Prairie Plants in Database by Common Name

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These are the plants currently in the database. Some plants like the Grey Goldenrod have alternate common names. You will see the common name to the left with the scientific name in parentheses when you are entering your data.

To update plant name data, click on the plant name. To add another plant to the database, use the form at the bottom of this page. You may see missing icons with question marks when new plants are added.



Id Icon Common Name
in Database
Scientific Name Grass/Forb Alternate
Common Name
38 Alum Root Heuchera richardsonii forb Rough heuchera
114 American Vetch Vicia americana forb
112 Balsam Ragwort Senecio pauperculus forb
1 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardi grass
11 Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta forb
90 Blue Vervain Verbena hastata forb
52 Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum forb
53 Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii forb
139 Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba forb
105 Bugle Weed Lycopus virginicus forb
47 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa forb
91 Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis forb
60 Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis grass
142 Common Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium albidum forb
109 Common Water Horehound Lycopus americanus forb
4 Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum forb
127 Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum forb
108 Cowbane Oxypolis rigidior forb
89 Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia leucophaea forb
22 CulverÕs Root Veronicastrum virginicum forb
28 Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum forb
21 Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata forb Marsh Blazing Star
135 Downy Gentian Gentiana puberula forb
113 Downy Sunflower Helianthus mollis forb
152 Early Goldenrod Solidago juncea forb
46 False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides forb
34 False Toadflax Comandra richardsiana forb
49 Flowering Spurge Euphoribia corollata forb
58 Foxglove Beard Tongue Penstemon digitalis forb
147 Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata forb
149 Germander Teucrium canadense var. littorale forb
55 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea forb
136 Golden Ragwort Senecio aureus forb
30 Grass-leaved Goldenrod Solidago graminifolia forb
24 Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis forb Old Field Goldenrod
115 Hairy Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum pilosum forb
31 Heath Aster Aster ericoides forb
92 Hoary Puccoon Lithospermum canescens forb
51 Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta forb
116 Horehound Marrubium vulgare forb
131 Horsetail Equisetum arvense forb
117 Illinois Tick Trefoil Desmodium illinoense forb
5 Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans grass
118 Indian Hemp Apocynum cannabinum forb Dogbane
54 Iron Weed Vernonia fasciculata forb
35 Late Purple Aster Aster patens forb Spreading Aster
141 Late Goldenrod Solidago gigantea forb
87 Lead Plant Amorpha canescens forb
17 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius grass
33 Marsh Phlox Phlox glaberrima forb
151 Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis forb
15 Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum forb
134 Needle Spike Rush Eleocharis acicularis sedge
16 New England Aster Aster novae-angliae forb
132 Nodding Ladies'-Tresses Spiranthes cernua forb
3 Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum forb
97 Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale forb
32 Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana forb False Dragonhead
20 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida forb
44 Panicled Aster Aster simplex forb
48 Partridge Pea Cassia fasciculata forb
43 Pasture Rose Rosa carolina forb
93 Porcupine Grass Stipa spartea grass
36 Prairie Aster Aster turbinellus forb
121 Prairie Blazing Star Liatrus pycnostachya forb
88 Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta forb
18 Prairie Cord Grass Spartina pectinata grass
82 Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata forb Tickseed, Stiff Coreopsis
8 Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum forb
81 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis grass
145 Prairie Loosestrife Lysimachia quadriflora forb Narrow-leaved Loosestrife
148 Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii forb
144 Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa forb Downy Phlox
99 Prairie Sunflower Helianthus laetiflorus rigidus forb Showy Sunflower
64 Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea forb Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower
102 Purple Gerardia Agalinis purpurea forb
119 Purple Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum forb
120 Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum forb
25 Purple Prairie Clover Petalostemum purpureum forb
7 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium forb
42 Riddel Goldenrod Solidago riddellii forb Ohio Goldenrod
9 Rosinweed Silphium integrifolium forb
50 Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata forb Bush clover
62 Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus grass
13 Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus forb
63 Sedge Carex sedge
39 Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia forb
86 Short's Aster Aster shortii forb
37 Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa forb
19 Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense forb
150 Side-flowering Aster Aster laterifloris forb
59 Side-Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula grass
85 Silky Aster Aster sericeus forb
130 Silphium hybrid Silphium xsp forb Compass Dock Hybrid
94 Sky-blue aster Aster azureus forb
133 Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium forb Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint
122 Small White Aster Aster vimineus forb
84 Smooth Aster Aster laevis L. forb
98 Smooth Prairie Lettuce Prenanthes racemosa forb
110 Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale forb
40 Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis forb
100 Stiff Aster Aster linariifolius forb Flax-leaved Aster
2 Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida forb
137 Sunshine Rose Rosa arkansana forb Arkansas Rose
107 Swamp Betony Pedicularis lanceolata forb Fen Betony
123 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata forb
129 Sweet Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa forb
6 Switch Grass Panicum virgatum grass
29 Tall Boneset Eupatorium altissimum forb
12 Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris forb
140 Tall Sunflower Helianthus giganteus forb
95 Thimbleweed Anenome cylindrica forb
124 Violet Viola sp. forb
111 Waxy Meadow Rue Thalictrum revolutum forb
26 White Prairie Clover Petalostemum candidum forb
27 White Wild Indigo Baptisia leucantha forb
125 Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata forb
14 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa forb
41 Wild Madder Galium obtusum forb
106 Wild Mint Mentha arvensis forb
143 Wild Onion Allium canadense forb Wild Garlic
23 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium forb
45 Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana forb
126 Winged Loosestrife Lythrum alatum forb
103 Woundwort Stachys palustris forb
138 Yellow avens Geum aleppicum forb
10 Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata forb Gray-headed Coneflower
96 Yellowish Gentian Gentiana flavida forb Cream Colored Gentian


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