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conventions. Where several species of plants share part of a common name, they have been grouped together under that name; this is for indexing purposes and does not always indicate a taxonomic relationship.


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* Alexanders ** Golden alexanders (''Zizia aurea'') ** Heart-leaved alexanders (''Zizia aptera'') * Anemone **
Canada anemone ''Anemonastrum canadense'', synonym ''Anemone canadensis'', the Canada anemone, round-headed anemone, round-leaf thimbleweed, meadow anemone, windflower, or crowfoot, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It i ...
(''Anemone canadensis'') ** Cut-leaved anemone (''Anemone multifida'' var. ''multifida'') ** Wood anemone (''Anemone quinquefolia'') * Aplectrum **
Adam and Eve Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors ...
(''Aplectrum hyemale'') * Asters ** Aromatic aster (''Symphyotrichum oblongifolium'') ** Awl aster (''Symphyotrichum pilosum'') ** Bog aster (''Symphyotrichum boreale'') ** Crooked aster (''Symphyotrichum prenanthoides'') ** Drummond's aster (''Symphyotrichum drummondii'') ** Eastern panicled aster (''Symphyotrichum lanceolatum'' ssp. ''lanceolatum'') ** Flat-topped aster (''Doellingeria umbellata'') **
Heath aster Heath aster is a common name for several plants native to North America and may refer to: *''Symphyotrichum ericoides'' *''Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly ''Aster pilosus'') is a perennial, herbaceous, flowering plant in the Asteraceae f ...
(''Symphyotrichum ericoides'') ** Heart-leaved aster (''Symphyotrichum cordifolium'') ** Large-leaved aster (''Eurybia macrophylla'') ** Lindley's aster (''Symphyotrichum ciliolatum'') ** Long aster (''Symphyotrichum x longulum'') ** Modest aster (''Canadanthus modestus'') **
New England aster (formerly ''Aster novae-angliae'') is a species of flowering plant in the aster family ( Asteraceae) native to central and eastern North America. Commonly known as , , or , it is a perennial, herbaceous plant usually between tall and ...
(''Symphyotrichum novae-angliae'') **
New England aster (formerly ''Aster novae-angliae'') is a species of flowering plant in the aster family ( Asteraceae) native to central and eastern North America. Commonly known as , , or , it is a perennial, herbaceous plant usually between tall and ...
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Heath aster Heath aster is a common name for several plants native to North America and may refer to: *''Symphyotrichum ericoides'' *''Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly ''Aster pilosus'') is a perennial, herbaceous, flowering plant in the Asteraceae f ...
hybrid (''Symphyotrichum x amethystinum'') ** Ontario aster (''Symphyotrichum ontarionis'') ** Red-stemmed aster (''Symphyotrichum puniceum'') ** Short's aster (''Symphyotrichum shortii''; threatened) ** Sickle-shaped aster (''Symphyotrichum falcatum'') ** Side-flowering aster (''Symphyotrichum lateriflorum'') ** Silky aster (''Symphyotrichum sericeum'') ** Skyblue aster (''Symphyotrichum oolentangiense'') ** Smooth aster (''Symphyotrichum laeve'') ** Veiny lined aster (''Symphyotrichum praealtum'') ** Western panicled aster (''Symphyotrichum lanceolatum'' ssp. ''hesperium'') * Autumn sneezeweed (''Helenium autumnale'')


