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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

Camphorweed 1
Heterotheca subaxillaris
hairy goldenaster 2
Heterotheca villosa
tall blue lettuce 3
Lactuca biennis
German Chamomile 4
Matricaria chamomilla
cotton thistle 5
Onopordum acanthium
falsegold groundsel 6
Packera pseudaurea
macoun's everlasting
Pseudognaphalium macounii
upright prairie coneflower 7
Ratibida columnifera
tall goldenrod 8
Solidago altissima
Perennial Sow Thistle 9
Sonchus arvensis
panicled aster 10
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Mexican marigold 11
Tagetes erecta
red-seeded dandelion 12
Taraxacum erythrospermum
rayless greenthread 13
Thelesperma megapotamicum
meadow salsify 14
Tragopogon pratensis
scentless mayweed 15
Tripleurospermum inodorum
White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana ludoviciana
spotted knapweed 16
Centaurea stoebe micranthos
late goldenrod 17
Solidago altissima altissima
Field Sowthistle 18
Sonchus arvensis arvensis
Field Sowthistle 19
Sonchus arvensis uliginosus
black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima
Bushy Aster 20
Symphyotrichum dumosum
cup plant 21
Silphium perfoliatum
Pitcher's thistle 22
Cirsium pitcheri
swamp thistle 23
Cirsium muticum
swamp aster 24
Symphyotrichum puniceum
giant goldenrod 25
Solidago gigantea
wild quinine 21
Parthenium integrifolium
woodland sunflower 22
Helianthus divaricatus
Southern Sneezeweed 13
Helenium flexuosum
straggler daisy 26
Calyptocarpus vialis
Stiff-hair Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus
grey-headed coneflower 9
Ratibida pinnata
Sweet Joe-Pye-weed 27
Eutrochium purpureum
leafcup 28
Polymnia canadensis
golden ragwort 29
Packera aurea
swamp beggarticks 30
Bidens discoidea
giant sunflower 31
Helianthus giganteus
cutleaf coneflower 32
Rudbeckia laciniata
dense blazing star 22
Liatris spicata
spotted Joe-Pye weed 33
Eutrochium maculatum
wingstem 34
Verbesina alternifolia
New England aster 35
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
devil's bite 36
Liatris scariosa
common boneset 37
Eupatorium perfoliatum
white snakeroot 38
Ageratina altissima
blue mistflower 39
Conoclinium coelestinum
tall boneset 40
Eupatorium altissimum
climbing hempvine 41
Mikania scandens
broad-leaved goldenrod 21
Solidago flexicaulis
Aromatic Aster 42
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Two-flower Dwarf-dandelion 22
Krigia biflora
woman's tobacco 43
Antennaria plantaginifolia
bluestem goldenrod 21
Solidago caesia
flat-top white aster 44
Doellingeria umbellata
Drummond's aster 45
Symphyotrichum drummondii
prairie dock 9
Silphium terebinthinaceum
compass plant 9
Silphium laciniatum
calico aster 46
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Jerusalem artichoke 47
Helianthus tuberosus
tall coreopsis 48
Coreopsis tripteris
Woolly Burdock 49
Arctium tomentosum
ashy sunflower 50
Helianthus mollis
stiff-leaved goldenrod 51
Solidago rigida
stiff goldenrod
Solidago rigida humilis
Santa Maria feverfew 52
Parthenium hysterophorus
black knapweed 53
Centaurea nigra
Solidago simplex randii gillmanii
Rand's goldenrod 54
Solidago simplex randii
white heath aster 55
Symphyotrichum ericoides
large-leaved aster 16
Eurybia macrophylla
bog goldenrod 56
Solidago uliginosa
northern seaside goldenrod 57
Solidago sempervirens
Sticky Groundsel 58
Senecio viscosus
Field Pussytoes 59
Antennaria neglecta
Tall Ironweed 37
Vernonia gigantea
pale purple coneflower 60
Echinacea pallida
roundleaf ragwort 37
Packera obovata
balsam ragwort 48
Packera paupercula
field wormwood 2
Artemisia campestris
Hairy Hawkweed 35
Hieracium gronovii
common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod 61
Solidago rugosa
great coneflower 62
Rudbeckia maxima
large-flowered tickseed 63
Coreopsis grandiflora
hairy lettuce 6
Lactuca hirsuta
prairie Indian plantain 64
Arnoglossum plantagineum
slender goldentop 20
Euthamia caroliniana
Whorled Coreopsis 65
Coreopsis verticillata
elm-leaved goldenrod 48
Solidago ulmifolia
smooth blue aster 48
Symphyotrichum laeve
Western Ironweed 66
Vernonia baldwinii
Maximilian sunflower 67
Helianthus maximiliani
Sawtooth Wormwood 68
Artemisia serrata
sky blue aster 35
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
silky aster 23
Symphyotrichum sericeum
Prairie Coreopsis 48
Coreopsis palmata
showy goldenrod 51
Solidago speciosa
field goldenrod 69
Solidago nemoralis
Missouri goldenrod 70
Solidago missouriensis

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

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