swap_horiz Alsike Clover Alternatives

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Swamp Rose Mallow

The swamp rose mallow (*Hibiscus moscheutos*) is a wetland perennial wildflower found throughout eastern North America....

Pink Wetland Summer Large Flower

9.1 Excellent

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Wild Chamomile

A Eurasian annual widely naturalized in North America, valued for centuries in herbal medicine for its anti-inflammatory...

Meadow Summer White Introduced

8.1 Great

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Rose Gentian

Rose gentian, Sabatia angularis, is a biennial wildflower native to eastern and central North America. It bears branchin...

Meadow Pink Summer Native

7.7 Good

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Nodding Wild Onion

Nodding wild onion, Allium cernuum, is a perennial bulb-forming plant native to much of North America. Its leafless flow...

Meadow Pink Summer Edible

7.6 Good

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Wild Senna

Wild senna is a tall perennial legume native to eastern North America, commonly classified as Senna hebecarpa or the clo...

Meadow Yellow Summer Native

7.6 Good

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Showy Evening Primrose

Showy evening primrose, Oenothera speciosa, is a perennial wildflower native to central and southern North America. It s...

Meadow Pink Summer Native

7.5 Good

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Ragged Robin

Ragged robin, Silene flos-cuculi, is a herbaceous perennial native to Europe and parts of western Asia, where it grows i...

Meadow Pink Summer Introduced

7.4 Good

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Pasture Rose

Pasture rose, Rosa carolina, is a low, spreading shrub native to eastern and central North America. It produces fragrant...

Meadow Pink Summer Native

7.4 Good

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Showy Tick Trefoil

Showy tick trefoil, Desmodium canadense, is a perennial legume native to much of eastern and central North America. It p...

Pink Summer Native Prairie

7.2 Good

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Goat's Rue

Goat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, is a perennial legume native to dry, open habitats in eastern and central North Americ...

Pink Summer Native Prairie

7.1 Good

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Corn Cockle

Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago) is an annual flowering plant in the carnation family that was historically widespread a...

Meadow Summer Purple Introduced

7.1 Good

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Salsify

Salsify is a common name for several flowering plants in the genus Tragopogon, part of the daisy family, Asteraceae. Spe...

Meadow Summer Purple Introduced

6.6 Fair

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White Campion

White campion, Silene latifolia, is a Eurasian perennial in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae, that has become establishe...

Meadow Summer White Introduced

6.5 Fair

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Hairy Vetch

Hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, is a vining legume native to Eurasia and widely grown elsewhere as a winter cover crop, gree...

Meadow Spring Purple Introduced

6.3 Fair

15

Yellow Goatsbeard

Yellow goatsbeard is a common name used for yellow-flowered species of Tragopogon, especially meadow salsify (T. pratens...

Meadow Yellow Summer Introduced

6.2 Fair

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Rabbit Foot Clover

Rabbit-foot clover, Trifolium arvense, is an annual or biennial legume native to Europe and western Asia and now widespr...

Meadow Pink Summer Introduced

6.2 Fair

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Black Medick

Black medick, Medicago lupulina, is a small legume native to Eurasia and now naturalized in many other parts of the worl...

Meadow Spring Yellow Introduced

5.9 Mediocre

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White Sweet Clover

White sweet clover is the common name for Melilotus albus, a biennial legume native to Eurasia. It was introduced to Nor...

Summer White Roadside Introduced

5.8 Mediocre

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Rough Cinquefoil

Rough Cinquefoil, or Potentilla norvegica, is a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is an annual or biennia...

Meadow Yellow Summer Introduced

5.7 Mediocre

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Spotted Knapweed

Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) is a Eurasian herb in the daisy family, Asteraceae, that is invasive in many North A...

Meadow Pink Composite Summer

3.0 Poor