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Wildflower Selection Guide Sorted by Bloom Time

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April start
April - May	*Anemone patens*	Pasque Flower	2 - 14 in	lavender
April - May	*Zizia aptera*	Heart-leaved Golden Alexander	1 - 3 ft	yellow
April - June	*Acorus calamus*	Sweet Flag	1 - 3 ft	yellow
April - June	*Aquilegia canadensis*	Columbine	1 - 3 ft	red / yellow
April - June	*Caltha palustris*	Marsh Marigold	19 - 30 in	yellow
April - June	*Dodecatheon meadia*	Shooting Star	8 - 24 in	white / lavender
April - June	Geum triflorum	Prairie Smoke	6 - 13 in	red
April - June	*Zizia aurea*	Golden Alexander	2 - 3 ft	yellow
April - July	*Geranium maculatum*	Wild Geranium	1 - 3 ft	lavender

May start
May - Aug	*Lobelia spicata*	Spiked Lobelia	8 - 40 in	lavender
May - July	*Allium canadense*	Wild Garlic	8 - 24 in	pink
May - July	Heuchera richardsonii	Alum Root	2 - 3 ft	cream
May - July	*Iris shrevei*	Blue Flag Iris	2 - 3 ft	blue
May - July	*Phlox pilosa*	Prairie Phlox	1 - 2 ft	pink
May - July	*Tradescantia bracteata*	Prairie Spiderwort	6 - 18 in	purple
May - July	*Tradescantia ohiensis*	Ohio Spiderwort	2 - 4 ft	blue
May - June	*Anemone canadensis*	Canada Anemone	1 - 2 ft	white
May - June	*Asclepias amplexicaulis*	Bluntleaf Milkweed	2 - 3 ft	pink
May - June	*Astragalus crassicarpus*	Groundplum Milk Vetch	6 - 15 in	purple
May - June	Baptisia leucophaea	Cream Wild Indigo	18 - 30 in	cream
May - June	*Penstemon grandiflorus*	Large Flowered Penstemon	24 - 40 in	lavender
May - June	*Sisyrinchium campestre*	Blue-eyed Grass	4 - 12 in	blue
May - June	*Zygadenus elegans*	White Camas	1 - 3 ft	white

June start
June - Aug		*Amorpha canescens*	Leadplant	20 - 40 in	violet
June - Aug		Asclepias incarnata	Marsh Milkweed	3 - 5 ft	red
June - Aug		*Asclepias tuberosa*	Butterfly Milkweed	2 - 3 ft	orange
June - Aug		*Astragalus canadensis*	Canada Milk Vetch	1 - 4 ft	cream
June - Aug		*Ceanothus americanus*	New Jersey Tea	16 - 36 in	white
June - Aug		Coreopsis palmata	Prairie Coreopsis	18 - 30 in	yellow
June - Aug		*Eupatorium maculatum*	Lesser Joe Pye Weed	4 - 6 ft	rose
June - Aug		*Euphorbia corollata*	Flowering Spurge	2 - 4 ft	white
June - Aug		*Lilium michiganense*	Turk's Cap Lily	3 - 7 ft	orange
June - Aug		*Phlox maculata*	Wild Sweet William	1 - 3 ft	pink
June - Aug	No photo	*Rosa arkansana*	Wild Rose / Prairie Rose	1 - 3 ft	pink
June - Aug		*Sparganium eurycarpum*	Bur-reed	2 - 6 ft	green
June - July		*Anemone cylindrica*	Thimbleweed	2 - 3 ft	white
June - July		Baptisia leucantha	White Wild Indigo	3 - 4 ft	white
June - July		*Delphinium virescens*	Prairie Larkspur	20 - 48 in	white/blue
June - July		Echinacea pallida	Pale Purple Coneflower	2 - 4 ft	lavender
June- July		*Galium boreale*	Northern Bedstraw	20 - 30 in	white
June - July		*Onosmodium molle*	False Gromwell	2 - 4 ft	cream
June - July		*Thalictrum dasycarpum*	Meadow Rue	5 - 7 ft	cream
June - Sept		*Alisma plantago-aquatica*	Water Plantain	4 - 40 in	white
June - Sept		*Cicuta bulbifera*	Water Hemlock	3 - 6 ft	white
June - Sept		*Heliopsis helianthoides*	Ox Eye	2 - 5 ft	yellow
June - Sept		Oenothera biennis	Evening Primrose	2 - 6 ft	yellow
June - Sept		*Parthenium integrifolium*	Wild Quinine	24 - 40 in	white
June- Sept		*Petalostemum candidum*	White Prairie Clover	1 - 3 ft	white
June - Sept		*Potentilla arguta*	Prairie Cinquefoil	12 - 40 in	cream
June - Sept		*Pycnanthemum virginianum*	Mountain Mint	20 - 30 in	white
June - Sept		*Silphium laciniatum*	Compass Plant	3 - 10 ft	yellow
June - Sept		*Verbena stricta*	Hoary Vervain	2 - 3 ft	blue
June - Oct		*Rudbeckia hirta*	Blackeyed Susan	1 - 3 ft	yellow