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Baneberries ''Actaea'', commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. Taxonomy The genus was redefine ...
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Red baneberry ''Actaea rubra'', the red baneberry or chinaberry, is a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America. Description It is a perennial herb that grows tall. The leaves are coarsely toothed with deeply ...
(''Actaea rubra'') **
White baneberry ''Actaea pachypoda'', the white baneberry or doll's-eyes, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Actaea'', of the family Ranunculaceae. The plant is native to eastern North America, in eastern Canada, and the Midwestern and Eastern Unit ...
(''Actaea pachypoda'') * Beard-tongues ** Large-flowered beard tongue (''Penstemon grandiflorus'') ** Pale beard tongue (''Penstemon pallidus'') ** Slender beard tongue (''Penstemon gracilis'') ** White beard tongue (''Penstemon albidus'') * Bellworts **
Large-flowered bellwort ''Uvularia grandiflora'', the large-flowered bellwort or merrybells, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to eastern and central North America. Description Growing to tall by broad, it is a rhizomatous herba ...
(''Uvularia grandiflora'') ** Pale bellwort (''Uvularia sessilifolia'') * Black-eyed Susan (''Rudbeckia hirta'') * Blanketflower (''Gaillardia aristata'') *
Blazing stars Blazing or blazin' can refer to; * Trail blazing, practice of marking outdoor pathways. * A technique for changing the energy distribution of dispersed light from a diffraction grating by altering the shape of the slits. * A slang term for smok ...
** Cylindric blazing star (''Liatris cylindracea'') ** Dotted blazing star (''Liatris punctata'') ** Great blazing star (''Liatris pycnostachya'') ** Northern plains blazing star (''Liatris ligulistylis'') ** Rough blazing star (''Liatris aspera'') * Bloodroot (''Sanguinaria canadensis'') * Bluebead lily (''Clintonia borealis'') * Blueberries ** Lowbush blueberry (''Vaccinium angustifolium'') ** Velvet-leaved blueberry (''Vaccinium myrtilloides'') * Blue-eyed grasses ** Field blue-eyed grass (''Sisyrinchium campestre'') ** Mountain blue-eyed grass (''Sisyrinchium montanum montanum'') ** Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (''Sisyrinchium angustifolium'') ** Pointed-petal blue-eyed grass (''Sisyrinchium mucronatum'') *Blue flags **
Northern blue flag ''Iris versicolor'' is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris. It is a species of '' Iris ...
(''Iris versicolor'') ** Southern blue flag (''Iris virginica'' var. ''shrevei'') * Bunchberry (''Cornus canadensis'') * Butterflyweed (''Asclepias tuberosa'' var. ''interior'')


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Canada mayflower ''Maianthemum canadense'' (Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, false lily-of-the-valley, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley,, p.105 two-leaved Solomon's seal) is an understory perennial flowering plant, native to Canada and the ...
(''Maianthemum canadense'') * Cinquefoils ** Bushy cinquefoil (''Potentilla paradoxa'') ** Marsh cinquefoil (''Potentilla palustris'') ** Pennsylvania cinquefoil (''Potentilla pensylvanica'') ** Rough cinquefoil (''Potentilla norvegica'') ** Shrubby cinquefoil (''Potentilla fruticosa'') ** Slender cinquefoil (''Potentilla flabelliformis'') ** Spreading cinquefoil (''Potentilla effusa'') ** Tall cinquefoil (''Potentilla arguta'') * Wild Columbine (''Aquilegia canadensis'') *Coneflowers **
Gray-headed coneflower ''Ratibida pinnata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names pinnate prairie coneflower, gray-head coneflower, yellow coneflower, and prairie coneflower. It is native to the central and eastern United St ...
(''Ratibida pinnata'') ** Narrow-leaved purple coneflower (''Echinacea pallida'' var. ''angustifolia'') ** Prairie coneflower (''Ratibida columnifera'') ** Sweet coneflower (''Rudbeckia subtomentosa'') ** Tall coneflower (''Rudbeckia laciniata'' var. ''laciniata'') ** Three-leaved coneflower (''Rudbeckia triloba'' var. ''triloba''; special concern) * Coralroot ** Autumn coralroot (''Corallorhiza odontorhiza'' var. ''odontorhiza'') ** Early coralroot (''Corallorhiza trifida'') **
Spotted coralroot ''Corallorhiza maculata'', or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid. It has three varieties: ''C. maculata var. occidentalis'' (western spotted coralroot), ''C. maculata var. maculata'' (eastern spotted coralroot or summer cor ...
(''Corallorhiza maculata'') ** Striped coralroot (''Corallorhiza striata'' var. ''striata'') * Cottongrasses ** Chamisso's cottongrass (''Eriophorum chamissonis'') ** Delicate cottongrass (''Eriophorum tenellum'') ** Green-keeled cottongrass (''Eriophorum viridicarinatum'') ** Slender cottongrass (''Eriophorum gracile'') ** Tall cottongrass (''Eriophorum polystachion'') ** Tawny cottongrass (''Eriophorum virginicum'') ** Tussock cottongrass (''Eriophorum vaginatum'' var. ''spissum'') * Cow parsnip (''Heracleum maximum'') *
Culver's root ''Veronicastrum virginicum'', or Culver's root, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It is native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. Growing to tall by broad, it is an erect herbaceous pere ...
(''Veronicastrum virginicum'')


