Prairie plants found in Mills county:
Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)		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 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 oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)		Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)
Astragalus lotiflorus Hooker
(Milk vetch)		Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)		Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex HBK.) Lag. ex Steudel
(Blue grama)
Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.
(Hairy grama)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)		Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Calylophus serrulatus (Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)		Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)
Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)		Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea enneandra Nutt.
(Dalea)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
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)		Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)
Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Cinnamon willowherb)		Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Purple-leaved willow-herb)		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)
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)		Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)
Euphorbia marginata Pursh
(Snow-on-the-mountain)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Gaura coccinea Pursh
(Scarlet gaura)
Haplopappus spinulosus (Pursh) DC.
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Helianthemum bicknellii Fern.
(Frost weed)		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)		Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)		Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)
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 pulchella (Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)		Liatris punctata Hooker
(Dotted blazing star)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Wild flax)
Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Yellow flax)		Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)		Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don
(Rush-pink)		Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don
(Skeleton weed)		Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Machaeranthera spinulosa Greene
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Melanthium virginicum L.
(Bunch-flower)		Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)		Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Prairie sundrops)		Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Sundrops)
Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
(Locoweed)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt.
(Large-flowered beardtongue)
Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)		Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)		Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)
Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Plantago patagonica Jacq.
(Plantain)		Plantago purshii R. & S.
(Plantain)
Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles
(Western prairie fringed orchid)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)
Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
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)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)
Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)		Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)		Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)
Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		Solidago speciosa Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)
Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)		Strophostyles leiosperma (T. & G.) Piper
(Wild bean)		Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)		Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)		Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)		Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)
Yucca glauca Nutt. ex Fraser
(Soapweed)		Yucca glauca Nutt. ex Fraser
(Yucca)		Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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