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Native Flowers of Chicago Wilderness

This guide was created to expand education towards flowers and pollinator species.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tracking-pollinators

Edited by Renata Leite Pitman

common dandelion 1
Taraxacum officinale
Cornflower 2
Centaurea cyanus
Gallant Soldier 3
Galinsoga parviflora
purple coneflower 4
Echinacea purpurea
Yellow Cosmos 5
Cosmos sulphureus
goldenrods 6
Solidago
prairie blazing star 7
Liatris pycnostachya
Perennial Cornflower 8
Centaurea montana
Spanish needles 9
Bidens bipinnata
Bur Marigolds 10
Bidens
devil's beggarticks 11
Bidens frondosa
tickseed beggar-ticks 12
Bidens aristosa
Indian blanket 13
Gaillardia pulchella
common yarrow 14
Achillea millefolium
pearly everlasting 15
Anaphalis margaritacea
Stinking chamomile 16
Anthemis cotula
common mugwort 17
Artemisia vulgaris
chicory 18
Cichorium intybus
late boneset 19
Eupatorium serotinum
bonesets 20
Eupatorium
bull thistle 21
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 22
Matricaria discoidea
giant ragweed 23
Ambrosia trifida
Common Cat's-ear 24
Hypochaeris radicata
Willowleaf Lettuce 25
Lactuca saligna
prickly lettuce 19
Lactuca serriola
Canada wild lettuce 26
Lactuca canadensis
Western Lettuce 27
Lactuca ludoviciana
common groundsel 28
Senecio vulgaris
prickly sowthistle 29
Sonchus asper
Common Sow-thistle 30
Sonchus oleraceus
false boneset 31
Brickellia eupatorioides
common ragweed 32
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatior
Prairie False Dandelion 7
Nothocalais cuspidata
Smooth hawksbeard 33
Crepis capillaris
Sneezewort 34
Achillea ptarmica
Salsify 35
Tragopogon porrifolius
yellow salsify 36
Tragopogon dubius
feverfew 37
Tanacetum parthenium
Butterweed 38
Packera glabella
common daisy 39
Bellis perennis
Brown Knapweed 40
Centaurea jacea
Butterbur 41
Petasites hybridus
Canada Hawkweed 42
Hieracium umbellatum
tansy 43
Tanacetum vulgare
nipplewort 44
Lapsana communis
oxeye daisy 45
Leucanthemum vulgare
shaggy soldier 46
Galinsoga quadriradiata
colt's-foot 47
Tussilago farfara
purple star-thistle 48
Centaurea calcitrapa
Tarragon 6
Artemisia dracunculus
rough cocklebur 49
Xanthium strumarium
Tickseed 50
Coreopsis
common sunflower 51
Helianthus annuus
spiny cocklebur 52
Xanthium spinosum
biennial wormwood 6
Artemisia biennis
lesser burdock 53
Arctium minus
spreading fleabane 54
Erigeron divergens
robin's-plantain 55
Erigeron pulchellus
western ragweed 56
Ambrosia psilostachya
creeping thistle 57
Cirsium arvense
Wormwood 58
Artemisia absinthium
Spoon-Leaf Purple Everlasting 59
Gamochaeta purpurea
hairy hawkbit 60
Leontodon saxatilis
field thistle 61
Cirsium discolor
ragwort 62
Jacobaea vulgaris
black-eyed Susan 63
Rudbeckia hirta
Annual saltmarsh aster 64
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Canada goldenrod 65
Solidago canadensis
Philadelphia fleabane 66
Erigeron philadelphicus
rattlesnakeweed 67
Hieracium venosum
garden cosmos 68
Cosmos bipinnatus
silver wormwood 69
Artemisia ludoviciana
greater burdock 70
Arctium lappa
sweet annie 71
Artemisia annua
Nodding Beggarticks 72
Bidens cernua
Three-parted Beggarticks 73
Bidens tripartita
Tall Beggarticks 72
Bidens vulgata
Broad-winged Thistle 74
Carduus acanthoides
musk thistle 75
Carduus nutans
Safflower 76
Carthamus tinctorius
diffuse knapweed 77
Centaurea diffusa
spotted knapweed 78
Centaurea stoebe
Rush Skeletonweed 79
Chondrilla juncea
wavyleaf thistle 6
Cirsium undulatum
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 80
Coreopsis lanceolata
plains coreopsis 81
Coreopsis tinctoria
Golden marguerite 37
Cota tinctoria
narrow-leaved hawksbeard 82
Crepis tectorum
Dogweed 65
Dyssodia papposa
Glandular Globe-thistle 44
Echinops sphaerocephalus
false daisy 83
Eclipta prostrata
annual fleabane 49
Erigeron annuus
horseweed 84
Erigeron canadensis
daisy fleabane 85
Erigeron strigosus
curlycup gumweed 6
Grindelia squarrosa
Bitterweed 86
Helenium amarum
common sneezeweed 43
Helenium autumnale
prairie sunflower 87
Helianthus petiolaris

Edited by Renata Leite Pitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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