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* Dogbanes ** Clasping dogbane (''Apocynum sibiricum'') ** Hemp dogbane or American hemp, (''Apocynum cannabinum'') ** Intermediate dogbane (''Apocynum x floribundum'') ** Spreading dogbane (''Apocynum androsaemifolium'')


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Evening primroses ''Oenothera'' is a genus of about 145 species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to ...
** Common evening primrose (''Oenothera biennis'') ** Cleland's evening primrose (''Oenothera clelandii'') ** Cut-leaved evening primrose (''Oenothera laciniata'') ** Northern evening primrose (''Oenothera parviflora'') ** Nuttall's evening primrose (''Oenothera nuttallii'') ** Perennial evening primrose (''Oenothera perennis'') ** Rhombic evening primrose (''Oenothera rhombipetala'') ** Toothed evening primrose (''Calylophus serrulatus'')


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False Solomon's Seal ''Maianthemum racemosum'', the treacleberry, feathery false lily of the valley, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume or false spikenard, is a species of flowering plant native to North America. It is a common, widespread plant with numerous com ...
s ** Common false Solomon's seal (''Smilacina racemosa'') ** Starry false Solomon's seal (''Smilacina stellata'') ** Three-leaved false Solomon's seal (''Smilacina trifolia'') * Fireweed (''Epilobium angustifolium'') * Flodman's thistle (''Cirsium flodmanii'')


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* Gaywings (''Polygala paucifolia'') * Gentians ** Billington's gentian (''Gentiana x billingtonii'') ** Bottle gentian (''Gentiana andrewsii'') ** Downy gentian (''Gentiana puberulenta'') ** Great Lakes gentian (''Gentiana rubricaulis'') ** Greater fringed gentian (''Gentianopsis crinita'') ** Horse gentian (''Triosteum aurantiacum'') ** Lesser fringed gentian (''Gentianopsis procera'') ** Northern gentian (''Gentiana affinis''; special concern) ** Spurred gentian (''Halenia deflexa'') ** Stiff gentian (''Gentianella quinquefolia'' var. ''occidentalis'') ** Yellowish gentian (''Gentiana flavida'') *
Giant hyssop ''Agastache'' () is a genus of aromatic flowering herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae. It contains 22 species, mainly native to North America, one species native to eastern Asia. The common names of the species are a variet ...
s ** Blue giant hyssop (''Agastache foeniculum'') ** Purple giant hyssop (''Agastache scrophulariaefolia'') ** Yellow giant hyssop (''Agastache nepetoides'') * Goldenrod **
Canada goldenrod ''Solidago canadensis'', known as Canada goldenrod or Canadian goldenrod, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern and north-central North America and often forms colonies of upright growing plants, ...
(''Solidago canadensis'') ** Early goldenrod (''Solidago juncea'') ** Giant goldenrod (''Solidago gigantea'') ** Gray goldenrod (''Solidago nemoralis'') ** Hairy goldenrod (''Solidago hispida'') ** Missouri goldenrod (''Solidago missouriensis'') ** Riddell's goldenrod (''Solidago riddellii'') ** Stiff goldenrod (''Solidago rigida'') ** Soft goldenrod (''Solidago mollis''; special concern) ** Upland white aster (''Solidago ptarmicoides'') ** Zigzag goldenrod (''Solidago flexicaulis'') * Ground plum (''Astragalus crassicarpus'') *
Gumweed ''Grindelia'' (gumweed) is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the family Asteraceae. The genus was named for Latvian botanist David Hieronymus Grindel, 1776–1836. They are herbaceous plants or subshrubs with annual, biennia ...
(''Grindelia squarrosa'')


