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Botanical Name		Common Name	Height	Color(s)	Blooming Time

	Acorus calamus	Sweet Flag	1 - 3 ft	yellow	Apr - Jun

	Alisma plantago-aquatica	Water Plantain	4 - 40 in	white	Jun - Sept

	Allium canadense	Wild Garlic	8 - 24 in	pink	May - Jul

	Amorpha canescens	Leadplant	20 - 40 in	violet	Jun - Aug

	Anemone canadensis	Canada Anemone	1 - 2 ft	white	May - Jun

	Anemone cylindrica	Thimbleweed	2 - 3 ft	white	Jun - Jul

	Anemone patens	Pasque Flower	2 - 14 in	lavender	Apr - May

	Aquilegia canadensis	Columbine	1 - 3 ft	red/yellow	Apr - Jun

	Asclepias amplexicaulis	Bluntleaf Milkweed	2 - 3 ft	pink	May - Jun

	Asclepias incarnata	Marsh Milkweed	3 - 5 ft	red	Jun - Aug

	Asclepias lanuginosa	Small Green Milkweed	8 - 14 in	green	July

	Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Milkweed	2 - 3 ft	orange	Jun - Aug

	Asclepias verticilliata	Whorled Milkweed	16 - 30 in	white	Jul - Sep

	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

	Aster pilosa	Frost Aster	2 - 5 ft	white	Sep - Oct

	Aster sericeus	Silky Aster	1 - 2 ft	purple	Sep - Oct

	Astragalus canadensis	Canada Milk Vetch	1 - 4 ft	cream	Jun - Aug

	Astragalus crassicarpus	Groundplum Milk Vetch	6 - 15 in	purple	May - Jun

	Baptisia leucantha	White Wild Indigo	3 - 4 ft	white	Jun - Jul

	Baptisia leucophaea	Cream Wild Indigo	18 - 30 in	cream	May - Jun

	Caltha palustris	Marsh Marigold	19 - 30 in	yellow	Apr - Jun

	Campanula americana	Tall Bellflower	2 - 6 ft	blue	Jul - Oct

	Cassia fasciculata	Partridge Pea	6 - 36 in	yellow	Jul - Sep

	Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey Tea	16 - 36 in	white	Jun - Aug

	Chelone glabra	Turtlehead	3 - 4 ft	cream	Jul - Sep

	Cicuta bulbifera	Water Hemlock	3 - 6 ft	white	Jun - Sep

	Coreopsis palmata	Prairie Coreopsis	18 - 30 in	yellow	Jun - Aug

	Delphinium virescens	Prairie Larkspur	20 - 48 in	white/blue	Jun - Jul

	Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois Bundleflower	3 - 5 ft	yellow	Jul - Aug

