Prairie & Field Wildflowers
Species are listed by scientific name.
An asterisk indicates a non-native species.
| Species | Scientific Name |
| Velvet-leaf* | Abutilon theophrasti |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Wingstem | Actinomeris alternifolia |
| Little Ragweed | Ambrosia artemesiifolia |
| Giant Ragweed | Ambrosia trifida |
| Canada Anemone | Anemone canadensis |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica |
| Angelica | Angelica atropurpurea |
| Pussytoes | Antennaria neglecta |
| Groundnut | Apios americana |
| Burdock* | Arctium Minus |
| Rock Sandwort | Arenaria stricta |
| Wormwood | Artemesia dracunculus |
| Marsh Milkweed | Asclepias incarnate |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca |
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata |
| Asparagus | Asparagus officinalis |
| Azure Aster | Aster azureus |
| Calico Aster | Aster laterifolius |
| New England Aster | Aster novae-angliae |
| Frost Aster | Aster pilosus |
| False Foxglove | Aureolaria grandiflora |
| Winter Cress* | Barbarea vulgaris |
| Beggar-ticks | Bidens cernua |
| Knapweed* | Centaurea jacea |
| Lamb’s Quarter* | Chenopodium album |
| Lamb’s Quarter | Chenopodium standleyanum |
| Chicory* | Chicorium intybus |
| Oxeye Daisy* | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum |
| Water Hemlock | Cicuta maculate |
| Canada Thistle* | Cirsium arvense |
| Field Thistle | Cirsium discolor |
| Bull Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| Star Toadflax | Comandra umbellata |
| Hedge Bindweed | Convol vu lus septum |
| Queen Anne’s Lace* | Daucus carota |
| Canada Tick-trefoil | Desmodium canadense |
| Illinois Tick-trefoil | Desmodium illinoense |
| Shooting Star | Dodecatheon meadia |
| Herb Willow | Epilobium ciliatum |
| Daisy Fleabane | Erigeron annuus |
| Fleabane | Erigeron philade lphicus |
| Fleabane | Erigeron pulchellus |
| Daisy Fleabane | Erigeron strigosus |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum |
| Wild Strawberry | Fragaria vesca var. americana |
| Wild Strawberry | Fragaria virginiana |
| Gaura | Gaura biennis |
| Stiff Gentian | Gentiana quinquefolia |
| Sweet Everlasting | Gnaphalium obtusifolium |
| Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale |
| Saw-toothed Sunflower | Helianthus grossesseratus |
| Cow Parsnip | Heracleum lanatum |
| Flower-of-an-hour* | Hibiscus trionum |
| Orange Hawkweed* | Hieracium aurantiacum |
| Common St. Johnswort* | Hypericum perforatum |
| Spotted St. Johnswort | Hypericum punctatum |
| Yellow Star Grass | Hypoxs hirsute |
| Blue Flag | Iris virginica var. shrevii |
| Domestic Iris* | Iris sp. |
| Wild Lettuce | Lactuca canadensis |
| Pinweed | Lechea stricta |
| Motherwort* | Leonurus cardiaca |
| Peppergrass* | Lepidium campestre |
| Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata |
| Turk’s-cap-Lily | Lilium michiganense |
| Butter-and-eggs* | Linaria vulgaris |
| Hoary Puccoon | Lithospermum canescens |
| Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflate |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica |
| Spike Lobelia | Lobelia spicata |
| Evening Campion* | Lychnis alba |
| Bugleweed | Lycopus uniflorus |
| Whorled Loosestrife | Lysimachia quadrifolia |
| Winged Loosestrife | Lythrum alatum |
| Chamomile* | Matricaria chamomilla |
| Pineapple Weed* | Matricaria matricarioides |
| Black Medic* | Medicago lupulina |
| Alfalfa* | Medicago sativa |
| White Sweet Clover* | Melilotus alba |
| Wild Mint | Mentha arvensis |
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus ringers |
| Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa |
| Evening Primrose | Oenothera parviflora |
| Yellow Wood Sorrel | Oxalis dillenii |
| Wood Sorrel | Oxalis stricta |
| Violet Wood Sorrel | Oxalis violacea |
| Wild Parsnip* | Pastinaca sativa |
| Ground Cherry | Physalis virginiana |
| Plantain | Plantago rugelii |
| Seneca Snakeroot | Polygala senega |
| Knotweed | Polygonum amphibium |
| Pennsylvania Knotweed | Polygonum pensylvanicum |
| Smartweed | Polygonum punctatum |
| Cinquefoil | Potentilla norvegica |
| Cinquefoil* | Potent il l a recta |
| White Lettuce | Prenanthes alba |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum |
| Early Buttercup | Ranunculus fascicularis |
| Marsh Cress* | Rorippa islandica |
| Wild Rose | Rosa sp. |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta |
| Brown-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia triloba |
| Sheep Sorrel* | Rumex acetosella |
| Curly Dock* | Rumex crispus |
| Bouncing Bet* | Saponaria officinalis |
| Ragwort | Senecio paupercaulis |
| Snowy Campion | Silene nivea |
| Cupplant | Silphium perfoliatum |
| Blue-eyed Grass | Sisrynchium albidum |
| Water Parsnip | Sium suave |
| Horse-nettle | Solanum carolinese |
| Deadly Nightshade* | Solanum dulcamera |
| Tall Goldenrod | Solidago altissima |
| Canada Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis |
| Late Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea |
| Sow-thistle* | Sonchus arvensis |
| Sow-thistle* | Sonchus oleraceus |
| Sow-thistle* | Sonchus ulignosus |
| Dandelion* | Taraxacum officinale |
| Tall Meadowrue | Thalictrum dasycarpum |
| Goat’s Beard* | Tragopogon dubius |
| Alsike Clover* | Trifolium hybridum |
| Red Clover* | Trifolium pretense |
| Smaller Hop Clover* | Trifolium procumbens |
| White Clover* | Trifolium repens |
| Stinging Nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Mullein* | Verbascum thaspis |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata |
| Purslane Speedwell* | Veronica peregrine |
| Culver’s Root | Veronicastrum virginicum |
| Hairy Vetch* | Vicia villosa |
| Early Blue Violet | Viola palmata |
| Bird’s-foot Violet | Viola pedata |
| Prairie Violet | Viola pedatifida |
| Cocklebur* | Xanthium sp. |
