Native Champaign County Prairie Forbs Scientific name Common Name
Acalypha rhomboidea THREE-SEEDED MERCURY Acalypha virginica THREE-SEEDED MERCURY Acorus americanus FLAG ROOT Agalinis tenuifolia SLENDER FALSE FOXGLOVE Allium canadense WILD GARLIC Anemone canadensis MEADOW ANEMONE Anemone cylindrica CANDLE ANEMONE Antennaria plantaginifolia EVERLASTING Antennaria plantaginifolia ambigens EVERLASTING Antennaria plantaginifolia arnoglossa EVERLASTING Apocynum X medium INTERMEDIATE DOGBANE Apocynum androsaemifolium SPREADING DOGBANE Apocynum cannabinum DOGBANE Apocynum sibiricum INDIAN HEMP Artemisia ludoviciana LOUISIANA SAGEBRUSH Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes Asclepias amplexicaulis SAND MILKWEED Asclepias hirtella TALL GREEN MILKWEED Asclepias incarnata SWAMP MILKWEED Asclepias sullivantii PRAIRIE MILKWEED Asclepias syriaca COMMON MILKWEED Asclepias tuberosa interior BUTTERFLYWEED Asclepias verticillata HORSETAIL MILKWEED Asclepias viridiflora GREEN MILKWEED Aster X amethystinus AMETHYST ASTER Aster azureus AZURE ASTER Aster ericoides HEATH ASTER Aster ericoides prostratus HEATH ASTER Aster laevis SMOOTH ASTER Aster lateriflorus SIDE-FLOWERED ASTER Aster novae-angliae NEW ENGLAND ASTER Aster pilosus HAIRY ASTER Aster praealtus WILLOW-LEAVED ASTER Aster sagittifolius ARROW ASTER
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Scientific Name Common Name
Aster simplex PANICLED ASTER Astragalus canadensis CANADIAN MILK VETCH Baptisia lactea WHITE WILD INDIGO Baptisia leucophaea CREAM WILD INDIGO Bidens aristosa SWAMP MARIGOLD Bidens aristosa retrorsa Blephilia ciliata PAGODA PLANT Boltonia asteroides FALSE ASTER Brickellia eupatorioides FALSE BONESET Cacalia atriplicifolia PALE INDIAN PLANTAIN Cacalia plantaginea PRAIRIE INDIAN PLANTAIN Calystegia sepium americana AMERICAN BINDWEED Calystegia spithamaea DWARF BINDWEED Camassia scilloides WILD HYACINTH Cassia fasciculata GOLDEN CASSIA Castilleja coccinea INDIAN PAINTBRUSH Cicuta maculata WATER HEMLOCK Cirsium discolor FIELD THISTLE Claytonia virginica SPRING BEAUTY Comandra umbellata BASTARD TOAD-FLAX Conyza canadensis HORSEWEED Conyza ramosissima DWARF FLEABANE Coreopsis lanceolata LANCE COREOPSIS Coreopsis palmata PRAIRIE COREOPSIS Coreopsis tripteris TALL COREOPSIS Corydalis aurea GOLDEN CORYDALIS Croton glandulosus septentrionalis SAND CROTON Cuphea viscosissima BLUE WAXWEED Cypripedium candidum WHITE LADY'S-SLIPPER ORCHID Dalea purpurea PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER Desmodium canadense SHOWY TICK TREFOIL Desmodium illinoense ILLINOIS TICK TREFOIL Diodia teres POORJOE Dodecatheon meadia SHOOTING STAR Echinacea pallida PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER Eclipta prostrata YERBA DE TAJO
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Scientific Name Common Name
