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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.

velvetleaf 1
Abutilon theophrasti
common yarrow 2
Achillea millefolium
Actinomeris alternifolia 3
Verbesina alternifolia
giant ragweed 4
Ambrosia trifida
meadow anemone 5
Anemone canadensis
Cylindrical Thimbleweed 6
Anemone cylindrica
purple-stemmed angelica 7
Angelica atropurpurea
Field Pussytoes 8
Antennaria neglecta
American groundnut 9
Apios americana
lesser burdock 10
Arctium minus
Arenaria stricta 11
Sabulina michauxii
swamp milkweed 12
Asclepias incarnata
common milkweed 13
Asclepias syriaca
whorled milkweed 14
Asclepias verticillata
Aster azureus 15
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Aster novae-angliae 15
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aster pilosus 16
Symphyotrichum pilosum
large-flowered false foxglove 17
Aureolaria grandiflora
bitter wintercress 18
Barbarea vulgaris
Nodding Beggarticks 19
Bidens cernua
Brown Knapweed 20
Centaurea jacea
Common Lamb's-quarters 21
Chenopodium album
Woodland Goosefoot 22
Chenopodium standleyanum
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum 23
Leucanthemum vulgare
water hemlock 24
Cicuta maculata
creeping thistle 25
Cirsium arvense
field thistle 15
Cirsium discolor
bull thistle 26
Cirsium vulgare
bastard toadflax 27
Comandra umbellata
wild carrot 28
Daucus carota
showy tick-trefoil 29
Desmodium canadense
Illinois tick-trefoil 30
Desmodium illinoense
Dodecatheon meadia 31
Primula meadia
fringed willowherb 32
Epilobium ciliatum
annual fleabane 33
Erigeron annuus
Philadelphia fleabane 34
Erigeron philadelphicus
robin's-plantain 35
Erigeron pulchellus
daisy fleabane 34
Erigeron strigosus
common boneset 36
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Fragaria vesca var. americana
Fragaria vesca americana
Virginia strawberry 37
Fragaria virginiana
Gaura biennis 38
Oenothera gaura
Gnaphalium obtusifolium 39
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
common sneezeweed 40
Helenium autumnale
Heracleum lanatum 41
Heracleum maximum
flower of an hour 42
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium aurantiacum 43
Pilosella aurantiaca
common St. John's-wort 44
Hypericum perforatum
spotted St. John's wort 36
Hypericum punctatum
Canada wild lettuce 45
Lactuca canadensis
Upright Pinweed
Lechea stricta
common motherwort 18
Leonurus cardiaca
field peppergrass 46
Lepidium campestre
round-headed bush clover 7
Lespedeza capitata
common toadflax 47
Linaria vulgaris
hoary puccoon 48
Lithospermum canescens
Indian tobacco 49
Lobelia inflata
great blue lobelia 7
Lobelia siphilitica
pale-spiked lobelia 14
Lobelia spicata
Lychnis alba 50
Silene latifolia alba
northern bugleweed 11
Lycopus uniflorus
whorled loosestrife 51
Lysimachia quadrifolia
Winged Loosestrife 52
Lythrum alatum
German Chamomile 53
Matricaria chamomilla
Matricaria matricarioides 54
Matricaria discoidea
black medick 45
Medicago lupulina
alfalfa 55
Medicago sativa
Melilotus alba 56
Melilotus albus
corn mint 57
Mentha arvensis
wild bergamot 58
Monarda fistulosa
northern evening-primrose 34
Oenothera parviflora
slender yellow woodsorrel 59
Oxalis dillenii
upright yellow woodsorrel 60
Oxalis stricta
violet woodsorrel 61
Oxalis violacea
wild parsnip 6
Pastinaca sativa
Virginia groundcherry 24
Physalis virginiana
American Plantain 62
Plantago rugelii
Seneca snakeroot 6
Polygala senega
Polygonum amphibium 63
Persicaria amphibia
Polygonum pensylvanicum 64
Persicaria pensylvanica
Polygonum punctatum 65
Persicaria punctata
rough cinquefoil 66
Potentilla norvegica
sulphur cinquefoil 67
Potentilla recta
Prenanthes alba 68
Nabalus albus
Virginia mountain mint 69
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Early Buttercup 70
Ranunculus fascicularis
Northern Yellow-cress 71
Rorippa islandica
black-eyed Susan 72
Rudbeckia hirta
Brown-eyed Susan 73
Rudbeckia triloba
Sheep's sorrel 74
Rumex acetosella
curled dock 75
Rumex crispus
common soapwort 18
Saponaria officinalis
Snowy Campion 6
Silene nivea
cup plant 34
Silphium perfoliatum
water parsnip 76
Sium suave
late goldenrod 77
Solidago altissima
Canada goldenrod 78
Solidago canadensis
giant goldenrod 67
Solidago gigantea
Perennial Sow Thistle 14
Sonchus arvensis
Common Sow-thistle 79
Sonchus oleraceus

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