Painted Prairie

Native prairie flowers are the those we most often think of as wildflowers. Add these flowers to any sunny, well-drained garden for a shot of color and reminder of the vast prairies that once covered most of the Midwest.

Prairies are broad landscapes made up of dozens of different species. The colorful wildflowers along with native grasses develop over hundreds of years to create a complex ecosystem of plants and animals.

	Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardi		Ashy Sunflower Helianthus mollis		Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis
	Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis		Blue Sage Salvia azurea		Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
	Devil's Beggartick Bidens frondosa		Glade Coneflower Echinacea simulata		Gray-head Coneflower Ratibida pinnata
	Gray-head Coneflower Ratibida pinnata		Hairy Sunflower Helianthus hirsutus		Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella
	Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans		Indian Paintbrush Castilleja coccinea		Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
	Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata		Missouri Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia missouriensis		Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus maximilianii
	Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya		Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata		Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
	Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis		Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea		Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
	Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida		White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba (leucantha)		Willow-leaved Sunflower Helianthus salicifolius
	Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa		Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa		Riddell's Goldenrod Solidago riddellii
	Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium