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thumbnail imageon mapAbronia fragrans (Fragrant Sand Verbena; Sweet Sand Verbena; Snowball Sand Verbena)

Family: Four O'Clock Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: WC United States (Montana & North Dakota south to Texas), N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Sandy Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAcorus calamus (Sweet Flag; Flagroot)

Family: Sweet-Flag Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Asia Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Moist soil

thumbnail imageon mapAjuga chamaepitys (Yellow Bugle; Ground Pine)

Family: Mint Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: yellow|red Nativity: Europe, N Africa, Temperate Asia Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Light: sun, partial shade

on mapAlnus maritima 'September Sun' (Brook Alder; Seaside Alder)

Family: Birch Family Habit: shrub; tree Flowers: yellow Nativity: Cultivated Hardiness: USDA Zone 3B Light: sun, partial shade

on mapAmbrosia psilostachya (Perennial Ragweed)

Family: Aster Family

thumbnail imageon mapAmorpha canescens (Lead Plant)

Family: Bean Family Habit: shrub Flowers: purple Nativity: C Canada to New Mexico & Texas Hardiness: USDA Zone 2 Soil: average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAmorpha fruticosa (False Indigo; Bastard Indigo)

Family: Bean Family Habit: shrub Flowers: purple|blue|white Nativity: United States to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Light, well-drained soil. Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapAndropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem; Tall Bluestem; Turkeyfoot)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: purple Nativity: Canada to Eastern and Central North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageAndropogon gerardii 'PWIN01S' WINDWALKER® (Big Bluestem)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: Cultivated Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAndropogon hallii (Sand Bluestem; Turkeyfoot)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: yellow Nativity: W & C North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAnemone canadensis (Meadow Anemone)

Family: Buttercup Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: white Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapArgemone polyanthemos (Prickly Poppy; Crested Prickly Poppy; Plains Prickly Poppy)

Family: Poppy Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: WC & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Soil: Sandy and Gravelly soil Light: sun

on mapAristida adscensionis (SIx-weeks three-awn)

Family: Grass Family

thumbnail imageon mapAristida purpurea (Purple Threeawn)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: purple Nativity: W Canada to Mexico, Cuba Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Course grained, xeric soils Light: sun

on mapArtemisia campestris ssp. caudata (Western Sagewort)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Great Plains (USA, Cent.); USA (AL, AZ, CO, CT, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, QC, SK), DEN (GL) Hardiness: USDA Zone 2

thumbnail imageon mapArtemisia filifolia (Sand Sage; Silvery Wormwood; Sand Sagebrush)

Family: Aster Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: C & W United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapArtemisia frigida (Pasture Sagebrush; Fringed Sage; Prairie Sagewort; Wormwood Sage)

Family: Aster Family Habit: sub-shrub; rhizome Flowers: yellow|white Nativity: E Europe to Temperate Asia, N America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapArtemisia ludoviciana (White Sage; Western Mugwort; White Sagebrush; Silver Wormwood; Mariola; estafiate)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: yellow Nativity: United States, Mexico, Canada Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapAsclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)

Family: Dogbane Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: C & E Canada, United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: medium to wet Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAsclepias pumila (Plains Milkweed)

Family: Dogbane Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: WC & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAsclepias speciosa (Showy Milkweed)

Family: Dogbane Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAsclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed; Butterfly Milkweed)

Family: Dogbane Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: orange Nativity: SE Canada to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapAstragalus bisulcatus (Two Groove Milkvetch)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: C Canada, C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 8 Light: sun

on mapAstragalus mollissimus var. mollissimus (Woolly Locoweed)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: W. Central & Central U.S.A.

thumbnail imageAstragalus sp.

Family: Bean Family

thumbnail imageAstragalus tridactylicus (Foothill Milkvetch)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: Colo., Wyo.

thumbnail imageon mapAtriplex canescens (Four-Wing Saltbush; chamizo)

Family: Goosefoot Family Habit: shrub Flowers: green Nativity: WC Canada to Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: well-drained, not too fertile Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapBerberis aquifolium (Oregon Grape; Holly Mahonia)

Family: Barberry Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: W Canada, W United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: partial sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageBerberis repens (Creeping Oregon Grape; Creeping Barberry; Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape Holly; Oregon Grape)

Family: Barberry Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: W Canada, W & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapBetula papyrifera (Paper Birch; White Birch; Canoe Birch)

Family: Birch Family Habit: tree Nativity: Canada to N United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 2B Soil: Well-draine, acid, moist, sandy ir silty loams Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapBetula pendula 'Gracilis' (Cutleaf European White Birch)

