swap_horiz Common Mallow 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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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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Round-leaf Sundew

The round-leaf sundew is a fascinating wildflower found in northern bog habitats. This carnivorous plant uses specialize...

Pink Summer Carnivorous Bog

9.1 Excellent

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Dragon's Mouth Orchid

The Dragon’s Mouth Orchid is a unique wildflower species found in northern North American bogs. Its notable feature is t...

Pink Orchid Rare Summer

8.8 Great

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Grass Pink Orchid

The Grass Pink Orchid is a native eastern North American wetland plant notable for its inverted flowers that uniquely de...

Pink Orchid Summer Delicate

8.7 Great

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Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a wetland perennial native to eastern North America and a critical nectar and la...

Pink Wetland Summer Monarch

8.7 Great

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Common Milkweed

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a herbaceous perennial native to North America, essential to the survival of the...

Pink Summer Monarch Prairie

8.6 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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Twinflower

Twinflower (*Linnaea borealis*) is a creeping woodland subshrub famously named by and chosen as the personal emblem of t...

Pink Summer Boreal Trailing

8.3 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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Wild Rose

Wild Rose (Rosa carolina) is a native shrub of eastern North America, producing fragrant pink five-petaled flowers in su...

Pink Summer Fragrant Five Petaled

8.0 Great

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Fireweed

Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) is a pioneer perennial native to the Northern Hemisphere, recognized for rapidly c...

Pink Summer Tall North

7.9 Good

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Prairie Onion

Prairie Onion (*Allium stellatum*) is a North American prairie plant recognized by its upright, starry pink flower clust...

Pink Summer Bulb Edible

7.8 Good

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Common Elderberry

Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) is a shrubby perennial native to eastern North America, bearing large flat-toppe...

Summer White Edible Umbel

7.6 Good

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Nodding Wild Onion

Nodding Wild Onion (*Allium cernuum*) is a North American perennial plant distinguished by its unique, downward-pointing...

Meadow Pink Summer Edible

7.6 Good

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Arrowhead

Arrowhead is an aquatic plant widespread across the Americas, historically notable for its edible tubers, known as wapat...

Summer White Edible Aquatic

7.3 Good

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Wild Onion

Wild Onion is a bulbous perennial native to North America, easily identified by its distinctive strong scent and grass-l...

Meadow Pink Summer Bulb

7.2 Good

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Chicory

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a woody perennial plant native to Europe, historically cultivated for its leaves in salad...

Blue Composite Summer Edible

5.6 Mediocre

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Bouncing Bet

Bouncing Bet (*Saponaria officinalis*) is a perennial herb native to Europe and Asia whose roots produce a soapy lather...

Pink Summer Fragrant Roadsides

5.2 Mediocre

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Crown Vetch

Crown Vetch is a Eurasian legume introduced to the United States in the 1950s for erosion control, which has since becom...

Pink Summer Legume Roadsides

4.8 Poor