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  • KUHNIA EUPATORIODES | False Boneset Buy premium seeds and plants from native wildflower nursery, IonXchange.com
    $0.00 Choose Options KUHNIA EUPATORIODES | False Boneset
    "False Boneset, Western False Boneset" Kuhnia named after Dr. Adam Kuhn and eupatorioides from its similarity to Eupatorium. Found throughout the entire country on dry prairies and plains and in open, rocky woods. Cream to...

  • KOELERIA CRISTATA | June Grass
    $0.00 Choose Options KOELERIA CRISTATA | June Grass
    June Grass (Koeleria Cristata) has pale green-silvery colored flowers. Its lower stems are covered with small hair about .5 inches along the stem. The stem is hollow at the bottom of the plant. June Grass grows to about 1-2...

  • JUNCUS TORREYI | Torrey's Rush
    $0.00 Choose Options JUNCUS TORREYI | Torrey's Rush
    Torrey's Rush (Juncus Torreyi) is a native perennial rush is 2-3' tall and unbranched, except near the apex where the inflorescence occurs. The stout central stem is green, glabrous, and terete (round in cross-section)...

  • JUNCUS TENUIS | Path Rush
    $0.00 Choose Options JUNCUS TENUIS | Path Rush
    Path Rush (Juncus Tenuis) is a native perennial rush is typically 4-12"" tall.  It is often densely tufted with erect to ascending stems that are light to medium green, slender, glabrous, and unbranched. The leaves...

  • JUNCUS INTERIOR | Inland Rush
    $0.00 Choose Options JUNCUS INTERIOR | Inland Rush
    Inland Rush is a perennial herb with tufted roots. It has long, flat, narrow leaves with rounded auricles. The flowers are located along the ascending branchlets. They are green with very narrow, pointed sepals and petals...

  • JUNCUS EFFUSUS | Soft Rush
    $0.00 Choose Options JUNCUS EFFUSUS | Soft Rush
    This native perennial rush is about 2-4' tall, forming vegetative clumps of unbranched stems that are erect to ascending. Each stem is medium green, terete (round in cross-section), soft, and hairless; it is typically about...

  • JUNCUS DUDLEYI | Dudley's Rush
    $0.00 Choose Options JUNCUS DUDLEYI | Dudley's Rush
    Dudley;   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie Soil Moisture Wet, Wet Mesic, Dry Mesic Bloom...

  • JUNCUS BALTICUS | Baltic Rush
    $0.00 Choose Options JUNCUS BALTICUS | Baltic Rush
    Baltic Rush is found at low to mid elevations. Found in wet depressions, ,moist meadows, sloughs, springs, swales. Typical environment is where it is most often wet soil and areas that are flooded in spring and dry out in...

  • Blue Flag Iris
    $0.00 Choose Options IRIS SHREVEI | Blue Flag Iris
    Blue Flag Iris (Iris Shrevei) - Iris is from the Greek word for "rainbow" and shrevei is in honor of Ralph Shreve. Commonly found in the marshy areas of the Tallgrass prairie, I. shrevei blooms from May to June and can...

  • HYPERICUM PYRAMIDATUM | Great St. John's Wort
    $0.00 Choose Options HYPERICUM PYRAMIDATUM | Great St. John's Wort
    Hypericum from the ancient Greek name for this genus.     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie,...

  • Rose Mallow - Hibiscus militaris Perennial plant that survives the Midwest winters!
    $0.00 Choose Options HIBISCUS MILITARIS | Rose Mallow
    "Rose mallow, Halberd Mallow, Mallow Rose, Water Mallow, Swamp Mallow (not to be confused with marsh mallow)"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

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    $0.00 Choose Options HEUCHERA RICHARDSONII | Prairie Alumroot
    "Prairie Alumroot, American Sanicle, Cliffweed, Ground Maple, Rock Geranium" Heuchera after Johann Heinrich von Heuchera, early German medical botanist and richardsonii after Sir John Richardson, 19th century explorer of...

