swap_horiz Chicory Alternatives

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American Lotus

The American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) is a perennial wildflower found in shallow, slow-moving waters across eastern North A...

Yellow Summer Edible Aquatic

9.2 Excellent

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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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Great Blue Lobelia

Great blue lobelia (*Lobelia siphilitica*) is a North American perennial wildflower whose scientific name reflects its h...

Blue Wetland Summer Tall

8.5 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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Fireweed Evening Primrose

Fireweed Evening Primrose is a native North American wildflower that readily colonizes disturbed open habitats, bearing...

Pink Annual Summer Roadsides

8.5 Great

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Wild Sunflower

Wild Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is the ancestor of all cultivated sunflowers, native to western North America, and wa...

Annual Composite Yellow Summer

8.4 Great

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Wild Gaillardia

Wild Gaillardia is a vibrant daisy-like flower native to the central United States, distinctively marked with concentric...

Composite Summer Red Yellow Prairie

8.4 Great

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Tall Larkspur

Tall Larkspur (*Delphinium exaltatum*) is an eastern North American species notable for reaching heights up to six feet...

Blue Toxic Summer Woodland

8.4 Great

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Harebell

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is a circumboreal wildflower of the Northern Hemisphere, known as Scotland's bluebell...

Blue Summer Rocky Delicate

8.3 Great

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Sweet Black-eyed Susan

Sweet Black-eyed Susan is a tall prairie wildflower native to the central United States, distinguished by its pleasant v...

Meadow Annual Composite Yellow

8.3 Great

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Purple Coneflower

The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a North American perennial renowned in herbal medicine for its immune-boos...

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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Common Evening Primrose

Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a native North American biennial with yellow flowers that open at dusk an...

Yellow Summer Biennial Roadsides

8.2 Great

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Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan, or Rudbeckia triloba, is a North American biennial noted for its profuse late-season blooms featuring...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

8.2 Great

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Wild Monkshood

Wild Monkshood (*Aconitum uncinatum*) is a highly toxic North American perennial recognized by its unique, helmet-shaped...

Blue Toxic Summer Hooded

8.2 Great

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American Bellflower

American Bellflower (Campanula americana) is a tall native annual of eastern North American forests, reaching up to 6 fe...

Blue Summer Tall Woodland Edge

8.0 Great

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Tall Coneflower

Tall Coneflower, native to eastern North America, is a massive perennial recognizable by its deeply cut leaves and large...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland

8.0 Great

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Meadow Salsify

Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) is a European biennial introduced widely to North American grasslands, historicall...

European Composite Summer Edible

7.1 Good

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Bachelor's Button

Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus), also called cornflower, is native to Europe and the national flower of Germany, hi...

Blue European Annual Composite

6.8 Fair

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Common Mallow

Common mallow (*Malva sylvestris*) is a Eurasian plant that has naturalized globally, historically serving as a leafy ve...

Pink Summer Edible Roadsides

6.0 Fair