Aullwood's Prairie Plants
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Aullwood's Prairie Plants Taxonomy and nomenclature generally follow: Gleason, H.A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second ed. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y. 910 pp. Based on a list compiled by Jeff Knoop, 1981; revised November 1997. 29 Families, 104 Species (98 Native Species, 6 Non-Native Species) Angiosperms Dicotyledons Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family Anemone canadensis - Canada Anemone Anemone virginiana - Thimble Flower Fagaceae - Oak Family Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family Silene noctiflora - Night Flowering Catchfly* Dianthus armeria - Deptford Pink* Lychnis alba - White Campion* (not in Gleason and Cronquist) Clusiaceae - St. John's Wort Family Hypericum perforatum - Common St. John's Wort* Hypericum punctatum - Spotted St. John's Wort Primulaceae - Ebony Family Dodecatheon media - Shooting Star Mimosacea Mimosa Family Desmanthus illinoensis - Prairie Mimosa Caesalpiniaceae Caesalpinia Family Chaemaecrista fasiculata - Partridge Pea Fabaceae - Pea Family Baptisia bracteata - Creamy False Indigo Baptisia tinctoria - False Wild Indigo+ Baptisia leucantha (alba?) - White False Indigo Lupinus perennis - Wild Lupine Desmodium illinoense - Illinois Tick Trefoil Desmodium canescens - Hoary Tick Trefoil Lespedeza virginica - Slender-leaved Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata - Round-headed Bush Clover Amorpha canescens - Lead Plant Dacea purpureum - Purple Prairie Clover Dacea candidum - White Prairie Clover Amphicarpa bracteata - Hog Peanut Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family Gaura biennis - Biennial Gaura Santalaceae - Sandlewood Family Comandra umbellata - Star Toadflax Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family Euphorbia corollata - Flowering Spurge Rutaceae - Rue Family Ptelea trifoliata - Hop Tree Apiaceae - Carrot Family Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders Thaspium trifoliatum - Purple Meadow Parsnip Gentianaceae - Gentain Family Sabatia angularius - Rose Pink Gentiana villosa - Sampson's Snakeroot Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed Family Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Weed Asclepias verticillata - Whorled Milkweed Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed Convolvulaceae - Morning Glory Family Ipomoea pandurata - Wild Potato Vine Polemoniaceae - Phlox Family Phlox glaberrimma - Smooth Phlox Boraginaceae - Borage Family Lithospermum canescens - Hoary Puccoon Verbenaceae - Vervain Family Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain Campanulaceae - Lobelia Family Lobelia spicata - Pale-spiked Lobelia Lamiaceae - Mint Family Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum - Hairy Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum - Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint Physotegia virginiana - Obedient Plant Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot Blephilia ciliata - Downy Woodmint Linaria vulgaris - Butter and Eggs* Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family Leucospora multifida - Sand Figwort Penstemon hirsutus - Hairy Beardstongue Penstemon digitalis - Fox-glove Beardstongue Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root Asteraceae - Sunflower Family Helianthus annuus - Common Sunflower Helianthus mollis - Hairy Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis - Few-leaved Sunflower Helianthus giganteus - Giant Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus - Saw Toothed Sunflower Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba - Brown-eyed Susan Echinacea purpurea - Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida - Western Purple Coneflower Ratibida pinnata - Yellow Coneflower Heliopsis helianthoides - False Sunflower Coreopsis tripteris - Tall Tickseed Coreopsis palmata - Stiff Tickweed Silphium integrefolium - Western Rosinweed Silphium trifoliatum - Eastern Rosinweed Silphium laciniatum - Compass Plant Silphium terebinthenaceum - Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthenaceum var. lucy-brauniae - Cut-leaved Prairie Dock Parthenium integrifolium - Wild Quinine Solidago canadensis - Canada Goldenrod Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod Aster laevis - Smooth Aster Aster dumosus - Rice Button Aster Aster ericoides - White Heath Aster Aster novae - angliae - New England Aster Aster multiflorus - Dense Flowered Aster (not in Gleason and Cronquist) Boltonia asteroides - Aster-like Boltonia Gnaphalium obtusifolium - Sweet Everlasting Eupatorium altissimum - Tall Boneset Liatris aspera - Rough Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazing Star Liatris squarrosa - Scaly Blazing Star Liatris spicata - Dense Blazing Star Veronia gigantea - Aster-like Boltonia (orignally listed as V. altissima) Cirsium discolor - Old Field Thistle Prenanthes aspera - Rough White Lettuce Angiosperms Monocotyledons Commelinaceae - Spiderwort Family Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort Poaceae - Grass Family Elymus villosus - Nodding Wild Rye Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass Chasmantium latifolia - Broad-leaved Uniola Sporobolus asper - Rough Dropseed (under propagation)+ Spartina pectinata - Prairie Cord Grass Panicum virgatum - Switch Grass Andropogon gerardi - Big Blue Stem Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Blue Stem Lilaceae - Lily Family Allium vineale - Field Garlic* Allium canadense - Wild Garlic Lilium philidelphicum var. andinum - Western Wood Lily Smilacina stellata - Starry False Solomon's Seal Hypoxis hirsuta - Yellow Star Grass Agave virginica - American Aloe Iridaceae - Iris Family Sisyrinchium albidum - White-eye Grass Orchidaceae - Orchid Family Spiranthes cernua - Nodding Lady Tresses * Introduced Species - Adventive or naturalized plants of dry soil, fields and roadsides, but not prairie indicative. + Species not found on original Knoop list..