  • HERACLEUM MAXIMUM | Cow Parnsip
    $0.00 Choose Options HERACLEUM MAXIMUM | Cow Parnsip
    Heracleum from the Greek for a kind of plant like Hercules, thought to be for this species' hardiness and size. Greek legends say Hercules also used this species as a medicine. Pliny the Elder considered this species to be...

  • HELIANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS | Western Sunflower
    $0.00 Choose Options HELIANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS | Western Sunflower
    Helianthus is from the Greek word helios meaning "sun" and anthos for "flower" and occidentalis meaning "western".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • HELIANTHUS MOLLIS | Ashy Sunflower
    $0.00 Choose Options HELIANTHUS MOLLIS | Ashy Sunflower
    Helianthus is from the Greek word helios meaning "sun" and anthos for "flower".     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • HELIANTHUS MAXIMILIANII | Maximilian Sunflower
    $0.00 Choose Options HELIANTHUS MAXIMILIANII | Maximilian Sunflower
    Helianthus is from the Greek word helios meaning "sun" and anthos for "flower". Maximilianii named after Prinz Maximilian van Wied-Neu, discoverer of this plant.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • HELIANTHUS LAETIFLORUS | Showy Sunflower
    $0.00 Choose Options HELIANTHUS LAETIFLORUS | Showy Sunflower
    Helianthus is from the Greek word helios meaning "sun" and anthos for "flower".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • HELIANTHUS GROSSESERRATUS | Sawtooth Sunflower
    $0.00 Choose Options HELIANTHUS GROSSESERRATUS | Sawtooth Sunflower
    Sawtooth Sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) can be distinguished from other Sunflowers by its red, smooth stems can be aggressive and may not be suitable for small landscape plantings.  Can reach 6 feet or more...

  • HELENIUM AUTUMNALE | Sneezeweed
    $0.00 Choose Options HELENIUM AUTUMNALE | Sneezeweed
    Sneezeweed, Staggerwort, Swamp Sunflower Helenium comes from the Greek name for this plant, named after Helen of Troy; autumnale meaning "of autumn", named for its blooming time.   Click Here for Detailed...

  • GLYCYRRHIZA LEPIDOTA | Wild Licorice
    $0.00 Choose Options GLYCYRRHIZA LEPIDOTA | Wild Licorice
    "Licorice root, American Licorice, Sweet Wood" Glycyrrhiza is from the Greek word glycys meaning "sweet" and rhiza meaning "root". Lepidota means "scaly".     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GLYCERIA GRANDIS | American Manna grass
    $0.00 Choose Options GLYCERIA GRANDIS | American Manna grass
    (PLS) American Mannagrass (Glyceria Grandis) is most commonly found in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass bearing thin stems which approach two meters in maximum height. The sturdy...

  • GEUM TRIFLORUM | Prairie Smoke
    $0.00 Choose Options GEUM TRIFLORUM | Prairie Smoke
    "Old Man's Whiskers, Johnny Smokers, Long-plumed purple Avens"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GERANIUM MACULATUM | Wild Geranium
    $0.00 Choose Options GERANIUM MACULATUM | Wild Geranium
    Wild Geranium, Alum Bloom, Alum Root, American Kimo Root, Chocolate Flower, Crane Bill, Crowfoot, Culver Root, Dove's Foot, Love Knot, Pigeon Foot, Red Robin, Rock Weed, Sailor's Knot, Shame Face   Click Here for...

  • GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA | Stiff Gentian
    $0.00 Choose Options GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA | Stiff Gentian
    Genus named for the ancient King Gentius of Illyria, the discoverer of the medicinal properties of these plants.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GENTIANA FLAVIDA | Cream Gentian
    $0.00 Choose Options GENTIANA FLAVIDA | Cream Gentian
    Genus named for the ancient King Gentius of Illyria, the discoverer of the medicinal properties of these plants.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GENTIANA ANDREWSII | Bottle Gentian
    GENTIANA ANDREWSII | Bottle Gentian
    "Bottle Gentian, Barrel Gentian, Blind Gentian, Cloistered Gentian"   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GAURA BIENNIS | Biennial Guara
    $0.00 Choose Options GAURA BIENNIS | Biennial Guara
    Biennial Gaura (Gaura biennis) grows to six feet in it's second year. with small pink flowers and establishes a prairie planting.  Completes its life-cycle in two years; however will distribute numerous seeds while...

  • GALIUM BOREALE | Northern Bed Straw
    GALIUM BOREALE | Northern Bed Straw
    The tiny white flowers of this perennial form dozens of dense clusters about half an inch wide. The clusters are found at the tips of the many branches. Narrow Leaves from stems about a foot long arise in tufts from shallow...

  • FILIPENDULA RUBRA | Queen of the Prairie
    FILIPENDULA RUBRA | Queen of the Prairie
    Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula Rubra) is a native perennial plant, unbranched and ranges between 3-6 feet tall. The central stem is smooth and sometimes reddish. Prefers full or partial sun, and wet to moist...

  • EUPHORBIA COROLLATA | Flowering Spurge
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPHORBIA COROLLATA | Flowering Spurge
    "Flowering Spurge, Flat-topped Spurge, Milk Purslane, Milkweed, Snake Milk, Tramp's Spurge, White-flowered Milkweed, Wild Hippo" Mostlike after Euphorbus, a physician to King Juba of Namidia and from the Latin corollata,...

  • EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM | White Snakeroot
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM | White Snakeroot
    "White Snakeroot, Deerwort, Poolwort, Rich Weed, Snake Weed, Squaw Weed, White Sanicle" Greek, from the name of the King of Pontus, Eupator and rugosum from the Latin for "wrinkled", most likely referring to the appearance...

  • EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM | Sweet Joe Pye
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM | Sweet Joe Pye
    "Sweet Joe Pye Weed, Boneset, Gravel-root, Hempweed, Jopi Root, Jopi Weed, Kidney Root, King-of-the-Meadow, Queen-of-the-Meadow, Marsh Milkweed, Motherwort, Quillwort, Skunk Weed, Stink  Trumpet Weed, Quillwort and...

  • EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM | Boneset
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM | Boneset
    "Boneset, Agueweed, Crosswort, Indian Sage, Thoroughwort, Throughwort" Greek, from the name of the King of Pontus, Eupator and perfoliatum from per (through) and folium (leaf) referring to the way the stem grows "through"...

  • EUPATORIUM MACULATUM | Joe Pye Weed
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPATORIUM MACULATUM | Joe Pye Weed
    Joe Pye Weed, Spotted Joe Pye Weed, King-of-the-Meadow, Queen-of-the-Meadow, Thoroughwort Perennial, 2 - 6 feet, stem purple or purple-spotted, purple-brown flowers in flat-topped clusters bloom from July through September...

  • EUPATORIUM COELESTINUM | Mist Flower
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPATORIUM COELESTINUM | Mist Flower
    Rather hairy plant from 3 to 6 feet. White blooms from late summer to first frost. Common in dry upland prairies, old fields and open woods. Does best where sites have been disturbed through intensive grazing...

  • EUPATORIUM ALTISSIMUM | Tall Boneset
    $0.00 Choose Options EUPATORIUM ALTISSIMUM | Tall Boneset
    Rather hairy plant from 3 to 6 feet. White blooms from late summer to first frost. Common in dry upland prairies, old fields and open woods. Does best where sites have been disturbed through intensive grazing...

  • ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM | Rattlesnake Master
    $0.00 Choose Options ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM | Rattlesnake Master
    "Rattlesnake Master, Button Snakeroot, Yucca-leaf Eryngo, Corn Snakeroot, Water-eryngo, Rattlesnake Flag, Rattlesnake Weed" Eryngium from the Greek word for "a prickly plant" and yuccifolium from the Greek word for yucca...

