swap_horiz Stiff Goldenrod 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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Showy Goldenrod

Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) is a herbaceous perennial wildflower native to eastern and central North American pr...

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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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