Blue Gentian Prairie Plant List Specimen Determination Common Name Allium stellatum autumn onion ; prairie onion Amaranthus tuberculatus rough-fruit amaranth ; tamarisk water-hemp Amorpha canescens leadplant Andropogon gerardii big bluestem Anemone canadensis round-leaf thimbleweed ; Canada anemone Anemone cylindrica long-head thimbleweed ; candle anemone Anemone patens var. multifida American pasque flower ; prairie-smoke Antennaria neglecta field pussytoes Apocynum sibiricum clasping dogbane ; Indian-hemp Asclepias syriaca common milkweed Asclepias verticillata whorled milkweed Asclepias viridiflora green comet milkweed Astragalus agrestis field milk-vetch ; cock's-head Avena sativa cultivated oats Bouteloua curtipendula sideoats gramma ; semiphoregrass Bromus inermis smooth brome ; Hungarian brome Calylophus serrulatus yellow sundrops Calystegia sepium hedge false bindweed Chenopodium album lamb's-quarters ; white lamb's-quarters Coreopsis palmata stiff tickseed ; prairie coreopsis Dalea candida white prairie-clover Dalea purpurea purple prairie-clover ; violet prairie-clover Echinacea angustifolia purple coneflower; blacksamson echinacea Equisetum laevigatum smooth horsetail ; smooth scouring-rush Fragaria virginiana Virginia strawberry Galium boreale northern bedstraw Hesperostipa spartea porcupinegrass Hypoxis hirsuta eastern yellow star-grass Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus forest-pea ; veiny vetchling Lespedeza capitata round-head bush-clover Linum sulcatum grooved yellow flax Lobelia spicata spiked lobelia ; pale-spike lobelia Medicago lupulina black medick Melilotus officinalis yellow sweet-clover Mirabilis nyctaginea heart-leaf four-o'clock Oxalis violacea violet wood-sorrel Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii stemless locoweed ; purple locoweed Pedicularis canadensis forest lousewort ; Canada lousewort Pediomelum argophyllum silvery scurf-pea ; silver-leaf Indian breadroot Pediomelum esculentum shaggy prairie-turnip ; large Indian breadroot ©2011, MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. Specimen Determination Common Name Phlox pilosa var. fulgida downy phlox Potentilla arguta tall cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica strawberryweed ; Norwegian cinquefoil Ranunculus rhomboideus Labrador buttercup ; prairie buttercup Ratibida pinnata pinnate-leaf prairie coneflower ; gray-head Mexican hat Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium little bluestem Sinapis arvensis corn mustard ; charlock Sisyrinchium campestre prairie blue-eyed-grass Sisyrinchium mucronatum needletip blue-eyed-grass Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass Sporobolus heterolepis prairie dropseed ; northern dropseed Thalictrum dasycarpum purple meadow-rue ; tall meadow-rue Trifolium hybridum alsike clover Trifolium pratense red clover Verbena stricta hoary vervain Zizia aptera heart-leaf alexanders; meadow alexanders Zizia aurea golden alexanders Source: J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History Herbarium, Vascular plant collection database ©2011, MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved..