swap_horiz Prairie Blazing Star 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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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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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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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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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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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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White Prairie Clover

White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) is a native perennial legume of North American grasslands and prairies. It develops...

Summer White Spike Prairie

7.9 Good

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Pickerelweed

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) is an aquatic perennial plant native to wetlands and shallow waters throughout the Ame...

Wetland Summer Purple Aquatic

7.8 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 an upright perennial native to prairies, dry meadows, roadsides, and open habitats in...

Summer Purple Spike Prairie

7.2 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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Nodding Thistle

Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans) is a Eurasian biennial weed introduced to North America whose large solitary flower hea...

European Composite Summer Purple

5.2 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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Purple Loosestrife

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a wetland flowering plant in the family Lythraceae, growing up to about two me...

Wetland Summer Purple Spike

2.5 Poor