swap_horiz Ox-eye Sunflower 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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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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Stiff Goldenrod

Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) is a perennial wildflower native to the central and eastern prairies of North America....

Fall Composite Yellow Prairie

8.3 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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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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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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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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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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Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a familiar North American wildflower in the Asteraceae family, naturalized across...

Meadow Composite Yellow Summer

8.0 Great

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Tall Coneflower

Tall Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) is a large perennial composite native to eastern North American moist woodlands an...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland

8.0 Great

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Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) is a tall perennial native to North American moist meadows, woodland edges, and...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland Edge

7.9 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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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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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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Wild Lettuce

Wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) is a tall North American biennial in the daisy family, although plants may complete th...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

5.8 Mediocre

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Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare, or common tansy, is an aromatic perennial herb in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to Europe and...

Composite Aromatic Yellow Medicinal

4.5 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