swap_horiz Nodding Thistle Alternatives

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Purple Fringed Orchid

The Purple Fringed Orchid is a wildflower species native to meadows across North America. It’s recognized by its distinc...

Meadow Orchid Summer Purple

9.0 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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Large Purple Fringed Orchid

The Large Purple Fringed Orchid represents a distinctive wildflower species found in eastern North America's wetland hab...

Orchid Summer Purple Bog

8.9 Great

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Rough Blazing Star

The Rough Blazing Star, *Liatris aspera*, is a striking wildflower found in prairie ecosystems of eastern North America....

Fall Composite Purple Spike

8.8 Great

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Dotted Blazing Star

Dotted Blazing Star is a prairie wildflower known for its striking purple flower spikes and remarkable drought tolerance...

Fall Composite Purple Prairie

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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Small Purple Fringed Orchid

The Small Purple Fringed Orchid, scientifically named Platanthera psycodes, is a perennial wildflower native to the wet...

Meadow Orchid Summer Fragrant

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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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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Sweet Black-eyed Susan

Sweet black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) is a robust perennial wildflower native to the tallgrass prairies and me...

Meadow Annual Composite Yellow

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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Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan (*Rudbeckia triloba*) is an upright, herbaceous plant belonging to the aster family, Asteraceae, native...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

8.2 Great

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Goat's Beard

Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) is a European meadow plant introduced to North America whose large dandelion-like se...

Meadow European Composite Yellow

7.4 Good

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Meadow Salsify

Meadow salsify, Tragopogon pratensis, is a biennial flowering plant native to Europe and introduced in many parts of Nor...

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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Oxeye Daisy

Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) is a perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, native to Europe and widely intro...

Meadow European Composite Summer

5.8 Mediocre

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Bull Thistle

Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) is a Eurasian biennial introduced globally and considered a noxious weed in many North Am...

Composite Summer Purple Biennial

5.0 Mediocre

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Common Burdock

Common burdock (Arctium minus), also called lesser burdock, is a biennial herb in the sunflower family native to Europe...

Composite Summer Purple Biennial

3.8 Poor

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Canada Thistle

Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense), despite its common name, is native to Eurasia and is one of the most economically dama...

Composite Summer Purple Invasive

3.5 Poor

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Tansy Ragwort

Tansy ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, formerly Senecio jacobaea) is a toxic flowering plant in the daisy family, native to E...

European Composite Toxic Yellow

3.2 Poor