Equisetum arvense COMMON HORSETAIL Equisetum hyemale affine SCOURING RUSH Equisetum laevigatum SMOOTH SCOURING RUSH Erigeron annuus ANNUAL FLEABANE Erigeron philadelphicus MARSH FLEABANE Erigeron strigosus DAISY FLEABANE Eryngium yuccifolium RATTLESNAKE MASTER Eupatorium altissimum TALL BONESET Eupatorium perfoliatum COMMON BONESET Eupatorium serotinum LATE BONESET Euphorbia corollata FLOWERING SPURGE Euthamia graminifolia GRASSLEAF GOLDENROD Fragaria virginiana WILD STRAWBERRY Galium concinnum SHINING BEDSTRAW Galium obtusum WILD MADDER Gaura biennis BUTTERFLY-WEED Gentiana puberulenta DOWNY GENTIAN Gentianella quinquefolia occidentalis STIFF GENTIAN Geranium carolinianum WILD CRANESBILL Geranium maculatum WILD GERANIUM Glandularia canadensis ROSE VERBENA Gnaphalium obtusifolium CATFOOT Hedeoma hispida ROUGH PENNYROYAL Hedyotis purpurea calycosa BLUETS Helenium autumnale AUTUMN SNEEZEWEED Helenium flexuosum PURPLE-HEADED SNEEZEWEED Helianthemum bicknellii FROSTWEED Helianthus decapetalus PALE SUNFLOWER Helianthus grosseserratus SAWTOOTH SUNFLOWER Helianthus hirsutus BRISTLY SUNFLOWER Helianthus mollis ASHY SUNFLOWER Helianthus occidentalis WESTERN SUNFLOWER Helianthus rigidus PRAIRIE SUNFLOWER Helianthus tuberosus subcanescens JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE Heliopsis helianthoides FALSE SUNFLOWER Heuchera richardsonii grayana PRAIRIE ALUMROOT
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Scientific Name Common Name
Hieracium longipilum HAIRY HAWKWEED Hypericum punctatum SPOTTED ST. JOHNS-WORT Hypericum sphaerocarpum ROUND-FRUITED ST. JOHNS-WORT Hypoxis hirsuta COMMON GOLDSTARGRASS Ipomoea lacunosa SMALL WHITE MORNING-GLORY Iris shrevei SOUTHERN BLUE FLAG Krigia biflora FALSE DANDELOIN Lactuca canadensis CANADA LETTUCE Lathyrus palustris MARSH PEAVINE Lathyrus palustris myrtifolius VETCHLING Lepidium virginicum COMMON PEPPERGRASS Lespedeza capitata BUSH CLOVER Lespedeza violacea VIOLET BUSH CLOVER Lespedeza virginica SLENDER BUSH CLOVER Leucospora multifida Liatris aspera ROUGH BLAZING STAR Liatris cylindracea CYLINDRICAL BLAZING STAR Liatris pycnostachya BUTTON SNAKEROOT Lilium michiganense MICHIGAN LILY Lithospermum canescens HOARY PUCCOON Lobelia siphilitica BLUE CARDINAL-FLOWER Lobelia spicata SPIKED LOBELIA Ludwigia polycarpa FALSE LOOSESTRIFE Lysimachia ciliata FRINGED LOOSESTRIFE Lysimachia lanceolata LANCE-LEAVED LOOSESTRIFE Lythrum alatum WINGED LOOSESTRIFE Moehringia lateriflora BLUNTLEAF SANDWORT Monarda fistulosa WILD BERGAMOT Monarda punctata villicaulis HORSEMINT Nothoscordum bivalve CROW POISON Oenothera biennis EVENING PRIMROSE Oenothera biennis canescens EVENING PRIMROSE Oenothera laciniata RAGGED EVENING PRIMROSE Oenothera pilosella PRAIRIE SUNDROPS Orobanche uniflora CANCER-ROOT Oxalis dillenii YELLOW WOOD SORREL
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Scientific Name Common Name
Oxalis stricta YELLOW WOOD SORREL Oxalis violacea PURPLE OXALIS Oxypolis rigidior COWBANE Parthenium integrifolium AMERICAN FEVERFEW Pedicularis canadensis LOUSEWORT Penstemon digitalis FOXGLOVE BEARD-TONGUE Phlox glaberrima interior SMOOTH PHLOX Phlox pilosa DOWNY PHLOX Phlox pilosa sangamonensis SANGAMON PHLOX Phyla lanceolata FOG-FRUIT Physalis heterophylla GROUND CHERRY Physalis virginiana GROUND CHERRY Physostegia speciosa FALSE DRAGONHEAD Physostegia virginiana FALSE DRAGONHEAD Platanthera leucophaea PRAIRIE WHITE FRINGED ORCHID Poinsettia dentata WILD POINSETTIA Polemonium reptans JACOB'S-LADDER Polygala sanguinea FIELD MILKWORT Polygala senega SENECA SNAKEROOT