swap_horiz Rough 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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Pasque Flower

Pasque flower (*Pulsatilla patens*) is an early-blooming spring wildflower recognized as the official state flower of So...

Spring Early Silky Purple

8.7 Great

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Dotted Blazing Star

Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) is a deep-rooted perennial of central North American plains, with taproots exceed...

Fall Composite Purple Prairie

8.7 Great

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Showy Goldenrod

Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) is considered one of the most ornamentally striking goldenrod species native to east...

Fall Composite Yellow Striking

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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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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Jerusalem Artichoke

Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is a native North American sunflower species cultivated for its edible tubers...

Fall Composite Yellow Tall

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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Purple Coneflower

The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a North American perennial renowned in herbal medicine for its immune-boos...

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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Seaside Goldenrod

Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) is a coastal wildflower of eastern North America, one of the few goldenrod spe...

Coastal Fall Composite Salt Tolerant

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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Sweet Goldenrod

Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is an eastern North American wildflower whose anise-scented foliage was historically br...

Fall Composite Aromatic Yellow

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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White Prairie Clover

White Prairie Clover is a deep-rooted North American legume that thrives in grasslands, producing cylindrical spikes of...

Summer White Spike Prairie

7.9 Good

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Gray Goldenrod

Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) is among the most common goldenrods of eastern North America, often the first specie...

Fall Composite Yellow Dry Soil

7.9 Good

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New England Aster

The New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is a prominent herbaceous perennial native to eastern North America...

Meadow Fall Composite Purple

7.8 Good

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Pickerelweed

Pickerelweed is an aquatic perennial native to the Americas, recognized by its large heart-shaped leaves and distinctive...

Wetland Summer Purple Aquatic

7.8 Good

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New York Ironweed

New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is a tall herbaceous perennial native to the eastern United States, distingu...

Meadow Fall Composite Tall

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