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Perennial Wildflowers


Full Sun & Dry Moisture Conditions
Asclepias tuberosa                   Butterfly Weed                           1-2' tall                                 orange
Eryngium yuccifolium                 Rattlesnake Master                    2-5' tall
Solidago rigida                          Stiff Goldenrod                           0-48" tall                              yellow
Verbena stricta                         Hoary Vervain                            36" tall                                  lavendar
 
Full Sun & Average t0 Dry Moisture Conditions
Aster ericoides                           Heath Aster                                 1-3' tall                               white
Aster laevis                                Smooth Aster                               2-4' tall                               blue
Desmodium canadense              Showy Tick-trefoil                        2-5' tall                                pink/purple
geum triflorum                            Prairie Smoke                              6" tall                                  pink
Liatris aspera                             Rough Blazing Star                      2-5' tall                                pink/purple
Rudbeckia hirta                          Black-eyed Susan                        2-3' tall                                yellow
Solidago speciosa                      Showy Goldenrod                        1-3' tall                                yellow
 
Full Sun & Average Mositure Conditions
Aster novae-angliae                  New England Aster                       3-7' tall                               lavendar/yellow
Helenium autumnale                 Sneezeweed                                 3-5' tall                               red/yellow
Heliopsis helianthoides             False Sunflower                             4-5' tall
Liatris spicata Marsh                 Blazing Star                                   3' tall                                   purple
Silphium laciniatum                   Compass Plant                               5-9' tall
 
Full Sun & Wet Moisture Conditions
Caltha palustris                        Marsh Marigold                               1-2' tall                                yellow
Mimulus ringens                       Monkey Flower                                2-5' tall                                violet
 
Full Sun & Average to Wet Moisture Conditions
Eupatorium perfoliatum           Common Boneset/Feverwort/Sweating-Plant       3' tall               white
 
Full Sun & All Moisture Conditions
Echinacea purpurea                Purple Coneflower                             3' tall                                    purple
 
Full to Part Sun & All Moisture Conditions
Baptisia australis                     Blue False (Wilde) Indigo                 2-4' tall                                  blue
Baptisia lactea                         White False (Wild) Indigo                 2-5' tall                                  white
 
Full to Part Sun & Dry Moisture Conditions
Coreopsis palmata                  Prairie Coreopsis                              18-30" tall                              yellow
Delphinium virescens               Pairie Larkspur                                 2-4' tall                                   white
Euphorbia corollata                 Flowering Spurge                              3' tall                                      white
 
Full to Part Sun & Average to Dry Moisture Conditions
Aster sagittifolius                    Arrow-leaved Aster                            3-5' tall                                    blue/lavendar 
Campanula rotundifolia           Harebell                                             1-2' tall                                    blue
Lupinus perennis                    Wild Lupine                                        2-3' tall                                    lavendar
Monarda fistulosa                   Wild Bergamot/Bee Balm                    2-4' tall                                    lavendar
Tradescantia ohiensis             Common Spiderwort                           2-4' tall                                    blue
 
Full to Part Sun & Average Moisture Conditions
Anemone canadensis              Canada Anemone                               1-1.5' tall                                 white
Chelone glabra                        Turtlehead                                          1-3' tall                                    white/pink
Iris versicolor                            Wild Blue Flag Iris                               2-3' tall                                    blue
Penstemon digitalis                  Foxglove                                             2-3' tall                                    white
Phlox divaricata                        Sweet William                                     1-2' tall                                    rose/lavendar
Smilacina racemosa                 False Spikenard                                   1-3' tall                                    white
 
Full to Part Sun & Average to Wet Moisture Conditions
Agastache foeniculum      Giant Hyssop                                                                                                          3' tall                                                purple
Asclepias incarnata            Swamp Milkweed                                                                                                 3-4' tall                                            pink
Chelone lyonii                      Pink Turtlehead                                                                                                     2-3' tall                                            pink
Gentiana andrewsii             Bottle gentian                                                                                                        1-2' tall                                            blue
Lilium michiganense         Michigan Lily                                                                                                         5' tall                                                orange
Monarda didyma                 Crimson or Scarlet Bee Balm/Oswego Tea/Scarlet Monarda            2-5' tall                                            red
Phystogstegia virginica    Obedient Plant/False Dragonhead                                                                2-4' tall                                           white/pink/lavendar
Verbena hastata                   Blue Vervain                                                                                                         .5' tall                                               blue
 
Full to Part Sun & Average to Wet Moisture Conditions
Lobelia cardinalis                   Cardinal Flower                                                                                                  3-5' tall                                          red
 
All Sun Conditions (Full to Shady) & Average Mositure Conditions
Eupatorium purpureum        Purple Joe-Pye Weed                                                                                      5' tall                                             purple
Geranium maculatum             Wild Geranium                                                                                                  1-2' tall                                          lavendar
Vemonia spp.                             Ironweed                                                                                                             3-10' tall                                       purple
Veronicastrum virginicum  Culver's Root                                                                                                      3-6' tall                                         white
 
All Sun Conditions & Average to Wet Moisture Conditions
Zizia aurea                                 Golden Alexanders                                                                                           1-2' tall                                           yellow
 
All Sun Conditions & Wet Moisture Conditions
Saururus cemuus                  Lizard's Tail                                                                                                            1-2' tall                                         white
 
Part Sun to Shady & Wet Moisture Conditions
Lobelia siphilitica               Great Blue Lobelia                                                                                                1-3' tall                                          blue
 
Part Sun to Shady & Average Moisture Conditions
Actea pacypoda                  Doll's Eyes                                                                                                                1-2.5' tall                                      white (berries poisoness)
Arisaema triphyllum        Jack-in-the-Pulpit                                                                                                1' tall
Asarum canadense           Wild Ginger                                                                                                              .5' tall
 
Part Sun to Shady & Average to Dry Moisture Conditions
Aquilegia Canadensis     Wild Columbine                                                                                                       1-2.5' tall                                      red/yellow
Heuchera americana      Alumroot                                                                                                                   2' tall
 
Shady Conditions & Average Moisture Conditions
Dicentra cucullaria         Dutchman's Breeches                                                                                            1' tall                                              white/yellow
Trillium grandiflorum   Trillium                                                                                                                      .5-2' tall                                         white/pink
 
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