Family: Birch Family Habit: tree Nativity: Cultivated Hardiness: USDA Zone 3A Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapBothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana (Silver Beardgrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: white Nativity: 21 states in the southern USA; Pacific: north-central. North America: Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana, western South America, Brazil, and southern South America Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapBouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats Grama; Tall Grama Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: purple Nativity: N & C America to N Argentina Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial sun

on mapBouteloua dactyloides (Buffalograss)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapBouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama Grass; Blue Grama)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: brown|red Nativity: W & C Canada to Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Sandy loam soil; can grow in moderately acid, sandy or dry soils Light: sun

 Brickellia californica (California Brickelbush)

Family: Aster Family Habit: shrub Flowers: cream Nativity: W. United States, N. Mexico [Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Nev., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Utah, Wyo. ]

thumbnail imageon mapCalamovilfa longifolia (Prairie Sandreed)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Nativity: NC & NE United States (including Colorado) and western Canada Hardiness: USDA Zone 2 Soil: Sandy or gravelly soils; acidic or basic Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapCallirhoe involucrata (Poppy Mallow; Winecups; Purple Poppy Mallow)

Family: Mallow Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: WC & C United States to NE Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Dry to medium moist soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapCalochortus gunnisonii (Gunnison's Mariposa Lily)

Family: Lily Family Habit: geophyte; herbaceous Flowers: white|purple Nativity: WC United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageCampanula rotundifolia (Bluebell; Harebell; Bluebell of Scotland)

Family: Bellflower Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: Europe, North America, Temperate Asia Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Dry to Medium moisture in sand to gravel Light: partial sun, sun

 Carex athrostachya (Slenderbeak Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Nativity: Alaska to W. & W. Central U.S.A., Mexico (N. Baja California)

on mapCarex bebbii (Bebb's Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: N North America (Alaska to Nevada & New Jersey)

on mapCarex emoryi (Emory's Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: E Canada, C & E United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: moist Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapCarex hystericina (Bottlebrush Sedge; Porcupine Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: Canada, United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: moist, wet Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapCarex microptera (Smallwing Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: W North America Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapCarex nebrascensis (Nebraska Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Nativity: W & C United States, W Canada Soil: wet meadows Light: sun

 Carex praticola (Meadow Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: AK to ME + MI + SD + CO + CA; Labrador, Quebec

thumbnail imageCarex sp. (Sedge)

Family: Sedge Family Habit: grass/sedge

thumbnail imageon mapCastilleja integra (Paintbrush; Wholeleaf Paintbrush)

Family: Broom-Rape Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: red Nativity: Colorado to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageCeltis reticulata (Netleaf Hackberry; Western Hackberry; Palo Blanco)

Family: Hemp Family Habit: tree Flowers: green Nativity: W United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun, partial sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapCephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush; Button Willow)

Family: Madder Family Habit: shrub/tree Flowers: white Nativity: E Canada to C America, Cuba Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: wet Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapChrysothamnus sp.

Family: Aster Family Habit: shrub Light: sun

on mapCleomella serrulata (Rocky Mountain Bee Plant)

Family: Caper Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink|white Nativity: W & C Canada to W & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapCoreopsis tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis; Golden Tickseed; Dyer's Coreopsis)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|gold|red|purple Nativity: North America (except Utah, Nevada and Vermont) Hardiness: USDA Zone 8 Soil: Thrives in poor soils, but needs good drainage Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapCornus sericea (Redosier Dogwood; Redtwig Dogwood)

Family: Dogwood Family Habit: shrub Flowers: white Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageCrataegus erythropoda (Cerro Hawthorn)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub/tree Flowers: white Nativity: SW United States (Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

on mapCucurbita foetidissima (Fetid Wild Pumpkin; Buffalo Gourd; Missouri Gourd; Prairie Gourd)

Family: Cucumber Family Habit: vine; herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Nebraska to California, Mexico; (21 states in the United States) Hardiness: USDA Zone 10

thumbnail imageon mapCylindropuntia imbricata (Cane Cholla; Tree Cholla; Chain-Link Cactus; Cane Cactus; Candelabrum Cactus; Devil's Rope; Imbricate Cactus)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: shrub; cactus/succulent Flowers: purple|pink Nativity: N Mexico, C & SW United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 5A Soil: Sandy, gravely soils Light: sun

on mapDalea aurea (Golden Prairie Clover)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: WC & C United States to NE Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4A Soil: rock gardens and dry soils Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapDalea candida (White Prairie Clover)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: Central North America, including Colorado

thumbnail imageon mapDalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: red-violet|red|purple Nativity: SC Canada, C United States, including Colorado Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

 Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: Great Plains (USA, Cent.)

thumbnail imageDasylirion texanum (Green Sotol; Texas Sotol)

Family: Asparagus Family Habit: dwarf shrub Flowers: white Nativity: United States (Texas), N Mexico (Coahuila) Hardiness: USDA Zone 8B Soil: well drained Light: partial sun, sun

thumbnail imageon mapDatisca cannabina (Acalbir; False Hemp)

Family: Datisca Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: green Nativity: Temperate Asia to India, Crete Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapDatura wrightii (Hairy Thorn Apple; Sacred Thorn Apple)

Family: Potato Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: SW to SC United States to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 9 Light: sun

on mapDelphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens (Carolina Larkspur; Plains Larkspur; White Larkspur)

Family: Buttercup Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: SC Canada, C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapDelphinium geyeri (Geyer's Larkspur; Poisonweed)

Family: Buttercup Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Montana Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapDelphinium occidentale (Western Larkspur)

Family: Buttercup Family Flowers: blue|white Nativity: British Columbia to NW United States

on mapDelphinium wootonii (Organ Mountain Larkspur; Wooton's Larkspur)

Family: Buttercup Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico

thumbnail imageon mapDesmanthus illinoensis (Prairie Mimosa; Illinois Bundle Flower; Prickleweed)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub; herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Clay to lime soils Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapDieteria bigelovii (Purple Aster; Bigelow's Tansyaster; Sticky Aster)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink|yellow Nativity: Wyoming to New Mexico & Arizona Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

on mapDieteria canescens (Hoary Aster)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|blue|purple|yellow Nativity: W North America, NW Mexico Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEchinacea angustifolia (Narrowleaf Coneflower; Black Sampson; Kansas Snakeroot)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink|white|purple Nativity: C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: pH from 6.0-7.5. Tolerates hot & dry condtions. Well-drained soils. Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEchinocereus triglochidiatus (Kingcup Cactus; Claret Cup Cactus)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: cactus/succulent Flowers: red Nativity: SW United States & N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 7 Soil: Dry, well-drained soil; needs to be kept drier during the winter Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapEchinocereus viridiflorus (Hedgehog Cactus; Nylon Hedgehog Cactus; Green Pitaya)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: cactus/succulent Flowers: yellow|green Nativity: Wyoming & South Dakota to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapElymus canadensis (Canada Wild Rye; Nodding Wild Rye)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: green Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapElymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (Squirreltail)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: W United States, W Canada (16 states) Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapElymus smithii

Family: Grass Family

on mapElymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: yellow Nativity: Great Plains, N&E. (USA, Cent.)41 states in the United States Light: partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapEngelmannia peristenia (Engelmann Daisy; Cutleaf Daisy)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|yellow Nativity: C to SW United States, NE Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: clay, loam or sandy Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageEremogone hookeri (Hooker's Sandwort)

Family: Pink Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: NW & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageEricameria laricifolia (Turpentine Bush; Aguirre)

Family: Aster Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: Southwest United States, Northern Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 8 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapErigeron bellidiastrum (Western Fleabane; Sand Fleabane)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink|white|yellow Nativity: (AZ, CO, KS, MT, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY)

thumbnail imageon mapErigeron divergens (Spreading Fleabane)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|purple Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: partial shade

thumbnail imageErigeron flagellaris (Trailing Fleabane)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|yellow Nativity: SW Canada, W United States, Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEriocoma hymenoides (Ricegrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: Yukon to W. & Central U.S.A., N. Mexico

thumbnail imageon mapEriocoma robusta (Sleepy Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: pink Nativity: South Dakota to N Mexico Light: sun

 Eriogonum alatum (Winged Eriogonum; Winged Buckwheat)

Family: Buckwheat Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: WC United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEriogonum annuum (Annual Eriogonum; Annual Buckwheat)

Family: Buckwheat Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: cream|red Nativity: C United States, N Mexico Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEriogonum effusum (Spreading Wild Buckwheat; Spreading Buckwheat)

Family: Buckwheat Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: W United States Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEriogonum jamesii (James' Wild Buckwheat; Antelope Sage)

Family: Buckwheat Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub Flowers: white|cream|yellow Nativity: Colorado to Arizona & N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapEriogonum tenellum (Tall Buckwheat)

Family: Buckwheat Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub Flowers: white|red Nativity: SW United States Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapErythranthe guttata (Common Monkeyflower; Seep Monkeyflower)

Family: Lopseed Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|red Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Soil: moist Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapEustoma grandiflorum (Prairie Gentian; Lira de San Pedro; Bluebells; Catchfly-Gentian)

Family: Gentian Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: C United States, Mexico Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapFestuca sp.

