swap_horiz Tall Coneflower 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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Yellow Lady's Slipper

The Yellow Lady’s Slipper (*Cypripedium parviflorum*) is a rare wildflower native to eastern North America. This orchid...

Spring Orchid Rare Yellow

9.0 Excellent

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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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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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Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa) is the only cactus widespread in the eastern United States, native from New Engla...

Dry Yellow Summer Cactus

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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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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Tall Larkspur

Tall Larkspur (*Delphinium exaltatum*) is an eastern North American species notable for reaching heights up to six feet...

Blue Toxic Summer Woodland

8.4 Great

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Trout Lily

Trout Lily is a spring ephemeral native to eastern North American woodlands, named for its brown-mottled leaves that res...

Spring Ephemeral Yellow Woodland

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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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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Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower is a large North American wildflower notable for its deeply divided leaves and prominent cylindrical...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland Edge

7.9 Good

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Zigzag Goldenrod

Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) is a woodland perennial native to eastern North America, easily identified by it...

Fall Composite Yellow Woodland

7.7 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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Wild Lettuce

Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) is a tall annual or biennial native to North America, whose milky latex contains lactu...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

5.8 Mediocre

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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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Tansy Ragwort

Tansy Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) is a toxic European biennial introduced to North America that contains pyrrolizidine a...

European Composite Toxic Yellow

3.2 Poor