swap_horiz Butterfly Weed Alternatives

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Prairie Blazing Star

The Prairie Blazing Star, *Liatris pycnostachya*, is a striking wildflower native to central prairies. This composite pl...

Composite Summer Purple Spike

9.0 Excellent

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Swamp Milkweed

Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, is a pink wildflower thriving in wetlands across eastern North America. This native...

Pink Wetland Summer Monarch

8.7 Great

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Wild Bergamot Beebalm

Wild bergamot beebalm is a flowering wildflower found across prairies and meadows. It belongs to the mint family and fea...

Lavender Summer Prairie Pollinator

8.7 Great

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Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a tall herbaceous perennial native to fields, prairies, and disturbed areas acros...

Pink Summer Monarch Prairie

8.6 Great

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Ox-eye Sunflower

Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) is a long-blooming perennial native to central and eastern North America, wid...

Composite Yellow Summer Prairie

8.5 Great

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Dense Blazing Star

Dense blazing star, Liatris spicata, is a herbaceous perennial in the aster family native to moist prairies, meadows, an...

Summer Native Purple Prairie

8.4 Great

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Yellow Fringed Orchid

Yellow fringed orchid, Platanthera ciliaris, is a terrestrial orchid native to eastern North America. It grows in acidic...

Wetland Orchidaceae Summer Orange

8.3 Great

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Purple Coneflower

The Purple Coneflower (*Echinacea purpurea*) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the aster family, Asteraceae, native...

Composite Medicinal Summer Prairie

8.2 Great

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Prairie Coneflower

Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) is a native wildflower of North American prairies recognizable by its tall cyl...

Composite Yellow Summer Columnar

8.2 Great

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Yellow Coneflower

Yellow coneflower, Ratibida pinnata, is a perennial wildflower native to prairies, savannas, and open woodland edges in...

Yellow Summer Native Prairie

8.2 Great

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Purple Prairie Clover

Purple prairie clover, Dalea purpurea, is a perennial legume native to prairies and open grasslands across central North...

Summer Purple Spike Prairie

8.1 Great

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Prairie Dock

Prairie dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum, is a long-lived perennial in the aster family native to tallgrass prairies and...

Yellow Summer Native Prairie

8.1 Great

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Cup Plant

Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) is a tall perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America, where it gr...

Yellow Summer Native Prairie

8.1 Great

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Wild Petunia

Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis) is a low-growing herbaceous perennial in the Acanthaceae family, native to the central an...

Summer Purple Tubular Prairie

8.0 Great

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White Prairie Clover

White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) is a native perennial legume of North American grasslands and prairies. It develops...

Summer White Spike Prairie

7.9 Good

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Spotted Touch-me-not

Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis), also called jewelweed, is a native North American annual of moist woods, wetl...

Wetland Summer Orange Balsam

7.9 Good

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Culver's Root

Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum, is a tall herbaceous perennial native to eastern and central North America. Its...

Summer White Native Prairie

7.9 Good

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Prairie Onion

Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum) is a perennial wildflower native to the tallgrass prairies and rocky outcrops of centra...

Pink Summer Bulb Edible

7.8 Good

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Partridge Pea

Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata, is an annual legume native to much of eastern and central North America. It bea...

Yellow Summer Native Prairie

7.5 Good

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Rosinweed

Rosinweed, Silphium integrifolium, is a tall perennial wildflower native to prairies and open grasslands of central Nort...

Yellow Summer Native Prairie

7.4 Good