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* Harebell (''Campanula rotundifolia'') *
Hepatica ''Hepatica'' (hepatica, liverleaf, or liverwort) is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America. Some botanists include ''Hepatica'' within a wider inter ...
s ** Sharp-lobed hepatica (''Anemone acutiloba'') ** Round-lobed hepatica (''Anemone americana'') * Honeysuckles ** Bush honeysuckle (''Diervilla lonicera'') ** Fly honeysuckle (''Lonicera canadensis'') ** Grape honeysuckle (''Lonicera reticulata'') ** Hairy honeysuckle (''Lonicera hirsuta'') ** Mountain fly honeysuckle (''Lonicera villosa'') ** Swamp fly honeysuckle (''Lonicera oblongifolia'') ** Wild honeysuckle (''Lonicera dioica'')


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* Indian paintbrushes ** Downy paintbrush (''Castilleja sessiliflora'') ** Indian paintbrush (''Castilleja coccinea'') ** Northern paintbrush (''Castilleja septentrionalis''; endangered) *
Indian pipe ''Monotropa uniflora'', also known as ghost plant, ghost pipe, or Indian pipe, is an herbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Asia, North America, and northern South America, but with large gaps between areas. The plant is somet ...
(''Monotropa uniflora'')


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* Jack-in-the-pulpit (''Arisaema triphyllum'') *
Joe pye weed ''Eutrochium'' is a North American genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. They are native to the United States and Canada, and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flow ...
s ** Spotted Joe pye weed (''Eupatorium maculatum'') ** Sweet Joe pye weed (''Eupatorium purpureum'')


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* Lady's slippers ** Andrew's lady's slipper (''Cypripedium × andrewsii'') ** Showy lady's slipper (''Cypripedium reginae''; the Minnesota State flower) ** Small white lady's slipper (''Cypripedium candidum''; special concern) ** Stemless lady's slipper, also known as Moccasin flower, (''Cypripedium acaule'') ** Yellow lady's slipper (''Cypripedium calceolus'') *
Leadplant ''Amorpha canescens'', known as leadplant, downy indigo bush, prairie shoestring, or buffalo bellows, is a small, perennial semi-shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to North America. It has very small purple flowers with yellow stamens whi ...
(''Amorpha canescens'')


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* Marsh marigolds ** Floating marsh marigold (''Caltha natans''; endangered) ** Common marsh marigold (''Caltha palustris'') *
Milk vetch ''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temp ...
es ** Alpine milk vetch (''Astragalus alpinus''; endangered) ** Canada milk vetch (''Astragalus canadensis'') ** Cooper's milk vetch (''Astragalus neglectus'') ** Field milk vetch (''Astragalus agrestis'') ** Loose-flowered milkvetch (''Astragalus tenellus'') ** Lotus milk vetch (''Astragalus lotiflorus'') ** Missouri milk vetch (''Astragalus missouriensis''; special concern) ** Prairie milk vetch (''Astragalus adsurgens'') ** Racemose milk vetch (''Astragalus racemosus''; possibly non-native) ** Slender milk vetch (''Astragalus flexuosus''; special concern) * Milkweeds ** Clasping milkweed (''Asclepias amplexicaulis''; special concern) **
Common milkweed ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
(''Asclepias syriaca'') ** Green milkweed (''Asclepias viridiflora'') ** Narrow-leaved milkweed (''Asclepias stenophylla''; endangered) ** Oval-leaved milkweed (''Asclepias ovalifolia'') ** Poke milkweed (''Asclepias exaltata'') ** Prairie milkweed (''Asclepias hirtella''; threatened) ** Purple milkweed (''Asclepias purpurascens'') **
Showy milkweed ''Asclepias speciosa'' is a milky-sapped perennial plant in the dogbane family ( Apocynaceae), known commonly as the showy milkweed and is found in the western half of North America. Description This flowering plant is a hairy, erect perenni ...
(''Asclepias speciosa'') ** Sullivant's milkweed (''Asclepias sullivantii''; threatened) ** Swamp milkweed (''Asclepias incarnata'' var. ''incarnata'') ** Whorled milkweed (''Asclepias verticillata'') ** Woolly milkweed (''Asclepias lanuginosa'') *
Miterwort ''Mitella'' is a genus of flowering plants known as miterworts or bishop's caps. ''Mitella'' species are native to temperate and arctic North America and Asia. Description ''Mitella'' includes perennial plant, perennials growing from a scaly rhi ...
s ** Naked miterwort (''Mitella nuda'') ** Two-leaved miterwort (''Mitella diphylla'')