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge

thumbnail imageon mapGaillardia aristata (Blanket Flower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: orange|yellow|red Nativity: SW Canada, W United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 2A Soil: Well-drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapGentiana affinis (Northern Gentian; Pleated Gentian)

Family: Gentian Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageGlandularia bipinnatifida (Showy Vervain; Dakota Vervain; Prairie Verbena)

Family: Verbena Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: C & S United States to Honduras Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Well drained Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapGlycyrrhiza lepidota (American Licorice; Wild Licorice)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: North America

thumbnail imageon mapGutierrezia sarothrae (Snakeweed; Broom Snakeweed; Matchbrush; yerba de la vibora; Kindlingweed)

Family: Aster Family Habit: sub-shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: WC & C Canado to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHelianthus annuus (Common Sunflower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|orange|red Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 2 Soil: Well-drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHelianthus maximiliani (Maximilian's Sunflower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Canada to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHelianthus petiolaris (Prairie Sunflower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|purple Nativity: North America Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHelianthus pumilus (Dwarf Sunflower; Little Sunflower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Montana to Colorado Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHesperostipa comata (Needle and Thread Grass; Needle Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: Canada to NW Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4A Soil: excessively drained, sandy or gravelly soils and also shallow or deep sand loam, fine sandy loam, or even shallow and deep clays Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHeterotheca villosa var. villosa (Hairy False Golden Aster)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Canada, NW & NC United States Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapHeuchera richardsonii (Richardson's Alumroot)

Family: Saxifrage Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: green Nativity: N Canada to N & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: organically rich, humusy, dry to medium moisture, well-drained Light: sun, partial shade

on mapHilaria jamesii (Galleta)

Family: Grass Family Nativity: WY + UT to TX + CA

thumbnail imageHordeum jubatum (Foxtail Barley; Squirreltail Barley)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: green|purple Nativity: Temperate North America &Temperate Asia Hardiness: USDA Zone 5A Soil: dry to moist Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapIliamna rivularis (Mountain Hollyhock; Streambank Wild Hollyhock)

Family: Mallow Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: W United States, W Canada Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapIpomoea leptophylla (Bush Morning Glory; Colorado Man Root; Bush Moon Flower)

Family: Morning Glory Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: Montana to Texas Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Adaptable Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapIpomopsis longiflora (Long-Flowered Gilly; Flaxflowered Ipomopsis; White Flower ipomopsis)

Family: Phlox Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue|white Nativity: W & C United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: sandy Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapIris × germanica (Bearded Iris; German Iris; Rhizotamous Iris)

Family: Iris Family Habit: rhizome; herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: Widely naturalized, either a Mediterranean native or an ancient fertile hybrid Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Well drained, average Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapIris missouriensis (Western Blue Flag; Rocky Mountain Iris; Missouri Flag)

Family: Iris Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: purple|blue Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Light soil with good drainage Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapIris pseudacorus (Yellow Iris; Water Flag; Yellow Flag)

Family: Iris Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: yellow|brown Nativity: N Africa, Temperate Asia, Europe Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

on mapJuncus ensifolius var. montanus

Family: Rush Family Habit: grass/sedge

on mapJuncus mertensianus

Family: Rush Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: U.S.A., Japan

thumbnail imageon mapJuniperus monosperma (One-Seed Juniper)

Family: Cypress Family Habit: tree Nativity: Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapKoeleria pyramidata (Junegrass; Crested Hairgrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Nativity: Europe, W Asia (Turkey) Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapKrascheninnikovia lanata (Winterfat)

Family: Goosefoot Family Habit: shrub Flowers: green Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: clay or chalky Light: sun

 Ladeania lanceolata (Lemon Scurfpea)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: W United States Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapLathyrus latifolius (Perennial Sweet Pea; Perennial Pea)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: Europe, N Africa Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: Adaptable but prefers fertile, well-drained Light: sun, partial sun

on mapLathyrus polymorphus ssp. incanus (Hoary Pea)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: United States (SW. South Dakota to N. Texas)

thumbnail imageon mapLeucocrinum montanum (Mountain Lily; Common Star Lily)

Family: Asparagus Family Flowers: white Nativity: Western United States

thumbnail imageon mapLiatris punctata (Blazing Star; Snakeroot; Dotted Blazing Star; Dotted Gayfeather; Cachana)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; geophyte Flowers: purple|pink Nativity: WC & C Canada to NE Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Well-drained soil; low water use Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapLinum lewisii var. lewisii (Prairie Flax)

