| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Flower |
Height |
| Anemone virginiana |
Thimbleweed |
White fls Jun-Aug |
2' |
| Aquilegia canadensis |
Wild Columbine |
Red fls Apr-Jun |
2-3' |
| Arisaema dracontium |
Green Dragon |
Green fls May-Jun, red fruit fall |
2' |
| Arisaema triphyllum |
Jack-in-the Pulpit |
Green fls May-Jun, red fruit fall |
2' |
| Aruncus dioicus |
Goatsbeard |
Creamy white fls May-Jul |
3-4' |
| Asclepias purpurascens |
Purple Milkweed |
Purple fls May-Jun |
3' |
| Aster anomalus |
Soft Blue Aster |
Lt Blue fls Jul-Sep |
2-3' |
| Aster patens |
Purple Daisy |
Blue fls Aug-Oct |
2-3' |
| Carex grayii |
Gray's Sedge |
Round seedheads May-Jul |
2-3' |
| Carex muskingumensis |
Palm Sedge |
Seed heads Jun-Sep |
1-2' |
| Chasmanthium latifolium |
Creek Oats |
Seed heads Jun-Sep |
3-4' |
| Chelone glabra |
White Turtlehead |
White fls Aug-Oct |
2-3' |
| Chelone obliqua |
Rosy Turtlehead |
Rosy Purple fls Jul-Aug |
3' |
| Cimicifuga racemosa |
Black Cohosh |
White fls Apr-Jun on tall spikes |
4' |
| Delphinium exaltatum |
Tall Larkspur |
Blue fls Jun-Jul |
3-4' |
| Dodecatheon meadia |
Shootingstar |
Purple or White fls Apr-Jun |
1' |
| Echinacea purpurea |
Purple Coneflower |
Pink fls summer |
2-3' |
| Gentiana andrewsii |
Bottle gentian |
Blue fls Sep-Oct |
1-2' |
| Geranium maculatum |
Wild Geranium |
Pink fls Apr-May |
2' |
| Heliopsis helianthoides |
False Sunflower |
Yellow fls Aug-Oct |
3-4' |
| Heuchera villosa |
Alum Root |
*White fls in summer |
2' |
| Hypericum pyramidatum |
Great St. John's Wort |
Yellow fls Jun-Jul |
4-6' |
| Lobelia cardinalis |
Cardinal Flower |
Red fls Jul-Oct |
2-4' |
| Lobelia siphilitica |
Blue Lobelia |
Blue fls Aug-Oct |
2-3' |
| Mertensia virginica |
Virginia Bluebells |
Lt blue fls Mar-Apr |
2' |
| Monarda bradburiana |
Bradbury Beebalm |
Purple fls Apr-Jun |
1-2' |
| Penstemon digitalis |
Smooth Beard Tonge |
White fls May-Jul |
2-3' |
| Penstemon pallidus |
Pale Beard Tongue |
Creamy white fls Apr-Jul |
1-2' |
| Phlox divaricata |
Wild Sweet William |
Fragrant blue fls Apr-May |
1' |
| Physostegia virginiana |
Obedient Plant |
Pink fls Jul-Sep |
2-3' |
| Podophyllum peltatum |
Mayapple |
White fls Mar-Apr |
1-2' |
| Polemonium reptans |
Jacob's Ladder |
Blue fls Mar-Apr |
1-2' |
| Polygonatum biflorum |
Soloman's Seal |
Green fls May-Jun |
3' |
| Polystichum acrostichoides |
Christmas Fern |
Evergreen |
2' |
| Porteranthus stipulatus |
Indian Physic |
White fls Jun-Aug |
3' |
| Rudbeckia triloba |
Brown-eyed Susan |
Yellow fls in summer |
3-5' |
| Scutellaria incana |
Hoary Skullcap |
Blue fls in summer |
3' |
| Scutellaria ovata |
Heart-leaved Skullcap |
Blue fls Jun-Aug |
2' |
| Sedum ternatum |
Wild stonecrop |
White fls Apr-May |
1-2' |
| Senecio obovatus |
Round-leaved Ragwort |
Yellow fls Apr-May |
1' |
| Silene stellata |
Starry Campion |
White fls Jun-Jul |
2' |
| Silene virginica |
Fire Pink |
Red fls Apr-Jun |
1' |
| Smilacina racemosa |
False Solomon's seal |
White fls Apr-May |
2-3' |
| Solidago caesia |
Blue-stem Goldenrod |
Yellow fls Aug-Sep |
2-3' |
| Solidago flexicaulis |
Broad-leaved Goldenrod |
Yellow fls Aug-Sep |
2' |
| Solidago ulmifolia |
Elmleaf Goldenrod |
Yellow fls Jul-Aug |
3-4' |
| Spigelia marilandica |
Indian Pink |
Red fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
| Stylophorum diphyllum |
Celandine Poppy |
Yellow fls Mar-Apr |
2' |
| Thelypteris hexagonoptera |
Braod-beech Fern |
*Non-flowering |
1-2' |
| Tradescantia ernestiana |
Palmer's Spiderwort |
Pink fls Apr-May |
2' |
| Tradescantia subaspera |
Ziz-zag spiderwort |
Lavender fls Jul-Sep |
3' |
| Uvularia grandiflora |
Bellwort |
Yellow fls Apr-May |
2' |
| Verbesina helianthoides |
Yellow Wingstem |
Yellow fls Jul-Aug |
3-4' |
| Vernonia arkansana |
Arkansas Ironweed |
Purple fls Jul-Sep |
3-4' |
| Veronicastrum virginicum |
Culver's Root |
White to pink fls Jul-Aug |
3' |
| Zizia aurea |
Golden Alexander |
Yellow fls Apr-Jun |
2-3' |