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Orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
s ** Hooker's orchid (''Platanthera hookeri'') ** Intermediate bog orchid (''Platanthera × media'') ** Large round-leaved orchid (''Platanthera orbiculata'') ** Long-bracted orchid (''Ceologlossum viride'' var. ''varescens'') ** Ragged fringed orchid (''Platanthera lacera'') ** Ram's head orchid (''Cypripedium arietinum''; threatened) ** Small green wood orchid (''Platanthera clavellata''; special concern) ** Small northern bog orchid (''Platanthera obtusata'') ** Small purple fringed orchid (''Platanthera psycodes'') ** Tall northern bog orchid (''Platanthera hyperborea'') ** Tall white bog orchid (''Platanthera dilatata'') ** Tubercled rein orchid (''Platanthera flava'' var. ''herbiola''; endangered) **
Western prairie fringed orchid ''Platanthera praeclara'', known as the western prairie fringed orchid and the Great Plains white fringed orchid, is a rare and threatened species of orchid native to North America. Distribution Historically, ''Platanthera praeclara'' was found ...
(''Platanthera praeclara''; threatened) * Ox-eye or early sunflower (''Heliopsis helianthoides'' var. ''scabra'')


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Prairie clover ''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western he ...
** Foxtail prairie clover (''Dalea leporina'') **
Purple prairie clover ''Dalea purpurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known as purple prairie clover.Silky prairie clover (''Dalea villosa'') ** White prairie clover (''Dalea candida'')


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Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can b ...
s ** Prairie rose (''Rosa arkansana'') **
Prickly rose ''Rosa acicularis'' is a flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. It is commonly known as the prickly wild rose, prickly rose, bristly rose, wild rose or Arctic rose. It is a species of wild rose with a Holarctic distribution in northern regions o ...
(''Rosa acicularis'') ** Smooth wild rose (''Rosa blanda'') ** Wood's rose (''Rosa woodsii'' var. ''woodsii'')


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* Silverleaf scurfpea (''Pediomelum argophyllum'') *
Spiderwort ''Tradescantia'' () is a genus of 85 species of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by many co ...
s ** Bracted spiderwort (''Tradescantia bracteata'') ** Ohio spiderwort (''Tradescantia ohiensis'') ** Western spiderwort (''Tradescantia occidentalis'') * Starflower (''Trientalis borealis'') *
Strawberries The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown Hybrid (biology), hybrid species of the genus ''Fragaria'', collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The f ...
** Common strawberry (''Fragaria virginiana'') ** Wood strawberry (''Fragaria vesca'' var. ''americana'') * Sunflowers ** Bright sunflower (''Helianthus × laetiflorus'') ** Common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') **
Giant sunflower In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 ...
(''Helianthus giganteus'') ** Hairy sunflower (''Helianthus hirsutus'') **
Maximilian's sunflower ''Helianthus maximiliani'' is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name Maximilian sunflower. This sunflower is named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who encountered it on his travels in North America. ''Helianthus ...
(''Helianthus maximiliani'') ** Nuttall's sunflower (''Helianthus nuttallii ssp. rydbergii''; special concern) ** Prairie sunflower (''Helianthus petiolaris'' var. ''petiolaris'') ** Sawtooth sunflower (''Helianthus grosseserratus'') ** Stiff sunflower (''Helianthus pauciflorus'') ** Tickseed sunflower (''Bidens aristosa'') ** Western sunflower (''Helianthus occidentalis'' var. ''occidentalis'') ** Woodland sunflower (''Helianthus strumosus'') ** For early sunflower, see ox-eye.