Family: Flax Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: W & C North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageLithospermum incisum (Narrowleaf Stoneseed; Narrowleaf Gromwell; Fringed Gromwell )

Family: Borage Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Central N. America, Mexico, Ontario Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapLobelia cardinalis (Jemez Red Cardinal Flower; Cardinal Flower; Indian Pink)

Family: Bellflower Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: red|pink|white Nativity: SE Canada to SW United States to N Colombia Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Rich, humusy, moist to wet Light: partial sun, partial shade, sun

thumbnail imageon mapLobelia siphilitica (Blue Cardinal Flower; Great Blue Lobelia)

Family: Bellflower Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: SC & SE Canada to WC & E United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Rich, humusy, medium wet to wet soils Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapLupinus argenteus (Silvery Lupine)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue|white|pink Nativity: SW & SC Canada (S Saskatchewan, S British Columbia) W United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

on mapLupinus plattensis (Nebraska Lupine; Platte Lupine)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue|purple Nativity: WC United States Light: sun

thumbnail imageLysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife)

Family: Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: North Amer. Hardiness: USDA Zone 2 Soil: moist Light: partial shade

thumbnail imageMaclura pomifera (Osage Orange; Bois d'arc; Horse-Apple)

Family: Mulberry Family Habit: tree Nativity: C & E United States (including Colorado) Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Adaptable to most soil conditions Light: sun

on mapMagnolia 'Spectrum' (Magnolia)

Family: Magnolia Family Habit: tree Flowers: pink Nativity: Cultivated Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapMelampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot Daisy; Plains Blackfoot)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub Flowers: white|yellow Nativity: SW & SC United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapMelica porteri (Porter's Melic; Porter's Melicgrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: SW United States, N Mexico Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapMentzelia decapetala (Ten-Petal Mentzelia; Tenpetal Blazing Star)

Family: Loasa Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: Great Plains of North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Well-drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapMentzelia nuda (Bractless Blazingstar)

Family: Loasa Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: W & C United States Soil: Deep Drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageMertensia lanceolata (Prairie Bluebells)

Family: Borage Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: C Canada, WC United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageMicrosteris gracilis (Slender Phlox)

Family: Phlox Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: W North America, S South America

thumbnail imageMimosa borealis (Fragrant Mimosa)

Family: Bean Family Habit: shrub Flowers: pink Nativity: United States (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 7 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapMimulus ringens (Alleghany Monkey Flower)

Family: Lopseed Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple|yellow Nativity: Canada, United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapMirabilis linearis (Narrowleaf Four O'clock; Umbrellawort)

Family: Four O'Clock Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: Minnesota to Montana south to Missouri, Texas, and Mexico Soil: Sandy or gravelly Light: sun

 Muhlenbergia sp.

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge

thumbnail imageMuhlenbergia torreyi (Ring Muhly; Ring Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: purple Nativity: C & SC United States, N Mexico, Argentina Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapMuhlenbergia wrightii (Spike Muhly)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: gray Nativity: AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX, Ut in the United States plus Mexico Soil: Silty to sandy well-drained soils; tolerant of most soils Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapNassella viridula (Green Needlegrass; Feather Bunchgrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: yellow Nativity: 17 states in central and Western United States plus W. Canada and South America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapNolina greenei (Woodland Beargrass)

Family: Asparagus Family Habit: cactus/succulent Flowers: white Nativity: SW United States Light: sun

thumbnail imageOenothera albicaulis (Praire Evening Primrose; White Stem Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: W North America (Rocky Mts) Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: sandy loam Light: sun

thumbnail imageOenothera brachycarpa (Shortfruit Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to Mexico, N.

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera canescens (Spotted Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: Nebraska to Wyoming south to Texas & New Mexico

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera cespitosa (Tufted Evening Primrose; Desert Evening Primrose; Fragrant Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|pink Nativity: WC & C Canada to N Mexico (W & WC North America) Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera coronopifolia (Combleaf Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|pink Nativity: SD, SW. + WY, E. + NE, W. + KS, W. + CO + NM, N. Soil: sandy or rocky

on mapOenothera hartwegii

Family: Evening Primrose Family

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera howardii (Howard's Evening Primrose; Yellow Stemless Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: S Wyoming, Colorado, W Kansas Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera lavandulifolia (Sundrops)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: WC & C United States to Mexico

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera suffrutescens (Scarlet Beeblossom; Scarlet Gaura)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: red|pink|white Nativity: W & C Canada to Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Dry slopes and outcrops, sandy soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapOenothera villosa (Common Evening Primrose; Hairy Evening Primrose)

