swap_horiz Dense Blazing Star 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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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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Maximilian Sunflower

Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) is a tall perennial sunflower native to the central and western regions of...

Fall Yellow Native Prairie

8.0 Great

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Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

Spotted Joe-Pye weed, Eutrochium maculatum, is a tall perennial native to moist meadows, marsh edges, and stream banks a...

Pink Wetland Summer Native

8.0 Great

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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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Ground Plum Milk Vetch

Ground plum milkvetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, is a low-growing perennial legume native to prairies and open grasslands...

Spring Native Purple Prairie

7.8 Good

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Green-headed Coneflower

Green-headed coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata, is a tall perennial wildflower native to much of North America. Its flower...

Wetland Yellow Summer Native

7.8 Good

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Smooth Aster

Smooth aster, Symphyotrichum laeve, is a perennial member of the aster family native to much of North America. It is dis...

Meadow Fall Native Purple

7.8 Good

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Sky Blue Aster

Sky blue aster, Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, is a perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America. It...

Blue Fall Native Prairie

7.6 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

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Purple Meadow Rue

A tall native perennial of North American wetlands and prairies reaching up to 6 feet, producing feathery clusters of pu...

Summer Native Purple Prairie

7.3 Good

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Hoary Vervain

Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta) is a prairie perennial native to central North America, covered in dense silvery hairs t...

Summer Purple Spike Prairie

7.2 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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Tall Thistle

Tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) is a biennial or short-lived perennial in the aster family native to eastern and centr...

Meadow Summer Native Purple

7.0 Good

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Field Thistle

Field thistle, Cirsium discolor, is a biennial or short-lived perennial thistle native to eastern and central North Amer...

Meadow Summer Native Purple

6.9 Fair