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* Tarragon (''Artemisia dracunculus'') * Touch-me-nots ** Pale touch-me-not (''Impatiens pallida'') ** Spotted touch-me-not (''Impatiens capensis'') *
Trilliums ''Trillium'' (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. ''Trillium'' species are native to temperate regions of No ...
** Drooping trillium (''Trillium flexipes'') ** Large-flowered trillium (''Trillium grandiflorum'') ** Nodding trillium (''Trillium cernuum'' var. ''macranthum'') ** Snow trillium (''Trillium nivale'') * Twinflower (''Linnaea borealis'' var. ''longiflora'') * Twistedstalks ** Clasping leaved twistedstalk (''Streptopus amplexifolius'') ** Rose twistedstalk (''Streptopus roseus'' var. ''longipes'') * Twinflower (''Linnaea borealis'' var. ''longiflora'') * Twistedstalks ** Clasping leaved twistedstalk (''Streptopus amplexifolius'') ** Rose twistedstalk (''Streptopus roseus'' var. ''longipes'')


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* Violets ** Arrow-leaved violet (''Viola sagittata'') ** Bearded birdfoot violet (''Viola palmata'' var. ''pedatifida'') ** Beardless birdfoot violet (''Viola pedata'') ** Big-leaved white violet (''Viola blanda'') **
Common blue violet ''Viola sororia'', known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly bl ...
(''Viola sororia'') ** Dog violet (''Viola conspersa'') **
Great-spurred violet ''Viola selkirkii'' is a species of violet known by the common names Selkirk's violet and great-spur violet. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere, its distribution circumboreal.Kidney-leaved violet (''Viola renifolia'') **
Marsh violet ''Viola palustris'' (marsh violet, or alpine marsh violet) is a perennial forb of the genus '' Viola''. It inhabits moist meadows, marshes, and stream banks in northern parts of North America and Eurasia. The species epithet ''palustris'' is L ...
(''Viola cucullata'') ** Lance-leaved violet (''Viola lanceolata''; threatened) ** New England violet (''Viola novae-angliae'') ** Northern bog violet (''Viola nephrophylla'') ** Northern white violet (''Viola macloskeyi'' var. ''pallens'') ** Rugulose violet (''Viola canadensis'' var. ''rugulosa'') **
Sand violet ''Viola adunca'' is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, early blue violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to meadows and forests of western North America, Canada, and the northern contiguous United ...
(''Viola adunca'') ** Yellow prairie violet (''Viola nuttallii''; threatened) ** Yellow violet (''Viola pubescens'') * Violet wood sorrel (''Oxalis violacea'') * Virginia mountain mint (''Pycnanthemum virginianum'')


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* White camas (''Zigadenus elegans'') * Wild bergamot or bee-balm (''Monarda fistulosa'') * Wild calla (''Calla palustris'') * Wild licorice (''Glycyrrhiza lepidota'') * Wild onions ** Nodding wild onion (''Allium cernuum'') ** Prairie wild onion (''Allium stellatum'') ** White wild onion (''Allium textile'') * Wild sweet William (''Phlox maculata'') *
Wintergreen Wintergreen is a group of aromatic plants. The term "wintergreen" once commonly referred to plants that remain green (continue photosynthesis) throughout the winter. The term "evergreen" is now more commonly used for this characteristic. Mos ...
(''Gaultheria procumbens'') * Wolfberry (''Symphoricarpos occidentalis'') *
Wood betony Wood betony is the common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Pedicularis canadensis'' in the family Orobanchaceae *''Betonica officinalis,'' formerly known as ''Stachys officinalis,'' in the family Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or La ...
(''Pedicularis canadensis'') *
Wood lily ''Lilium philadelphicum'', also known as the wood lily, Philadelphia lily, prairie lily, or western red lily, is a perennial species of lily native to North America. Distribution The plant is widely distributed in much of Canada from British Co ...
(''Lilium philadelphicum'' var. ''andinum'') *
Wormwood Wormwood may refer to: Biology * Several plants of the genus ''Artemisia'': ** ''Artemisia abrotanum'', southern wormwood ** '' Artemisia absinthium'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood ** ''Artemisia annua'', sweet wormwood o ...
s ** Sage wormwood (''Artemisia frigida'') ** Tall wormwood (''Artemisia campestris'')


References


Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR): List of Vascular Plants of Minnesota
— ''including native/nonnative status. (9/25/02 edition).''


External links



— ''with 'Wildflowers Selector by Color' searches, Minnesota Natural Resources Dept.''
On-line Field Guide to Minnesota Wildflowers homepage
{{Environment of Minnesota Wild flowers *Minnesota