Family: Evening Primrose Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: Throughout North America

on mapOpuntia fragilis (Little Prickly Pear; Brittle Prickly Pear)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: cactus/succulent; sub-shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: C & W United States, Canada Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

on mapOpuntia macrorhiza (Twistspine Prickly Pear; Plains Prickly Pear; Western Prickly Pear)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: shrub; cactus/succulent Flowers: yellow Nativity: United States & N. Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapOpuntia phaeacantha (Tulip Prickly Pear; Desert Prickly Pear; Mojave Prickly Pear; New Mexico Prickly Pear; Brown-Spine Prickly-Pear; Dense-Spine Prickly-Pear)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: sub-shrub; cactus/succulent Flowers: yellow Nativity: SW United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 7 Soil: Dry, well-drained soils Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapOpuntia polyacantha (Plains Prickly Pear; Heacocks Prickly Pear)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: cactus/succulent; sub-shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: W Canada, United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: dry hillsides and light soils Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapOpuntia sp.

Family: Cactus Family Habit: cactus/succulent

thumbnail imageon mapOxytropis lambertii (Purple Loco; Locoweed; Lambert's Locoweed)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple|pink Nativity: W Canada, C United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: rocky and shallow soils Light: sun

thumbnail imageOxytropis multiceps (Dwarf Locoweed; Nuttall's Oxytrope)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapOxytropis sericea (White Locoweed)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|cream Nativity: W & C United States, Canada Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

 Oxytropis splendens (Showy Locoweed)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: Canada, WC United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Light: sun

on mapPackera thurberi

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: NW. & Central U.S.A.

 Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima' (Double White Peony)

Family: Peony Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: Cultivated Hardiness: USDA Zone 3

thumbnail imageon mapPanicum virgatum (Switch Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: pink Nativity: North America, Central America Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun, partial shade

 Pediomelum esculentum (Large Breadroot; Prairie Potato; Prairie Turnip)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: W Canada, W & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

on mapPediomelum tenuiflorum (Wild Alfalfa; Scurfpea)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: U.S.A. to N. Mexico. Light: sun

on mapPelecyphora vivipara (Pincushion Cactus; Spinystar)

Family: Cactus Family Habit: cactus/succulent Nativity: S. Canada to N. Mexico Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon albidus (White Beardtongue; Red-Line Beardtongue)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white|purple Nativity: W Canada, W United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon ambiguus (Gilia Penstemon; Sand Penstemon; Pink Plains beardtongue; Bush Penstemon)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: SW United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Well-drained sandy soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon angustifolius (Narrow Beardtongue; Broadbeard Beardtongue; Pagoda Penstemon)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: WC United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Coarse or sandy well-drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imagePenstemon angustifolius var. caudatus (Broadbeard Beardtongue)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub Flowers: pink|purple Nativity: Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon barbatus (Scarlet Bugler; Beardlip Penstemon; Southwestern Penstemon)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: red Nativity: California to Colorado & Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Soil: Coarse or sandy well-drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon secundiflorus (Sidebells Penstemon)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink|purple Nativity: W United States (Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico); N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon sp. (Beardtongue)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous

thumbnail imagePenstemon versicolor (Penstemon; Variable Color Beardtongue)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: Colorado Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Undisturbed calcareous soils Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon virens (Front Range Beardtongue; Blue Mist Beardtongue)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: C Wyoming to S Colorado Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPenstemon virgatus (Wandbloom Penstemon; Upright Blue Beardtongue)

Family: Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue|pink Nativity: Wyoming to Arizona to SW Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPhyla cuneifolia (Wedge-Leaf Frog Fruit)

Family: Verbena Family Habit: sub-shrub Flowers: purple|white Nativity: C & W United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: Deep, wewll-drained Light: sun

 Physalis longifolia (Common Ground Cherry)

Family: Potato Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: IA to MT to AK to AZ + Mexico

thumbnail imageon mapPhysaria bellii (Front Range Twinpod; Bell's Twinpod)

Family: Mustard Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: Colorado Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Soil: limestone & calcareous shale Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPinus edulis (Pinyon Pine; Pinon Pine; Pinón)

Family: Pine Family Habit: tree Nativity: SW United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPolemonium pulcherrimum (Jacob's Ladder; Short Jacob's Ladder)

Family: Phlox Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: W Canada, W United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: shade, sun

on mapPopulus × acuminata (Lanceleaf Cottonwood)

Family: Willow Family Habit: tree Nativity: Canada (Alberta) to United States (W Texas) Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imagePopulus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Plains Cottonwood; Plains Poplar; Great Plains Cottonwood)