  • EPILOBIUM GLANDULOSUM | Northern Willow Herb
    $0.00 Choose Options EPILOBIUM GLANDULOSUM | Northern Willow Herb
    Northern willow Herb" Epilobium from the Greek meaning "upon or above the pod" referring to the manner in which the flowers keep blooming above the seed pods as they develop lower on the flower spike. An herbal tea made...

  • ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS | Spike Rush
    ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS | Spike Rush
    (PLS) Spike Rush (Eleocharis Palustris) is a mat-forming perennial plant in the genus Eleocharis (and subgenus Eleocharis) growing in wetlands. E. palustris is not easily distinguished from other closely related species and...

  • ECHINACEA PURPUREA | Purple Coneflower
    $0.00 Choose Options ECHINACEA PURPUREA | Purple Coneflower
    "Purple Coneflower, Black Samson, Red Sunflower" Echinacea from the Greek word for "sea urchin" or "hedgehog" referring to the spiny chaff at the center of these flowers. Purpurea also from the Greek for the word meaning...

  • Bush's Coneflower - Echinacea paradoxa
    $0.00 Choose Options ECHINACEA PARADOXA | Bush's Coneflower
    Echinacea from the Greek word for "sea urchin" or "hedgehog" referring to the spiny chaff at the center of these flowers. Paradoxa from the Latin, paradoxus for "strange" or "unexpected".   Click Here for Detailed...

  • Pale Purple Coneflower
    $0.00 Choose Options ECHINACEA PALIDA | Pale Purple Coneflower
    Echinacea from the Greek word for "sea urchin" or "hedgehog" referring to the spiny chaff at the center of these flowers. Pallida is from the latin word for "pale". Perennial; reaches 2 to 3 feet; leaves are mostly basal...

  • Narrow Purple Coneflower - Echinacea Angustifolia
    $0.00 Choose Options ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA | Narrow Purple Coneflower
    Narrow Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia) - Found mostly in the northern portions of the Tallgrass Region on recently burned areas or where the soil has been disturbed. Blooms are purple to pink (rarely white) and...

  • Midland Shooting Star
    $0.00 Choose Options DODECATHEON MEADII | Midland Shooting Star
    "Midlanbd Shooting Star, American Cowslip, Birdbills, Johnny Jump, Pride-of-Ohio, Rooster Heads" Dodecatheon after the Greek word for "twelve Gods" and Meadii in honor of Dr. Richard Mead, early English physician and...

  • DESMODIUM ILLINOENSE | Illinoise Tick Trefoil
    $0.00 Choose Options DESMODIUM ILLINOENSE | Illinoise Tick Trefoil
    Desmodium from the Greek for "long branch or chain" and canadense meaning "of Canada". Favors moist or mesic portions of the Tallgrass Prairie, flowers from June through September. generally reaches about three feet, but...

  • DESMODIUM CANADENSE | Showy Tick Trefoil
    $0.00 Choose Options DESMODIUM CANADENSE | Showy Tick Trefoil
    Desmodium from the Greek for "long branch or chain" and canadense meaning "of Canada". Favors moist or mesic portions of the Tallgrass Prairie, flowers from June through September. generally reaches about three feet, but...

  • DESMANTHUS ILLINOENSIS | Illinois Bundleflower
    $0.00 Choose Options DESMANTHUS ILLINOENSIS | Illinois Bundleflower
    Illinois Bundleflower, Illinois Acacia, Prairie Mimosa, Pickle-weed" Common, almost weedy in disturbed prairies, pastures and sandy thickets. Averages 3 feet but can reach 5 feet or more with ideal conditions. Blooms from...

  • DELPHINIUM VIRESCENS | Prairie Larkspur
    DELPHINIUM VIRESCENS | Prairie Larkspur
    "Prairie Larkspur, Plains Larkspur" Delphinium from the Greek for Dolphin referring to the shape of the flower. Virescens from the Greek word for "greenish", referring to the color of the flower. Early bloomer, from May to...