Polygala verticillata WHORLED MILKWORT Polygonum amphibium WATER SMARTWEED Polygonum ramosissimum BUSHY KNOTWEED Polytaenia nuttallii PRAIRIE PARSLEY Potentilla arguta PRAIRIE CINQUEFOIL Potentilla norvegica ROUGH CINQUEFOIL Potentilla simplex COMMON CINQUEFOIL Prenanthes aspera ROUGH WHITE LETTUCE Prenanthes racemosa GLAUCOUS WHITE LETTUCE Prunella vulgaris elongata SELF-HEAL Psoralea onobrychis FRENCH GRASS Pycnanthemum pilosum HAIRY MOUNTAIN MINT Pycnanthemum tenuifolium SLENDER MOUNTAIN MINT Pycnanthemum virginianum COMMON MOUNTAIN MINT Ranunculus fascicularis EARLY BUTTERCUP Ratibida pinnata DROOPING CONEFLOWER Rotala ramosior TOOTH-CUP
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Scientific Name Common Name Rudbeckia hirta BLACK-EYED SUSAN Rudbeckia subtomentosa FRAGRANT CONEFLOWER Ruellia humilis HAIRY RUELLIA Salvia azurea grandiflora BLUE SAGE Scutellaria parvula SMALL SKULLCAP Senecio pauperculus BALSAM GROUNDSEL Senecio plattensis PRAIRIE GROUNDSEL Silene stellata STARRY CAMPION Silphium integrifolium WHOLELEAF ROSINWEED Silphium laciniatum COMPASS-PLANT Silphium terebinthinaceum DOCK ROSIN-WEED Sisyrinchium albidum BLUE-EYED GRASS Sisyrinchium angustifolium COMMON BLUE-EYED GRASS Sium suave WATER PARSNIP Smilacina stellata STARRY FALSE SOLOMON SEAL Solanum carolinense HORSE-NETTLE Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD Solidago juncea EARLY GOLDENROD Solidago missouriensis MISSOURI GOLDENROD Solidago nemoralis DYERSWEED GOLDENROD Solidago riddellii RIDDELL'S GOLDENROD Solidago rigida RIGID GOLDENROD Solidago speciosa SHOWY GOLDENROD Stachys aspera HYSSOP HEDGE NETTLE Stachys palustris homotricha WOUNDWORT Taenidia integerrima YELLOW PIMPERNEL Teucrium canadense boreale GRAY GERMANDER Teucrium canadense virginicum AMERICAN GERMANDER Thalictrum dasycarpum PURPLE MEADOW RUE Thalictrum dasycarpum hypoglaucum MEADOW RUE Thalictrum revolutum WAXY MEADOW RUE Thelypteris palustris pubescens MARSH FERN Tradescantia ohiensis SPIDERWORT Tradescantia virginiana SPIDERWORT Trichostema brachiatum FALSE PENNYROYAL Triodanis perfoliata VENUS' LOOKING-GLASS Verbena bracteata CREEEPING VERVAIN
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Scientific Name Common Name Verbena hastata BLUE VERVAIN Verbena simplex NARROW-LEAVED VERVAIN Verbena stricta HOARY VERVAIN Verbesina helianthoides YELLOW CROWNBEARD Vernonia fasciculata COMMON IRONWEED Vernonia gigantea TALL IRON WEED Vernonia missurica MISSOURI IRONWEED Veronicastrum virginicum CULVER'S ROOT Viola pedata BIRDFOOT VIOLET Viola pedatifida PRAIRIE VIOLET Viola sororia WOOLLY BLUE VIOLET Zizia aurea GOLDEN ALEXANDERS
List compiled by Dan Olson and Mindy Allen – August 2010
Literature Cited 1. United States Forest Service, http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/ilpin/ilpin_allspp.html 2. United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database, http://plants.usda.gov 3. Wildflowers of Illinois Woodland by Sylvan T. Runkel & Alvin F. Bull. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. 1994 4. Illinois Wildflowers by Don Kurz. Cloudland.net Publishing, Cave Mountain, Arkansas. 2004
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