swap_horiz Purple Coneflower 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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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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Wild Bergamot Beebalm

Wild bergamot beebalm is a flowering wildflower found across prairies and meadows. It belongs to the mint family and fea...

Lavender Summer Prairie Pollinator

8.7 Great

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Common Milkweed

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a herbaceous perennial native to North America, essential to the survival of the...

Pink Summer Monarch Prairie

8.6 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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Bee Balm

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is a North American aromatic herb in the mint family, renowned for its brilliant red tubular f...

Medicinal Summer Red Hummingbird

8.4 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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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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Stiff Goldenrod

Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) is a prairie native of central and eastern North America, notable for its broad, flat-...

Fall Composite Yellow Prairie

8.3 Great

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Sweet Black-eyed Susan

Sweet Black-eyed Susan is a tall prairie wildflower native to the central United States, distinguished by its pleasant v...

Meadow Annual Composite Yellow

8.3 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, or Rudbeckia triloba, is a North American biennial noted for its profuse late-season blooms featuring...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

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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Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a North American flowering plant in the sunflower family, distinguished by its bri...

Meadow Composite Yellow Summer

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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Yarrow

Yarrow (*Achillea millefolium*) is a hardy flowering plant named after the Greek hero Achilles, who reportedly used it t...

Composite Medicinal Summer White

7.2 Good

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Common Tansy

Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is a European perennial introduced to North America as a medicinal and culinary herb, n...

Composite Aromatic Yellow Medicinal

4.5 Poor

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Common Mugwort

Common Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) is a Eurasian perennial weed widespread across North America, traditionally used in...

Green Composite Aromatic Medicinal

4.3 Poor