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Agalinis purpurea (Purple False Foxglove)

Agalinis tenuifolia (Slender False Foxglove)

Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)

Aletris farinosa (Colic Root)

Allium canadense (Wild Garlic)

Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)

Allium stellatum (Cliff Onion)

Ambrosia psilostachya (Western Ragweed)

Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)

Anemone canadensis (Meadow Anemone)

Anemone cylindrica (Thimbleweed)

Antennaria neglecta (Field Pussytoes)

Apocynum cannabinum (Common Dogbane)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)

Argentina anserina (Silverweed)

Arnoglossum plantagineum (Prairie Indian Plantain)

Artemisia campestris caudata (Beach Wormwood)

Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes (White Sage)

Asclepias hirtella (Tall Green Milkweed)

Asclepias ovalifolia (Oval-leaved Milkweed)

Asclepias sullivantii (Prairie Milkweed)

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)

Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed)

Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed)

Astragalus canadensis (Canada Milkvetch)

Baptisia alba macrophylla (White Wild Indigo)

Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)

Baptisia bracteata (Cream Wild Indigo)

Baptisia × deamii (Deam's Wild Indigo)

Besseya bullii (Kittentails)

Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)

Brickellia eupatorioides (False Boneset)

Cakile edentula lacustris (Sea Rocket)

Callirhoe digitata (Fringed Poppy Mallow)

Callirhoe involucrata (Purple Poppy Mallow)

Calystegia spithamaea (Erect Bindweed)

Camassia angusta (Prairie Hyacinth)

Camassia scilloides (Wild Hyacinth)

Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell)

Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)

Cerastium arvense strictum (Field Chickweed)

Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)

Chamaesyce polygonifolia (Seaside Spurge)

Chamerion angustifolium (Fireweed)

Cirsium discolor (Pasture Thistle)

Clinopodium arkansanum (Low Calamint)

Comandra umbellata (Bastard Toadflax)

Commelina erecta (Slender Dayflower)

Coreopsis grandiflora (Large-flowered Coreopsis)

Coreopsis lanceolata (Sand Coreopsis)

Coreopsis palmata (Prairie Coreopsis)

Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis)

Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Coreopsis)

Corispermum americanum (American Bugseed)

Corydalis curvisiliqua grandibracteata (Large-bracted Corydalis)

Crotalaria sagittalis (Rattlebox)

Croton glandulosus septentrionalis (Sand Croton)

Croton monanthogynus (Prairie Tea)

Cuscuta campestris (Field Dodder)

Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Winged Pigweed)

Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover)

Dalea foliosa (Leafy Prairie Clover)

Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)

Delphinium carolinianum (Wild Larkspur)

Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois Bundleflower)

Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil)

Desmodium illinoense (Illinois Tick Trefoil)

Desmodium sessilifolium (Sessile-leaved Tick Trefoil)

Diodia teres (Rough Buttonweed)

Dodecatheon amethystinum (Amethyst Shooting Star)

Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting Star)

Drymocallis arguta (Prairie Cinquefoil)

Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)

Echinacea paradoxa paradoxa (Ozark Coneflower)

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia Fleabane)

Erigeron strigosus (Daisy Fleabane)

Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)

Eupatorium altissimum (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)

Eupatorium serotinum (Late Boneset)

Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)

Euthamia graminifolia (Grass-leaved Goldenrod)

Euthamia gymnospermoides (Plains Grass-leaved Goldenrod)

Fragaria virginiana (Wild Strawberry)

Froelichia floridana (Large Cottonweed)

Galium obtusum (Wild Madder)

Gaura biennis (Biennial Gaura)

Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)

Gentiana × pallidocyanea (Hybrid Bottle Gentian)

Gentiana puberulenta (Prairie Gentian)

Gentiana saponaria (Soapwort Gentian)

Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke)

Glandularia canadensis (Rose Vervain)

Grindelia squarrosa squarrosa (Curlycup Gumweed)

Helenium amarum (Bitterweed)

