Illinois Native Plants

Agalinis purpurea

Purple False Foxglove

Agastache foeniculum

anise hyssop

Nodding onion

Allium cernuum

Amorpha canescens

Lead Plant

Anemone canadensis

Meadow anemone

Antennaria neglecta

Field Pussytoes

Apocynum cannabinum

Common Dogbane

Arnoglossum plantagineum

Indian Plantain

Asclepias hirtella

Green Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

whorled milkweed

Astragalus canadensis

Canadian Milkvetch

Baptisia alba

White Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

blue false indigo

Baptisia bracteata

Cream Wild Indigo

Brickellia eupatorioides

False Boneset

Camassia scilloides

Wild hyacinth

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Partridge Pea

Cirsium discolor

Field Thistle

Coreopsis lanceolata

Sand Coreopsis

Coreopsis tripteris

Tall Coreopsis

Dalea candida

White Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

purple prairie clover

Desmanthus illinoensis

Illinois bundleflower

Desmodium canadense

Showy tick trefoil

Dodecatheon meadia

Shooting star

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Pale Purple Coneflower

Erigeron strigosus

Daisy Fleabane

Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

Eupatorium altissimum

Tall Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

common boneset

Eupatorium serotinum

Late boneset

Euthamia graminifolia

grass-leaved goldenrod

Fragaria virginiana

wild strawberry

Gaura biennis

Biennia Gaura

Gentiana andrewsii

Bottle Gentian

Gentiana puberulenta

Prairie Gentian

Geum triflorum

Prairie Smoke

Helianthus annuus

Annual sunflower

Helianthus grosseserratus

Sawtooth Sunflower

Helianthus tuberosus

Jerusalem Artichoke

Heliopsis helianthoides

False Sunflower

Lactuca canadensis

wild lettuce

Lespedeza capitata

Round-headed bush clover

Liatris aspera

Rough Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

prairie blazing star

Lilium michiganense

Michigan Lily

Lithospermum canescens

Hoary Puccoon

Lobelia spicata

Pale-spiked lobelia

Lupinus perennis

Wild Lupine

Lysimachia lanceolata

Lance-leaved loosestrife

Mirabilis nyctaginea

wild four o'clock

Monarda fistulosa

Wild Bergamot

Monarda punctata

Spotted bee balm

Oenothera biennis

Evening Primrose

Oenothera pilosella

Prairie Sundrops

Oligoneuron rigidum

Stiff Goldenrod

Optunia humifusa

Eastern Prickly Pear

Parthenium integrifolium

wild quinine

Pedicularis canadensis

Wood betony

Penstemon digitalis

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

Hairy Beardtongue

Phlox pilosa

Prairie Phlox

Physalis subglabrata

smooth groundcherry

Physostegia virginiana

Obedient Plant

Potentilla simplex

common cinquefoil

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Common Mountain Mint

Ratibida columnifera

Mexican hat

Ratibida pinnata

Gray-headed Coneflower

Rosa carolina

Pasture Rose

Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Brown-eyed Susan

Silene regia

Royal catchfly

Silphium integrifolium

Rosin Weed

Silphium laciniatum

Compass plant

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Prairie Dock

Silphium perfoliatum

Cup Plant

Solanum carolinense

Horse Nettle

Solidago canadensis

Canada goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Showy Goldenrod

Spiranthes cernua

Nodding Ladies' Tresses

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Heath Aster

Thalictrum revolutum

Meadow Rue

Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio spiderwort

Verbena stricta

hoary vervain

Vernonia missurica

Missouri ironweed

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's Root

Zizia aurea

Golden Alexanders

Amphicarpaea bracteata

Hog Peanut

Anemone virginiana

Tall anemone

Clematis virginiana

Virgin's Bower

Desmodium paniculatum

Panicled Tick-trefoil

Eutrochium purpureum

Sweet joe-pye weed

Gentiana alba

Cream Gentian

Geum canadense

White Avens

Helianthus divaricatus

Woodland Sunflower

Hieracium umbellatum

Northern Hawkweed