Prairie and Field Wildflowers of Winnebago County

This is a comprehensive guide to the prairie and field wildflowers of Winnebago County. Please contact Andrea Wallace at andrea@seversondells.org if you would like to add a species or think a change is appropriate.

Perennial Sow Thistle 1
Sonchus arvensis
Common Sow-thistle 2
Sonchus oleraceus
common dandelion 3
Taraxacum officinale
tall meadow-rue 4
Thalictrum dasycarpum
yellow salsify 5
Tragopogon dubius
Alsike clover 6
Trifolium hybridum
Field Clover 7
Trifolium procumbens
white clover 8
Trifolium repens
stinging nettle 9
Urtica dioica
blue vervain 10
Verbena hastata
Culver's root 11
Veronicastrum virginicum
hairy vetch 12
Vicia villosa
Early blue violet 13
Viola palmata
bird's foot violet 14
Viola pedata
Prairie Violet 4
Viola pedatifida
Xanthium sp. 15
Xanthium
roses 16
Rosa
balsam ragwort 17
Packera paupercula
white blue-eyed grass 1
Sisyrinchium albidum
Carolina horsenettle 18
Solanum carolinense
bittersweet nightshade 19
Solanum dulcamara
Field Sowthistle 20
Sonchus arvensis uliginosus
yellow star grass 18
Hypoxis hirsuta
southern blue flag 1
Iris virginica
Irises 21
Iris
Allegheny monkeyflower 22
Mimulus ringens
chicory 23
Cichorium intybus
hedge bindweed 24
Calystegia sepium
agueweed 25
Gentianella quinquefolia
sawtooth sunflower 26
Helianthus grosseserratus
common ragweed 27
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
field wormwood 28
Artemisia campestris
calico aster 29
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
red clover 6
Trifolium pratense
great mullein 30
Verbascum thapsus
Purslane Speedwell 31
Veronica peregrina

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