Prairie Plants in Database by Scientific 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.

Id in Database	Icon	Scientific Name in Database	Common Name	Grass/Forb	Alternate Common Name	Alternate CC Value
81		Sporobolus heterolepis	Prairie Dropseed	grass		10
85		Aster sericeus	Silky Aster	forb		10
89		Baptisia leucophaea	Cream Wild Indigo	forb		10
135		Gentiana puberula	Downy Gentian	forb		10
154		Zizia aptera	Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip	forb		10
156		Lilium philadelphicum	Prairie Lily	forb		10
157		Cacalia tuberosa	Indian Plantain	forb		10
7		Eryngium yuccifolium	Rattlesnake Master	forb		9
129		Rudbeckia subtomentosa	Sweet Black-eyed Susan	forb		9
25		Petalostemum purpureum	Purple Prairie Clover	forb		9
26		Petalostemum candidum	White Prairie Clover	forb		9
84		Aster laevis L.	Smooth Aster	forb		9
87		Amorpha canescens	Lead Plant	forb		9
88		Potentilla arguta	Prairie Cinquefoil	forb		9
96		Gentiana flavida	Yellowish Gentian	forb	Cream Colored Gentian	9
105		Lycopus virginicus	Bugle Weed	forb		9
107		Pedicularis lanceolata	Swamp Betony	forb	Fen Betony	9
113		Helianthus mollis	Downy Sunflower	forb		9
140		Helianthus giganteus	Tall Sunflower	forb		9
145		Lysimachia quadriflora	Prairie Loosestrife	forb	Narrow-leaved Loosestrife	9
20		Echinacea pallida	Pale Purple Coneflower	forb		8
23		Parthenium integrifolium	Wild Quinine	forb		8
27		Baptisia leucantha	White Wild Indigo	forb		8
33		Phlox glaberrima	Marsh Phlox	forb		8
38		Heuchera richardsonii	Alum Root	forb	Rough heuchera	8
53		Gentiana andrewsii	Bottle Gentian	forb		8
59		Bouteloua curtipendula	Side-Oats Grama	grass		8
86		Aster shortii	Short's Aster	forb		8
92		Lithospermum canescens	Hoary Puccoon	forb		8
94		Aster azureus	Sky-blue aster	forb		8
98		Prenanthes racemosa	Smooth Prairie Lettuce	forb		8
99		Helianthus laetiflorus rigidus	Prairie Sunflower	forb	Showy Sunflower	8
121		Liatrus pycnostachya	Prairie Blazing Star	forb		8
148		Asclepias sullivantii	Prairie Milkweed	forb		8
159		Lathyrus palustri	Marsh Vetchling	forb		8
165		Spiranthes magnicamporum	Great Plains Ladies' Tresses	forb	Dune Ladies' Tresses	8
3		Allium cernuum	Nodding Wild Onion	forb		7
22		Veronicastrum virginicum	Culver's Root	forb		7
34		Comandra richardsiana	False Toadflax	forb		7
37		Solidago speciosa	Showy Goldenrod	forb		7
42		Solidago riddellii	Riddel Goldenrod	forb	Ohio Goldenrod	7
47		Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Weed	forb		7
55		Zizia aurea	Golden Alexanders	forb		7
62		Sporobolus cryptandrus	Sand Dropseed	grass		7
93		Stipa spartea	Porcupine Grass	grass		7
97		Galium boreale	Northern Bedstraw	forb		7
108		Oxypolis rigidior	Cowbane	forb		7
114		Vicia americana	American Vetch	forb		7
119		Eupatorium purpureum	Purple Joe Pye Weed	forb		7
126		Lythrum alatum	Winged Loosestrife	forb		7
132		Spiranthes cernua	Nodding Ladies'-Tresses	forb		7
133		Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Slender Mountain Mint	forb	Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint	7
136		Senecio aureus	Golden Ragwort	forb		7
138		Geum aleppicum	Yellow avens	forb		7
142		Sisyrinchium albidum	Common Blue-eyed Grass	forb		7
144		Phlox pilosa var. fulgida	Prairie Phlox	forb	Downy Phlox	7
151		Solidago missouriensis	Missouri goldenrod	forb		7
160		Agalinis tenufolia	Slender Gerardia	forb		7
21		Liatris spicata	Dense Blazing Star	forb	Marsh Blazing Star	6
32		Physostegia virginiana	Obedient Plant	forb	False Dragonhead	6
39		Dodecatheon meadia	Shooting Star	forb		6
82		Coreopsis palmata	Prairie Coreopsis	forb	Tickseed, Stiff Coreopsis	6
95		Anenome cylindrica	Thimbleweed	forb		6
102		Agalinis purpurea	Purple Gerardia	forb		6
111		Thalictrum revolutum	Waxy Meadow Rue	forb		6
112		Senecio pauperculus	Balsam Ragwort	forb		6