Family: Willow Family Habit: tree Flowers: yellow Nativity: S Canada, C & NE United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 2 Soil: moist, well drained soils. Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapPrunus armeniaca 'Moorpark' Early Moorpark (Apricot)

Family: Rose Family

thumbnail imageon mapPrunus pumila var. besseyi (Western Sand Cherry)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub Flowers: white Nativity: C Canada, W & C United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imagePrunus pumila var. besseyi 'P011S' PAWNEE BUTTES® (Sand Cherry; Western Sand Cherry)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub Flowers: white Nativity: Cultivated (Selection from Weld Co., Colorado) Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Sandy or clay loam soil; adaptable Light: sun, partial shade, partial sun

on mapPulsatilla nuttalliana (Pasque Flower)

Family: Buttercup Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple Nativity: N North America to New Mexico

thumbnail imageQuercus gambelii (Gambel Oak; Shin Oak)

Family: Beech Family Habit: tree; shrub/tree Nativity: SW United States, N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: dry, well-drained soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapQuercus gambelii × grisea (Wavy-Leaf Oak)

Family: Beech Family Habit: tree Nativity: naturally occuring hybrid Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapQuercus Kenton Blue (Hybrid Oak)

Family: Beech Family Habit: tree Nativity: Naturally Occurring Hybrid Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapQuercus × pauciloba (Wavy-Leaf Oak)

Family: Beech Family Habit: tree Nativity: Arizona, Texas, Utah Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

 Quincula lobata (Purple Ground Cherry)

Family: Potato Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: purple Nativity: KS, CO, OK, NM, TX, CA; MEX Hardiness: USDA Zone 8

thumbnail imageon mapRatibida columnifera (Prairie Coneflower; Long-Head Coneflower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|red Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageRatibida tagetes (Short Ray Prairie Coneflower; Green Prairie Coneflower)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|black Nativity: W & C United States, Northern Mexico (AZ, CO, KS, MO, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY) Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapRhus trilobata (Skunkbush Sumac; Squawbush; Skunkbush)

Family: Sumac Family Habit: shrub Flowers: green Nativity: N. America (Saskatchewan & Alberta to N. Mexico) Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: Not too moist of soil, but tolerant of various soil types from clay to sand. Light: sun, partial sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapRibes aureum (Golden Currant; Buffalo Currant)

Family: Currant Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: Canada, United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial shade

 Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi

Family: Rose Family Nativity: N. America

thumbnail imageon mapRosa foetida (Austrian Yellow Rose)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: SW. & WC. Asia

thumbnail imageRosa foetida 'Bicolor' (Austrian Copper Rose)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub Nativity: Cultivated

thumbnail imageon mapRosa × harisonii (Harison's Yellow Rose; The Yellow Rose of Texas)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: Cultivated Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Adaptable Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapRosa woodsii (Western Wild Rose; Wood's Rose)

Family: Rose Family Habit: shrub Flowers: pink Nativity: W & C North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapRumex venosus (Wild Begonia; Wild Hydrangea; Veiny Dock)

Family: Buckwheat Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: red|white Nativity: NW. United States (Montana, Washington to Nevada; 17 states) Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

on mapSagittaria latifolia (Common Arrowhead; Duck Potato; Broadleaf Arrowhead)

Family: Water-Plantain Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: white Nativity: Canada to N South America Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapSalix planifolia (Planeleaf Willow; Diamondleaf Willow; Mountain Willow)

Family: Willow Family Habit: shrub Flowers: yellow|red|purple Nativity: N & W North America

thumbnail imageSalix sp. (Willow)

Family: Willow Family Nativity: 

thumbnail imageon mapSapindus drummondii (Western Soapberry)

Family: Soapberry Family Habit: tree Flowers: cream Nativity: SW to SC United States (Arizona to SE Colorado and Louisiana) Hardiness: USDA Zone 6

thumbnail imageon mapSaponaria cypria (Soapwort)

Family: Pink Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: pink Nativity: Cyprus

thumbnail imageon mapSchedonnardus paniculatus (Tumble Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: North America: western Canada, northwest USA, north-central USA, southwest USA, south-central USA, and southeast USA. [21 states in the United States plus Hawaii]; South America: southern South America.

thumbnail imageon mapSchizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem; Blue Stem; Broom Beard Grass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: gold Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Well-drained soil Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapScutellaria brittonii (Britton's Skullcap)