July start
July	*Asclepias lanuginosa*	Small Green Milkweed	8 - 14 in	green
July - Aug	*Desmanthus illinoensis*	Illinois Bundleflower	3 - 5 ft	yellow
July - Aug	*Desmodium canadense*	Showy Tick Trefoil	2 - 5 ft	purple
July - Aug	*Desmodium illinoense*	Illinois Tick Trefoil	3 - 6 ft	purple
July - Aug	*Hypericum pyramidatum*	Great St. Johns Wort	4 - 6 ft	yellow
July - Aug	*Veronicastrum virginicum*	Culver's Root	3 - 6 ft	white
July - Sept	*Asclepias verticilliata*	Whorled Milkweed	16 - 30 in	white
July- Sept	Cassia fasciculata	Partridge Pea	6 - 36 in	yellow
July - Sept	*Chelone glabra*	Turtlehead	3 - 4 ft	cream
July - Sept	*Echinacea purpurea*	Purple Coneflower	3 - 4 ft	purple
July - Sept	*Eryngium yuccifolium*	Rattlesnake Master	3 - 5 ft	white
July - Sept	*Helianthus laetiflorus*	Prairie Sunflower	2 - 6 ft	yellow
July - Sept	*Liatris punctata*	Dotted Blazingstar	1 - 2 ft	purple
July - Sept	*Liatris pycnostachya*	Prairie Blazingstar	2 - 4 ft	purple
July - Sept	Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower	2 - 5 ft	red
July - Sept	Monarda fistulosa	Bergamot	2 - 4 ft	lavender
July - Sept	*Petalostemum purpureum*	Purple Prairie Clover	1 - 3 ft	purple
July - Sept	Ratibida pinnata	Yellow Coneflower	3 - 6 ft	yellow
July - Sept	Sagittaria latifolia	Broad-leaved Arrowhead	2 - 4 ft	white
July - Sept	*Silphium perfoliatum*	Cup Plant	3 - 8 ft	yellow
July - Sept	*Solidago graminifolia*	Grassleaf Goldenrod	1 - 4 ft	yellow
July - Sept	*Verbena hastata*	Blue Vervain	2 - 6 ft	blue
July - Sept	*Vernonia fasciculata*	Ironweed	4 - 6 ft	purple
July - Oct	*Campanula americana*	Tall Bellflower	2 - 6 ft	blue
July - Oct	*Lespedeza capitata*	Roundhead Bush Clover	30 - 48 in	green
July - Oct	*Liatris aspera*	Rough Blazingstar	2 - 3 ft	purple
July - Oct	Liatris cylindracea	Dwarf Blazingstar	8 - 24 in	purple
July - Oct	*Lobelia siphilitica*	Great Blue Lobelia	1 - 4 ft	blue
July - Oct	*Physostegia virginiana*	Obedient Plant	2 - 5 ft	pink

August
Aug - Sept	*Gentiana flavida*	Cream Gentian	18 - 30 in	cream
Aug - Sept	*Helianthus maximilianii*	Maximilian Sunflower	3 - 7 ft	yellow
Aug - Sept	*Kuhnia eupatorioides*	False Boneset	1 - 4 ft	cream
Aug - Sept	*Liatris ligulistylis*	Meadow Blazingstar	3 - 5 ft	purple
Aug - Sept	*Pedicularis lanceolata*	Marsh Betony	1 - 3 ft	yellow
Aug - Oct	*Aster ericoides*	Heath Aster	1 - 3 ft	white
Aug - Oct	*Aster laevis*	Smooth Blue Aster	3 - 5 ft	blue
Aug - Oct	*Aster linariifolius*	Savory Leaf Aster	6 - 20 in	violet
Aug - Oct	*Aster novae-angliae*	New England Aster	2 - 5 ft	purple
Aug - Oct	*Gentiana andrewsii*	Bottle Gentian	18 - 30 in	blue
Aug - Oct	*Gentiana puberula*	Downy Gentian	8 - 18 in	blue
Aug - Oct	*Gentiana quinquefolia*	Stiff Gentian	6 - 30 in	purple
Aug - Oct	*Gerardia tenuifolia*	Gerardia	6 - 24 in	pink
Aug - Oct	*Helenium autumnale*	Sneezeweed	2 - 5 ft	yellow
Aug - Oct	*Helianthus grossesserratus*	Saw-tooth Sunflower	3 - 8 ft	yellow
Aug - Oct	*Solidago rigida*	Stiff Goldenrod	1 - 5 ft	yellow

September
Sept - Oct	*Aster pilosa*	Frost Aster	2 - 5 ft	white
Sept - Oct	*Aster sericeus*	Silky Aster	1 - 2 ft	purple

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