	Desmodium canadense	Showy Tick Trefoil	2 - 5 ft	purple	Jul - Aug

	*Desmodium illinoense*	Illinois Tick Trefoil	3 -6 ft	purple	Jul - Aug

	*Dodecatheon meadia*	Shooting Star	8 -24 in	white/ lavender	Apr - Jun

	*Echinacea pallida*	Pale Purple Coneflower	2 - 4 ft	lavender	Jun - Jul

	*Echinacea purpurea*	Purple Coneflower	3 - 4 ft	purple	Jul - Sep

	*Eryngium yuccifolium*	Rattlesnake Master	3 - 5 ft	white	Jul - Sep

	*Eupatorium maculatum*	Joe Pye Weed	4 - 6 ft	rose	Jun - Aug

	*Euphorbia corollata*	Flowering Spurge	2 - 4 ft	white	Jun - Aug

	*Galium boreale*	Northern Bedstraw	20 - 30 in	white	Jun - Jul

	*Gentiana andrewsii*	Bottle Gentian	18 - 30 in	blue	Aug - Oct

	*Gentiana flavida*	Cream Gentian	18 - 30 in	cream	Aug - Sep

	*Gentiana puberula*	Downy Gentian	8 - 18 in	blue	Aug - Oct

	*Gentiana quinquefolia*	Stiff Gentian	6 - 30 in	purple	Aug - Oct

	*Geranium maculatum*	Wild Geranium	1 - 3 ft	lavender	Apr - Jul

	*Gerardia tenuifolia*	Gerardia	6 - 24 in	pink	Aug - Oct

	*Geum triflorum*	Prairie Smoke	6 - 13 in	red	Apr - Jun

	*Helenium autumnale*	Sneezeweed	2 - 5 ft	yellow	Aug - Oct

	*Helianthus grossesserratus*	Saw-tooth Sunflower	3 - 8 ft	yellow	Aug - Oct

	*Helianthus laetiflorus*	Prairie Sunflower	2 - 6 ft	yellow	Jul - Sep

	*Helianthus maximilianii*	Maximilian Sunflower	3 - 7 ft	yellow	Aug - Sep

	*Heliopsis helianthoides*	Ox Eye	2 - 5 ft	yellow	Jun - Sep

	*Heuchera richardsonii*	Alum Root	2 - 3 ft	cream	May - Jul

	*Hypericum pyramidatum*	Great St. Johns Wort	4 - 6 ft	yellow	Jul - Aug

	Iris shrevei	Blue Flag Iris	2 - 3 ft	blue	May - Jul

	Kuhnia eupatorioides	False Boneset	1 - 4 ft	cream	Aug - Sep

	Lespedeza capitata	Roundhead Bush Clover	30 - 48 in	green	Jul - Oct

	Liatris aspera	Rough Blazingstar	2 - 3 ft	purple	Jul - Oct

	Liatris cylindracea	Dwarf Blazingstar	8 - 24 in	purple	Jul - Oct

	Liatris ligulistylis	Meadow Blazingstar	3 - 5 ft	purple	Aug - Sep

	Liatris punctata	Dotted Blazingstar	1 - 2 ft	purple	Jul - Sep

	Liatris pycnostachya	Prairie Blazingstar	2 - 4 ft	purple	Jul - Sep

	Lilium michiganense	Turk's Cap Lily	3 - 7 ft	orange	Jun - Aug

	Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower	2 - 5 ft	red	Jul - Sep

	Lobelia siphilitica	Great Blue Lobelia	1 - 4 ft	blue	Jul - Oct

	Lobelia spicata	Spiked Lobelia	8 - 40 in	lavender	May - Aug

	Monarda fistulosa	Bergamot	2 - 4 ft	lavender	Jul - Sep

	Oenothera biennis	Evening Primrose	2 - 6 ft	yellow	Jun - Sep

	Onosmodium molle	False Gromwell	2 - 4 ft	cream	Jun - Jul

	Parthenium integrifolium	Wild Quinine	24 - 40 in	white	Jun - Sep

	Pedicularis lanceolata	Marsh Betony	1 - 3 ft	yellow	Aug - Sep

	Penstemon grandiflorus	Large Flowered Penstemon	24 - 40 in	lavender	May - Jun

	Petalostemum candidum	White Prairie Clover	1 - 3 ft	white	Jun - Sep

	Petalostemum purpureum	Purple Prairie Clover	1 - 3 ft	purple	Jul - Sep

	Phlox maculata	Wild Sweet William	1 - 3 ft	pink	Jun - Aug

	Phlox pilosa	Prairie Phlox	1 - 2 ft	pink	May - Jul

	Physostegia virginiana	Obedient Plant	2 - 5 ft	pink	Jul - Oct

	Potentilla arguta	Prairie Cinquefoil	12 - 40 in	cream	Jun - Sep

	Pycnanthemum virginianum	Mountain Mint	20 - 30 in	white	Jun - Sep

	Ratibida pinnata	Yellow Coneflower	3 - 6 ft	yellow	Jul - Sep

No photo available	Rosa arkansana	Wild Rose / Prairie Rose	1 - 3 ft	pink	Jun - Aug

	Rudbeckia hirta	Blackeyed Susan	1 - 3 ft	yellow	Jun - Oct

	Sagittaria latifolia	Broad-leaved Arrowhead	2 - 4 ft	white	Jul - Sep

	Silphium laciniatum	Compass Plant	3 - 10 ft	yellow	Jun - Sep

	Silphium perfoliatum	Cup Plant	3 - 8 ft	yellow	Jul - Sep

	Sisyrinchium campestre	Blue-eyed Grass	4 - 12 in	blue	May - Jun

	Solidago graminifolia	Grassleaf Goldenrod	1 - 4 ft	yellow	Jul - Sep

	Solidago rigida	Stiff Goldenrod	1 - 5 ft	yellow	Aug - Oct

	Sparganium eurycarpum	Bur-reed	2 - 6 ft	green	Jun - Aug

	Thalictrum dasycarpum	Meadow Rue	5 - 7 ft	cream	Jun - Jul

	Tradescantia bracteata	Prairie Spiderwort	6 - 18 in	purple	May - Jul

	Tradescantia ohiensis	Ohio Spiderwort	2 - 4 ft	blue	May - Jul

	Verbena hastata	Blue Vervain	2 - 6 ft	blue	Jul - Sep

	Verbena stricta	Hoary Vervain	2 - 3 ft	blue	Jun - Sep

	Vernonia fasciculata	Ironweed	4 - 6 ft	purple	Jul - Sep

	Veronicastrum virginicum	Culver's Root	3 - 6 ft	white	Jul - Aug

	Zizia aptera	Heart-leaved Golden Alexander	1 - 3 ft	yellow	Apr - May

	Zizia aurea	Golden Alexander	2 - 3 ft	yellow	Apr - Jun

	Zygadenus elegans	White Camas	1 - 3 ft	white	May - Jun

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