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Prairie plants found in Union county:
Agoseris cuspidata
(Pursh) Raf.
(Prairie dandelion)
Agoseris cuspidata
(Pursh) Raf.
(False dandelion)
Agropyron smithii
Rydb.
(Western wheatgrass)
Agropyron trachycaulum
(Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)
Amorpha canescens
Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon scoparius
Michx.
(Little bluestem)
Anemone cylindrica
Gray
(Windflower)
Anemone cylindrica
Gray
(Thimbleweed)
Antennaria neglecta
Greene
(Pussytoes)
Antennaria neglecta
Greene
(Field pussytoes)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
L.
(Spreading dogbane)
Artemisia ludoviciana
Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias hirtella
(Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata
L.
(Swamp 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 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 oblongifolius
Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Aster sericeus
Vent.
(Silky aster)
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)
Calamagrostis canadensis
(Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Carex bicknellii
Britton
(Sedge)
Carex brevior
(Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)
Carex gravida
Bailey
(Sedge)
Cassia fasciculata
Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Ceanothus americanus
L.
(New Jersey tea)
Ceanothus herbaceus
Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus
Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Spotted water hemlock)
Cirsium discolor
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Sprengel
(Field thistle)
Cirsium flodmanii
(Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata
(L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Crotalaria sagittalis
L.
(Rattle box)
Dalea alopecuroides
Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)
Dalea candida
Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea leporina
(Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)
Dalea purpurea
Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)
Delphinium virescens
Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Dichanthelium linearifolium
(Scribner) Gould
(Rosette panic grass)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Echinacea pallida
Nutt.
(Pale coneflower)
Elymus canadensis
L.
(Canada wild rye)
Equisetum laevigatum
A. Br.
(Smooth scouring-rush)
Equisetum laevigatum
A. Br.
(Prairie scouring-rush)
Eryngium yuccifolium
Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata
L.
(Flowering spurge)
Euphorbia dentata
Michx.
(Toothed spurge)
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 alba
Muhl.
(Pale gentian)
Gentiana alba
Muhl.
(Yellow 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)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Wild licorice)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Helenium autumnale
L.
(Sneezeweed)
Helianthus laetiflorus
Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus laetiflorus
Pers.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus
(Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus
(Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides
(L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Heuchera richardsonii
R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Hypericum punctatum
Lam.
(Spotted 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)
Lespedeza capitata
Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)
Liatris pycnostachya
Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)
Liatris squarrosa
(L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)
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)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Great lobelia)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Giant lobelia)
Lycopus americanus
Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)
Lycopus americanus
Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)
Lysimachia ciliata
L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Melanthium virginicum
L.
(Bunch-flower)
Mirabilis hirsuta
(Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Mirabilis nyctaginea
(Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Muhlenbergia racemosa
(Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)
Nothocalais cuspidata
(Pursh) Greene
(Prairie dandelion)
Nothocalais cuspidata
(Pursh) Greene
(False dandelion)
Oenothera biennis
L. var.
canescens
T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)
Oenothera villosa
Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)
Onoclea sensibilis
L.
(Sensitive fern)
Oxalis violacea
L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Panicum implicatum
Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)
Panicum linearifolium
Scribner
(Rosette 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)
Phlox pilosa
L.
(Prairie phlox)
Physalis virginiana
P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)
Polygala sanguinea
L.
(Field milkwort)
Polygala verticillata
L.
(Whorled milkwort)
Polygonum pensylvanicum
L. var.
laevigatum
Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Potentilla arguta
Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
Prunella vulgaris
L.
(Self heal)
Psoralea argophylla
Pursh
(Scurf-pea)
Psoralea argophylla
Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Psoralea tenuiflora
Pursh
(Scurfy pea)
Psoralidium batesii
Rydb.
(Scurfy pea)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Schrader
(Slender mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Schrader
(Narrow-leaved 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 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 humilis
Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis
Marsh.
(Upland-willow)
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
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 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)
Solidago speciosa
Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Spartina pectinata
Link
(Slough grass)
Spartina pectinata
Link
(Cord grass)
Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth
(Dropseed)
Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth
(Tall dropseed)
Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth
(Rough dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)
Stipa spartea
Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Strophostyles helvula
(L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)
Strophostyles helvula
(L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)
Strophostyles leiosperma
(T. & G.) Piper
(Wild bean)
Tradescantia bracteata
Small
(Spiderwort)
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)
Veronicastrum virginicum
(L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)
Viola pedatifida
G. Don
(Prairie violet)