swap_horiz Tall Buttercup Alternatives

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American Lotus

The American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) is a perennial wildflower found in shallow, slow-moving waters across eastern North A...

Yellow Summer Edible Aquatic

9.2 Excellent

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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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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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Prickly Pear Cactus

The eastern prickly pear (Opuntia humifusa) is a low-spreading cactus native to eastern North America, ranging from Mont...

Dry Yellow Summer Cactus

8.5 Great

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Small Purple Fringed Orchid

The Small Purple Fringed Orchid, scientifically named Platanthera psycodes, is a perennial wildflower native to the wet...

Meadow Orchid Summer Fragrant

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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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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Common Evening Primrose

The Common Evening Primrose (*Oenothera biennis*) is a herbaceous biennial belonging to the willowherb family, Onagracea...

Yellow Summer Biennial Roadsides

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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Common Bladderwort

Common bladderwort, Utricularia vulgaris, is a free-floating aquatic carnivorous plant found in still or slow-moving fre...

Yellow Summer Carnivorous Aquatic

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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Wild Senna

Wild senna is a tall perennial legume native to eastern North America, commonly classified as Senna hebecarpa or the clo...

Meadow Yellow Summer Native

7.6 Good

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Goat's Beard

Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) is a European meadow plant introduced to North America whose large dandelion-like se...

Meadow European Composite Yellow

7.4 Good

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Sundrops

Sundrops is a common name applied to several yellow-flowered species of Oenothera, especially perennial plants formerly...

Meadow Yellow Summer Native

7.2 Good

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Common Cinquefoil

Common cinquefoil, Potentilla simplex, is a low-growing perennial of eastern North America. It spreads by slender, trail...

Meadow Spring Yellow Low Growing

6.8 Fair

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Common St. John's Wort

Common St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum, is a perennial herb native to Europe and parts of Asia and Africa that has...

Meadow Yellow Medicinal Summer

6.5 Fair

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Yellow Goatsbeard

Yellow goatsbeard is a common name used for yellow-flowered species of Tragopogon, especially meadow salsify (T. pratens...

Meadow Yellow Summer Introduced

6.2 Fair

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Rough Cinquefoil

Rough Cinquefoil, or Potentilla norvegica, is a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is an annual or biennia...

Meadow Yellow Summer Introduced

5.7 Mediocre

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Bird's-foot Trefoil

Bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus, is a perennial legume native to Europe, parts of Asia, and northern Africa. It...

Meadow European Yellow Summer

5.2 Mediocre