Helenium flexuosum (Purple-headed Sneezeweed)

Helianthus annuus (Annual Sunflower)

Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)

Helianthus × luxurians (Luxuriant Sunflower)

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian's Sunflower)

Helianthus mollis (Downy Sunflower)

Helianthus occidentalis (Western Sunflower)

Helianthus pauciflorus (Prairie Sunflower)

Helianthus petiolaris (Plains Sunflower)

Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem Artichoke)

Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)

Heterotheca subaxillaris latifolia (Camphorweed)

Heuchera richardsonii affinis (Prairie Alumroot)

Hieracium gronovii (Gronovius' Hawkweed)

Hieracium longipilum (Long-bearded Hawkweed)

Houstonia caerulea (Quaker Ladies)

Houstonia lanceolata (Lance-leaved Bluets)

Houstonia longifolia (Long-leaved Bluets)

Houstonia pusilla (Small Bluets)

Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's Wort)

Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. John's Wort)

Hypericum sphaerocarpum (Round-fruited St. John's Wort)

Hypoxis hirsuta (Yellow Star Grass)

Ipomoea lacunosa (Small White Morning Glory)

Juniperus horizontalis (Creeping Juniper)

Krigia virginica (Dwarf Dandelion)

Lactuca canadensis (Wild Lettuce)

Lactuca ludoviciana (Prairie Lettuce)

Lespedeza capitata (Round-headed Bush Clover)

Liatris aspera (Rough Blazingstar)

Liatris cylindracea (Cylindrical Blazingstar)

Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazingstar)

Liatris squarrosa (Scaly Blazingstar)

Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily)

Lilium philadelphicum andinum (Prairie Lily)

Linum medium texanum (Stiff Yellow Flax)

Linum sulcatum (Grooved Yellow Flax)

Lithospermum canescens (Hoary Puccoon)

Lithospermum caroliniense (Hairy Puccoon)

Lithospermum incisum (Fringed Puccoon)

Lobelia spicata (Pale-spiked Lobelia)

Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine)

Lysimachia lanceolata (Lance-leaved Loosestrife)

Melanthium virginicum (Virginia Bunch-flower)

Mentha arvensis (Field Mint)

Minuartia michauxii (Stiff Sandwort)

Mirabilis nyctaginea (Wild Four-O'Clock)

Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)

Monarda punctata (Spotted Bee Balm)

Nothocalais cuspidata (Prairie Dandelion)

Nothoscordum bivalve (False Garlic)

Nuttallanthus canadensis (Blue Toadflax)

Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose)

Oenothera clelandii (Cleland's Evening Primrose)

Oenothera laciniata (Ragged Evening Primrose)

Oenothera macrocarpa (Missouri Evening Primrose)

Oenothera perennis (Small Sundrops)

Oenothera pilosella (Prairie Sundrops)

Oenothera speciosa (Showy Evening Primrose)

Oligoneuron album (White Goldenrod)

Oligoneuron rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)

Onosmodium molle occidentalis (Western Marbleseed)

Opuntia fragilis (Brittle Prickly Pear)

Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear)

Orbexilum onobrychis (French Grass)

Orbexilum pedunculatum (Sampson's Snakeroot)

Oxalis violacea (Violet Wood Sorrel)

Packera paupercula (Balsam Ragwort)

Packera plattensis (Prairie Ragwort)

Parthenium integrifolium (Wild Quinine)

Pedicularis canadensis (Wood Betony)

Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Penstemon)

Penstemon grandiflorus (Large-flowered Penstemon)

Penstemon pallidus (Pale Penstemon)

Penstemon tubaeflorus (Trumpet Penstemon)

Perideridia americana (Wild Dill)

Persicaria pensylvanica laevigata (Pennsylvania Smartweed)

Phemeranthus calycinus (Large-flowered Rock Pink)

Phlox bifida bifida (Sand Phlox)

Phlox glaberrima interior (Smooth Phlox)