117		Desmodium illinoense	Illinois Tick Trefoil	forb		6
4		Silphium laciniatum	Compass Plant	forb		5
5		Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass	grass		5
6		Panicum virgatum	Switch Grass	grass		5
8		Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prairie Dock	forb		5
9		Silphium integrifolium	Rosinweed	forb		5
12		Coreopsis tripteris	Tall Coreopsis	forb		5
15		Pycnanthemum virginianum	Mountain Mint	forb	Common Mountain Mint	5
17		Andropogon scoparius	Little Bluestem	grass		5
28		Silphium perfoliatum	Cup Plant	forb		5
31		Aster ericoides	Heath Aster	forb		5
41		Galium obtusum	Wild Madder	forb		5
43		Rosa carolina	Pasture Rose	forb		5
46		Heliopsis helianthoides	False Sunflower	forb		5
48		Cassia fasciculata	Partridge Pea	forb		5
54		Vernonia fasciculata	Iron Weed	forb		5
103		Stachys palustris	Woundwort	forb		5
106		Mentha arvensis	Wild Mint	forb		5
109		Lycopus americanus	Common Water Horehound	forb		5
110		Helenium autumnale	Sneezeweed	forb		5
115		Pycnanthemum pilosum	Hairy Mountain Mint	forb		5
120		Thalictrum dasycarpum	Purple Meadow Rue	forb		5
122		Aster vimineus	Small White Aster	forb		5
127		Heracleum maximum	Cow Parsnip	forb		5
137		Rosa arkansana	Sunshine Rose	forb	Arkansas Rose	5
152		Solidago juncea	Early Goldenrod	forb		5
155		Verbena urticifolia	White Vervain	forb		5
158		Smilacina stellata	False Solomon's Seal	forb		5
1		Andropogon gerardi	Big Bluestem	grass		4
2		Solidago rigida	Stiff Goldenrod	forb		4
10		Ratibida pinnata	Yellow Coneflower	forb	Gray-headed Coneflower	4
14		Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot	forb		4
16		Aster novae-angliae	New England Aster	forb		4
18		Spartina pectinata	Prairie Cord Grass	grass		4
19		Desmodium canadense	Showy Tick Trefoil	forb		4
24		Solidago nemoralis	Gray Goldenrod	forb	Old Field Goldenrod	4
30		Solidago graminifolia	Grass-leaved Goldenrod	forb		4
50		Lespedeza capitata	Bush Clover	forb	Round-headed Bush Clover	4
51		Verbena stricta	Hoary Vervain	forb		4
52		Eupatorium perfoliatum	Boneset	forb		4
58		Penstemon digitalis	Foxglove Beard Tongue	forb		4
60		Elymus canadensis	Canada Wild Rye	grass		4
90		Verbena hastata	Blue Vervain	forb		4
91		Anemone canadensis	Canada Anemone	forb		4
100		Aster linariifolius	Stiff Aster	forb	Flax-leaved Aster	4
118		Apocynum cannabinum	Dogbane	forb	Indian Hemp	4
123		Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed	forb		4
141		Solidago gigantea	Late Goldenrod	forb		4
147		Lysimachia ciliata	Fringed Loosestrife	forb		4
150		Aster laterifloris	Side-flowering Aster	forb		4
166		Cuscuta gronovii	Common Dodder	forb		4
44		Aster simplex	Panicled Aster	forb		3
64		Echinacea purpurea	Purple Coneflower	forb	Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower	3
139		Rudbeckia triloba	Brown-eyed Susan	forb		3
149		Teucrium canadense var. littorale	Germander	forb		3
163		Solidago graminifolia nuttallii	Hairy Grass-leaved Goldenrod	forb		3
13		Helianthus grosseserratus	Sawtooth Sunflower	forb		2
40		Tradescantia ohiensis	Spiderwort	forb		2
49		Euphoribia corollata	Flowering Spurge	forb		2
134		Eleocharis acicularis	Needle Spike Rush	sedge		2
143		Allium canadense	Wild Onion	forb	Wild Garlic	2
45		Fragaria virginiana	Wild Strawberry	forb		1
125		Asclepias verticillata	Whorled Milkweed	forb		1
11		Rudbeckia hirta	Black-eyed Susan	forb		1
29		Eupatorium altissimum	Tall Boneset	forb	False Boneset	0
131		Equisetum arvense	Horsetail	forb		0
35		Aster patens	Late Purple Aster	forb	Spreading Aster
36		Aster turbinellus	Prairie Aster	forb
63		Carex spp.	Sedge spp.	sedge
116		Marrubium vulgare	Horehound	forb
124		Viola sp.	Violet	forb
130		Silphium xsp	Compass Dock Hybrid	forb	Silphium Hybrid
153		Lilium superbum	Turk's Cap Lily	forb