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

All 500

purple coneflower ¹
Echinacea purpurea

giant ragweed ²
Ambrosia trifida

common ragweed ³
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatior

rough cocklebur ⁴
Xanthium strumarium

common sunflower ⁵
Helianthus annuus

spiny cocklebur ⁶
Xanthium spinosum

western ragweed ⁷
Ambrosia psilostachya

black-eyed Susan ⁸
Rudbeckia hirta

false daisy ⁹
Eclipta prostrata

prairie sunflower ¹⁰
Helianthus petiolaris

upright prairie coneflower ¹¹
Ratibida columnifera

black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima

cup plant ¹²
Silphium perfoliatum

wild quinine ¹²
Parthenium integrifolium

woodland sunflower ¹³
Helianthus divaricatus

straggler daisy ¹⁴
Calyptocarpus vialis

Stiff-hair Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus

grey-headed coneflower ¹⁵
Ratibida pinnata

giant sunflower ¹⁶
Helianthus giganteus

cutleaf coneflower ¹⁷
Rudbeckia laciniata

wingstem ¹⁸
Verbesina alternifolia

prairie dock ¹⁵
Silphium terebinthinaceum

compass plant ¹⁵
Silphium laciniatum

Jerusalem artichoke ¹⁹
Helianthus tuberosus

ashy sunflower ²⁰
Helianthus mollis

Santa Maria feverfew ²¹
Parthenium hysterophorus

pale purple coneflower ²²
Echinacea pallida

great coneflower ²³
Rudbeckia maxima

Maximilian sunflower ²⁴
Helianthus maximiliani

false sunflower ²²
Heliopsis helianthoides

Stiff Sunflower ²⁵
Helianthus pauciflorus

Brown-eyed Susan ²⁶
Rudbeckia triloba

Orange Coneflower ²⁷
Rudbeckia fulgida

pale sunflower ²⁸
Helianthus decapetalus

Mexican Creeping Zinnia ²⁹
Sanvitalia procumbens

Brown-eyed Susan ³⁰
Rudbeckia triloba triloba

Skeletonleaf Bur Ragweed ³¹
Ambrosia tomentosa

wavyleaf purple coneflower ³²
Echinacea simulata

sawtooth sunflower ³³
Helianthus grosseserratus

Fewleaf Sunflower ²⁵
Helianthus occidentalis

Willowleaf Sunflower ³⁴
Helianthus salicifolius

harsh sunflower ¹³
Helianthus strumosus

Sumpweed ³⁵
Iva annua

rough coneflower ³⁶
Rudbeckia grandiflora

sweet black-eyed Susan ³⁷
Rudbeckia subtomentosa

prairie rosinweed ¹³
Silphium integrifolium

Tansy Rosinweed ³⁸
Silphium pinnatifidum

Helianthus × cinereus

Perennial Sunflower ³⁹
Helianthus × laetiflorus

clasping coneflower ⁴⁰
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis

Marshelder ⁴¹
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Stiff Sunflower ³³
Helianthus pauciflorus pauciflorus

Stiff Sunflower ⁴²
Helianthus pauciflorus subrhomboideus

giant ragweed ⁴³
Ambrosia trifida trifida

Smooth Oxeye ⁴⁴
Heliopsis helianthoides helianthoides

smooth oxeye ⁴⁵
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra

Rudbeckia hirta hirta ⁴⁶

greenhead coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata laciniata

Silphium integrifolium integrifolium ⁴⁷

wholeleaf rosinweed ⁴⁸
Silphium integrifolium laeve

Compass Plant ⁴⁹
Silphium laciniatum laciniatum

Robinson's Compass Plant ⁵⁰
Silphium laciniatum robinsonii

Helianthus hirsutus hirsutus

Helianthus hirsutus trachyphyllus

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