Phlox maculata (Speckled Phlox)

Phlox pilosa (Prairie Phlox)

Physalis heterophylla (Clammy Ground Cherry)

Physalis subglabrata (Smooth Ground Cherry)

Physalis virginiana (Virginia Ground Cherry)

Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)

Platanthera lacera (Green-fringed Orchid)

Platanthera leucophaea (Prairie White-fringed Orchid)

Platanthera peramoena (Purple Fringeless Orchid)

Poinsettia dentata (Toothed Spurge)

Polanisia dodecandra trachysperma (Large-flowered Clammyweed)

Polygala cruciata aquilonia (Cross-leaved Milkwort)

Polygala sanguinea (Field Milkwort)

Polytaenia nuttallii (Prairie Parsley)

Potentilla simplex (Common Cinquefoil)

Prenanthes aspera (Rough White Lettuce)

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)

Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Scurfy Pea)

Pycnanthemum pilosum (Hairy Mountain Mint)

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender Mountain Mint)

Pycnanthemum virginianum (Common Mountain Mint)

Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat)

Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)

Rosa arkansana suffulta (Prairie Rose)

Rosa carolina (Pasture Rose)

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)

Rudbeckia missouriensis (Missouri Coneflower)

Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-eyed Susan)

Ruellia humilis (Hairy Wild Petunia)

Sabatia angularis (Common Rose Pink)

Salix humilis humilis (Prairie Willow)

Salix humilis hyporhysa (Smooth Prairie Willow)

Salvia azurea grandiflora (Wild Blue Sage)

Scutellaria parvula missouriensis (Small Skullcap)

Sedum pulchellum (Widow's Cross)

Senna obtusifolia (Sicklepod)

Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Three-toothed Cinquefoil)

Silene antirrhina (Sleepy Catchfly)

Silene regia (Royal Catchfly)

Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)

Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant)

Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)

Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)

Sisyrinchium albidum (White Blue-eyed Grass)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Stout Blue-eyed Grass)

Sisyrinchium campestre (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass)

Solanum carolinense (Horse Nettle)

Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod)

Solidago juncea (Early Goldenrod)

Solidago missouriensis (Missouri Goldenrod)

Solidago nemoralis (Field Goldenrod)

Solidago simplex gillmanii (Dune Goldenrod)

Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)

Spiranthes cernua (Nodding Ladies' Tresses)

Spiranthes vernalis (Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses)

Stachys palustris arenicola (Hairy Hedge Nettle)

Stachys tenuifolia (Smooth Hedge Nettle)

Strophostyles leiosperma (Small Fuzzy Bean)

Symphyotrichum ericoides (Heath Aster)

Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Panicled Aster)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Aromatic Aster)

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Sky Blue Aster)

Symphyotrichum praealtum (Willow Aster)

Symphyotrichum sericeum (Silky Aster)

Tephrosia virginiana (Goat's Rue)

Tetraneuris herbacea (Lakeside Daisy)

Thalictrum revolutum (Waxy Meadow Rue)

Thaspium barbinode (Hairy-jointed Meadow Parsnip)

Tomanthera auriculata (Ear-leaved False Foxglove)

Tradescantia bracteata (Prairie Spiderwort)

Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio Spiderwort)

Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking Glass)

Turritis glabra (Tower Mustard)

Verbena simplex (Narrow-leaved Vervain)

Verbena stricta (Hoary Vervain)

Verbesina helianthoides (Yellow Crownbeard)

Vernonia arkansana (Great Ironweed)

Vernonia baldwinii (Baldwin's Ironweed)

Vernonia fasciculata (Smooth Ironweed)

Vernonia missurica (Missouri Ironweed)

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)

Viola bicolor (Field Pansy)

Viola pedata (Birdfoot Violet)

Viola pedatifida (Prairie Violet)

Viola sagittata (Arrow-leaved Violet)

Zizia aptera (Heartleaf Golden Alexanders)

Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)



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Last update: 10-24-18