swap_horiz Common Milkweed 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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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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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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Dragon's Mouth Orchid

Dragon's Mouth Orchid is a rare terrestrial bog plant native to North America, distinguished by its striking pink blosso...

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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Wild Bergamot Beebalm

Wild Bergamot Beebalm is a native North American prairie plant in the mint family with aromatic leaves used medicinally...

Lavender Summer Prairie Pollinator

8.7 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 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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Butterfly Weed

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a North American milkweed distinguished by bright orange flower clusters and its...

Summer Orange Monarch Prairie

8.3 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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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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Purple Prairie Clover

Purple Prairie Clover is a native North American legume prominent in tallgrass prairies, highly valued for its ability t...

Summer Purple Spike Prairie

8.1 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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Wild Petunia

Wild Petunia is a low-growing perennial native to the central and eastern United States, noted for its delicate, pale-pu...

Summer Purple Tubular Prairie

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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White Prairie Clover

White Prairie Clover is a deep-rooted North American legume that thrives in grasslands, producing cylindrical spikes of...

Summer White Spike Prairie

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