| Scientific name |
Common Name |
Flower |
Height |
Allium cernuum |
Nodding wild onion |
Rose pink fls Aug-Sep |
12-16" |
Allium stellatum |
Fall glade onion |
Pink fls Jun-Aug |
12-16" |
Amorpha canescens |
Leadplant |
Lavender fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
Amsonia ciliata var filifolia |
Feathery blue star |
Lt blue fls Apr-May; |
1' |
Aronia melanocarpa |
Black chokeberry |
White fls Apr-May |
3-9' |
Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly flower |
Orange fls Jun-Aug |
2-3' |
Aster drummondii |
Drummond aster |
Lt blue fls Aug-Oct |
2' |
Aster oblongifolius |
Aromatic aster |
Lavender fls Sep-Oct |
2' |
Aster oolentangiensis |
Sky blue aster |
Blue fls Sep-Oct |
3' |
Aster paludosus |
Prairie aster |
Blue fls Sep-Oct |
2' |
Baptisia australis |
Blue wild indigo |
Blue fls May-Jun |
3-4' |
Blephilia ciliata |
Ohio horsemint |
Lavender fls Apr-Jun |
2-3' |
Bouteloua curtipendula |
Sideoats grama |
purple |
2-3' |
Bouteloua gracilis |
Blue grama |
|
1' |
Cacalia plantaginea |
Indian plantain |
Creamy white fls May-Aug |
2-3' |
Calamintha arkansana |
Limestone calamint |
White to rose purple fls May-Oct |
1' |
Callirhoe digitata |
Fringed poppy mallow |
Magenta fls May-Jul |
2-3' |
Castilleja coccinea |
Indian paintbrush |
Orange red fls Apr-Jul |
8-12" |
Ceanothus americanus |
New Jersey tea |
White fls Jun-Aug |
2-3' |
Clematis fremontii |
Fremont's leather flower |
Whitish fls May-Jun |
1-2' |
Coreopsis grandiflora |
Large-flowerd coreopsis |
Yellow fls May-Jul |
2' |
Coreopsis lanceolata |
Lance-leaved coreopsis |
Yellow fls May-Jun |
1-2' |
Cunila origanoides |
Dittany |
Lt pink fls Aug-Oct, Frost flowers in fall |
1' |
Cuphea viscosissima |
Waxweed |
Annual. Magenta fls Aug-Oct |
1-2' |
Dalea candida |
White prairie clover |
White fls May-Jul |
1-2' |
Dalea purpurea |
Purple prairie clover |
Purple fls Jul-Aug |
2' |
Delphinium carolinianum |
Carolina larkspur |
Lt blue fls May-Jun |
2-3' |
Echinacea pallida |
Pale purple coneflower |
Pale purple fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
Echinacea simulata |
Glade coneflower |
Pink fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
Eragrostis trichodes |
Sand love grass |
Tiny purple fls Aug-Oct |
3-4' |
Eryngium yuccifolium |
Rattlesnake master |
White fls Jun-Sep |
3' |
Erysimum capitatum |
Western wallflower |
Annual. Golden orange fls Apr-Jul |
2-3' |
Hedyotis longifolia |
Long-leaved houstonia |
White fls Jun-Jul |
6" |
Heuchera richardsonii |
Prairie alumroot |
White fls Apr-Jun |
1-2' |
Koeleria macrantha |
Junegrass |
|
1-2' |
Lechea mucronata |
Pin flower |
Pale white fls Sep |
1' |
Liatris mucronata |
Bottlebrush blazing star |
Purple fls Jul-Aug |
2-3' |
Manfreda virginica |
American aloe |
Fragrant creamy white fls Jul-Aug |
3-4' |
Marshallia caespitosa |
Barbara's buttons |
White fls Apr-Jun |
1' |
Mimosa quadrivalvis |
Sensitivebriar |
Pink fls Jun-Aug |
2-4' |
Oenothera macrocarpa |
Missouri evening primrose |
Lt yellow fls May-Jun |
1' |
Onosmodium molle ssp hispidissimum |
False gromwell |
White fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
Palafoxia callosa |
Palafoxia |
Annual. Pink fls Jun-Oct |
2' |
Parthenium hispidum |
American feverfew |
White fls May-Oct |
2' |
Penstemon cobaea |
Showy beard-tongue |
Purple fls Jun-Jul |
2-3' |
Penstemon pallidus |
Pale beard-tongue |
Creamy white fls Apr-Jul |
1-2' |
Phlox bifida |
Sand phlox |
Purple fls Apr-May |
4-6" |
Phlox pilosa ssp Ozarkana |
Hairy phlox |
Pink fls May |
1' |
Polanisia dodecandra |
Clammyweed |
Annual. White fls Jun-Sep |
1-2' |
Prenanthes aspera |
Rough white lettuce |
White fls Aug-Sep |
5' |
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium |
Slender mountain mint |
White fls Jun-Sep |
2-3' |
Ratibida columnifera |
Mexican hat |
Yellow/Red fls Jul-Aug |
1-3' |
Rudbeckia missouriensis |
Missouri black-eyed Susan |
Yellow fls Jul-Aug |
2' |
Ruellia humilis |
Hairy wild petunia |
Lavender fls Jul-Sep |
1' |
Salvia azurea |
Blue salvia |
Blue fls Jul-Sep |
5' |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
Little bluestem |
|
3' |
Sedum pulchellum |
Widow's cross |
Annual. Pink fls May-Jun |
6-8'' |
Senecio plattensis |
Prairie ragwort |
Yellow fls May-Jun |
1' |
Silene caroliniana |
Wild pink |
Rose pink fls Apr-May |
1-2' |
Silene regia |
Royal catchfly |
Red fls Jul-Sep |
3-4' |
Silene virginica |
Fire pink |
Red fls Apr-Jun |
1-2' |
Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Prairie dock |
Yellow fls Jul-Aug |
6-8' |
Solidago gattingeri |
Gattinger's goldenrod |
Yellow fls Sep-Oct |
2-3' |
Sporobolus heterolepis |
Prairie dropseed |
|
2-3' |
Taenidia integerrima |
Yellow pimpernel |
Yellow fls May-Jul |
2-3' |
Talinum calycinum |
Rock pink |
Pink fls May-Sep |
6-12" |
Trichostema dichotomum |
Blue curls |
Purple fls Aug-Oct |
1-2' |
Verbena canadensis |
Rose verbena |
Purple fls Mar-May |
1' |
Yucca glauca |
Soapweed yucca |
Creamy white fls Jun-Jul |
3-4' |