		Cicuta maculata L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata L.
(Spotted water hemlock)		Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)		Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Sprengel
(Field thistle)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		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)		Dodecatheon meadia L.
(Shooting star)
Echinacea angustifolia
(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 corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm.
(Spurge)
Euphorbia marginata Pursh
(Snow-on-the-mountain)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)
Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)		Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)
Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
(Bottle gentian)		Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)		Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)
Geranium carolinianum L.
(Cranesbill)		Geranium carolinianum L.
(Carolina crane’s bill)		Geranium maculatum L.
(Wild geranium)
Helenium autumnale L.
(Sneezeweed)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)		Hypericum punctatum Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)		Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx.
(Round-fruited St. John’s wort)
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)
Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(False dandelion)		Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(Dwarf dandelion)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)		Lespedeza capitata Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)		Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton
(Slender bush clover)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)		Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Wild flax)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Yellow flax)
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)		Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Great lobelia)		Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Giant lobelia)
Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)		Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)		Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Melanthium virginicum L.
(Bunch-flower)		Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)		Oenothera biennis L. var. canescens T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)		Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Prairie sundrops)
Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Sundrops)		Oenothera villosa Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)		Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)
Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Feverfew)		Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Wild quinine)
Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)		Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)		Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)
Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)		Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)
Pycnanthemum pilosum Nutt.
(Hairy mountain mint)		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)		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 blanda Aiton
(Meadow rose)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Smooth rose)
Rosa carolina L.
(Pasture rose)		Rosa carolina L.
(Carolina rose)		Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)		Rudbeckia hirta L.
(Black-eyed Susan)		Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Fragrant coneflower)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Sweet coneflower)		Salix discolor Muhl.
(Pussy willow)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)
Silene antirrhina L.
(Sleepy catchfly)		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 graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)		Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)
Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)		Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Field goldenrod)		Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)
Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		Spiraea alba Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)		Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Dropseed)
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Tall dropseed)		Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Rough dropseed)		Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
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)
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)		Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)		Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)		Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Ironweed)
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Western ironweed)		Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)
Viola pedata L.
(Bird’s foot violet)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)		Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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