swap_horiz Showy Goldenrod Alternatives

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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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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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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 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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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 herbaceous perennial belonging to the aster family, Asteraceae, found n...

Coastal Fall Composite Salt Tolerant

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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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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Sweet Goldenrod

Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is an aromatic perennial wildflower native to eastern North America, typically found in...

Fall Composite Aromatic Yellow

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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Maximilian Sunflower

Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) is a tall perennial sunflower native to the central and western regions of...

Fall Yellow Native Prairie

8.0 Great

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Gray Goldenrod

Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) is a compact perennial wildflower native to dry prairies, old fields, and disturbed...

Fall Composite Yellow Dry Soil

7.9 Good

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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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New England Aster

The New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is a robust herbaceous perennial native to moist meadows, prairies,...

Meadow Fall Composite Purple

7.8 Good

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Zigzag Goldenrod

Zigzag Goldenrod (*Solidago flexicaulis*) is a herbaceous perennial native to the shaded woodlands of eastern North Amer...

Fall Composite Yellow Woodland

7.7 Good

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Wreath Goldenrod

Wreath goldenrod, Solidago caesia, is a perennial wildflower native to eastern North America and a member of the aster f...

Fall Yellow Woodland Native

7.7 Good

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Canada Goldenrod

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) is a rhizomatous perennial herb native to North America and widely established in...

Meadow Fall Composite Yellow

5.8 Mediocre