Family: Mint Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: blue Nativity: WC United States ( CO, KS, NE, NM, WY) Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

thumbnail imageon mapSenecio spartioides (Broom Groundsel; Broom-like Ragwort; Broomlike Ragwort)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub Flowers: yellow Nativity: WY, S. to NM + CA Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapSolidago gigantea (Early Goldenrod; Giant Goldenrod)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: yellow Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 6 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapSolidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod; Stiff-Leaf Goldenrod)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: yellow Nativity: WC to E Canada, WC to E United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapSophora nuttalliana (White Loco; Silky Sophora)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: United States (Great Plains)

thumbnail imageon mapSorghastrum nutans (Golden Prairie Grass; Indian Grass; Wood Grass; Indiangrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: yellow|brown Nativity: N America to C America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapSpartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: brown|green|yellow Nativity: N. America except for the far southeast and southwest Hardiness: USDA Zone 4A Soil: Moist to wet soil Light: partial shade, partial sun, sun

thumbnail imageon mapSphaeralcea coccinea (Prairie Mallow; Cowboy's Delight; Red False Mallow; Globe Mallow; Scarlet Globemallow)

Family: Mallow Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub; shrub Flowers: red Nativity: W & C Canada to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: dry soil Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapSporobolus airoides (Alkali Sacaton)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: yellow Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: partial shade

on mapSporobolus compositus (Composite Dropseed; Meadow Dropseed; Tall Dropseed)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge; rhizome Flowers: white|purple Nativity: North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageSporobolus cryptandrus (Sand Dropseed)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: yellow Nativity: N. America Hardiness: USDA Zone 3A Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapSymphyotrichum falcatum (White Prairie Aster; Western Heath)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: white|yellow Nativity: Subarctic America to Mexico Light: sun

thumbnail imageSymphyotrichum laeve var. laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple|yellow Nativity: E United States, E Canada Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageSymphyotrichum porteri (Smooth White Aster)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: white|yellow Nativity: Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapSyringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)

Family: Olive Family Habit: shrub/tree Flowers: purple|white|pink Nativity: SE Europe Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapTetraneuris acaulis (Stemless Hymenoxys; Stemless Four Nerve Daisy; Angelita Daisy)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: W Canada, W United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: well drained Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapThelesperma ambiguum (Colorado Greenthread; Showy Navajo Tea)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow Nativity: C United States (Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico), N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapThelesperma filifolium (Plains Navajo Tea; Stiff Greenthread; Cota)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|brown Nativity: Great Plains to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun, partial sun

thumbnail imageon mapThelesperma megapotamicum (Navajo Tea; Cota; Greenthread; Rayless Thelesperma)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|brown Nativity: WC & C United States to N Mexico; SE South America Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapTradescantia occidentalis (Spiderwort; Prairie Spiderwort; Western Spiderwort)

Family: Spiderwort Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: purple|blue|red Nativity: C North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapTriglochin maritima (Arrow Grass; Sea Arrow Grass; Seaside Arrowgrass)

Family: Arrow-grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Flowers: green Nativity: North America, Europe, Temperate Asia Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: moist, marshy Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapVerbena hastata (American Blue Vervain; Swamp Verbena)

Family: Verbena Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: blue Nativity: Canada, United States Hardiness: USDA Zone 3 Soil: Moist to wet Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapVernonia baldwinii (Baldwin's Ironweed; Western Ironweed)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; rhizome Flowers: purple Nativity: C United States (Plains States) Hardiness: USDA Zone 5 Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapVicia americana (American Vetch)

Family: Bean Family Habit: herbaceous Nativity: North America

thumbnail imageVulpia octoflora (Sixweeks Fescue)

Family: Grass Family Habit: grass/sedge Nativity: Great Plains (USA, Cent.) Light: sun

on mapXanthisma spinulosum (Cut-Leaf Ironplant; Spiny Goldenweed)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous; sub-shrub Flowers: yellow|yellow Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun

thumbnail imageYucca angustissima (Narrowleaf Yucca)

Family: Asparagus Family Habit: cactus/succulent; shrub Flowers: white|green Nativity: SW United States (Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada) Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapYucca glauca (Soapweed; Soapweed Yucca)

Family: Asparagus Family Habit: shrub; cactus/succulent Flowers: white Nativity: S Alberta to N Texas Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: sandy or limestone Light: sun

thumbnail imageon mapZigadenus venenosus (Meadow Death Camas; Narrowleaved Death Camas)

Family: False Hellebore Family Habit: geophyte; herbaceous Flowers: cream Nativity: W North America Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Light: sun, partial shade

thumbnail imageon mapZinnia grandiflora (Rocky Mountain Zinnia; Prairie Zinnia)

Family: Aster Family Habit: herbaceous Flowers: yellow|orange|red Nativity: Colorado & Kansas to N Mexico Hardiness: USDA Zone 4 Soil: stoney Light: sun

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