Illinois Native Plant Society 2019 Plant List Plant Sale: Saturday, May 11, 9:00am – 1:00pm Illinois State Fairgrounds Commodity Pavilion (Across from Grandstand) Herbaceous Plants Scientific Name Common Name Description Growing Conditions Comment Dry to moist, Sun to part Blooms mid-late summer Butterfly, bee. Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop 2-4', Lavender to purple flowers shade AKA Blue Giant Hyssop Allium cernuum var. Moist to dry, Sun to part Nodding Onion 12-18", Showy white flowers Blooms mid summer Bee. Mammals avoid cernuum shade 18", White flowers after leaves die Allium tricoccum Ramp (Wild Leek) Moist, Shade Blooms summer Bee. Edible back Moist to dry, Part shade to Blooms late spring-early summer Aquilegia canadensis Red Columbine 30", Scarlet and yellow flowers shade Hummingbird, bee Moist to wet, Part to full Blooms late spring-early summer Showy red Arisaema dracontium Green Dragon 1-3', Narrow greenish spadix shade fruits. Mammals avoid 1-2', Green-purple spadix, striped Moist to wet, Part to full Blooms mid-late spring Showy red fruits. Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit inside shade Mammals avoid Wet to moist, Part shade to Blooms late spring-early summer Bee. AKA Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard 2-4', White fluffy panicles in spring shade Brides Feathers Wet to moist, Light to full Blooms mid-late spring Mammals avoid. Asarum canadense Canadian Wildginger 6-12", Purplish brown flowers shade Attractive groundcover 3-5', White flowers with Moist, Dappled sun to part Blooms summer Monarch larval food. Bee, Asclepias exaltata Poke Milkweed purple/green tint shade butterfly. Uncommon Blooms mid-late summer Monarch larval Asclepias hirtella (Tall) Green Milkweed To 3', Showy white flowers Dry to moist, Sun food. Bee, butterfly Blooms mid-late summer Monarch larval Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed 4-5', Pink flowers Wet to moist, Sun food. Butterfly, hummingbird, bee Asclepias incarnata Blooms mid-late summer Monarch larval Swamp Milkweed 4-5', White flowers Wet to moist, Sun alba NEW food. Butterfly, bee. Natural varient 2-3', Showy fragrant redish-purple Moist, Dappled sun to part Blooms late spring-mid summer Monarch Asclepias purpurascens Purple Milkweed flowers shade larval food. Butterfly, hummingbird, bee Blooms early summer to frost Monarch Asclepias sullivantii Prairie Milkweed 2-3', Showy pink flowers Wet to moist, Sun larval food. Butterfly, bee Scientific Name Common Name Description Growing Conditions Comment 3-5', Fragrant pink to deep pink Moist to dry, Sun to part Blooms summer Preferred Monarch larval Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed purple flowers shade food. Bee, butterfly. Spreads Blooms summer Monarch larval food. Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed 18-30", Showy orange flowers Moist to dry, Sun Butterfly, hummingbird, bee Blooms late spring-early summer Monarch Spider (Green) 10-24", White to green, purple Asclepias viridis Moist to dry, Sun larval food. Butterfly, bee. AKA Green Milkweed tinged flowers Antelopehorn 18-42", Showy cream flower Astragalus canadensis Canadian Milkvetch Moist to dry, Sun Blooms summer Bee. NOT toxic to livestock clusters Blooms late spring-mid summer Butterfly, Baptisia alba White Wild Indigo 3-5', Showy white pea-like flowers Moist to dry, Sun skipper larval food. Bumblebee. Decorative seed pods Blooms late spring-early summer Butterfly, Baptisia australis var. Dry to moist, Sun to part Blue Wild Indigo 18-36", Showy blue flowers skipper larval food. Bee. Decorative seed minor shade pods Baptisia bracteata var. 18-24'', Showy cream pea-like Moist to dry, Sun to part Blooms mid-late spring Butterfly, skipper Creamy Wild Indigo leucophaea flowers shade larval food. Bee. Decorative seed pods Dry to Moist, Sun to light Blephilia ciliata Downey Pagoda-Plant 12-24", Pale lavender flowers Blooms early summer Bee, butterfly shade 12-30", White to pale lavender Dry to Moist, Sun to part Blephilia hirsuta Hairy Pagoda-Plant Blooms summer Bee, butterfly flowers shade Blooms mid summer-early fall Some skipper Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama 18-30", Purplish flowers Dry to moist, Sun larval food. Decorative native grass Dry to well-drained moist, Blooms late spring-late summer Bee. Callirhoe involucrata Purple Poppymallow 6-9", Showy magenta flowers Sun Adventive in IL Blooms mid-late spring Butterfly, bee. Cardamine bulbosa Spring Cress 2-3', White flowers Wet to moist, Shade Mammals avoid. AKA Blubous Bittercress Blooms late spring-early summer Butterfly Carex buxbaumii Buxbaum's Sedge 1-3', Dark brown inflorescence Moist, Sun and skipper larval food. Attractive inflorescence Gray's (Morning Star) Blooms late spring-mid summer Butterfly Carex grayi 18", Green fruits Moist, Sun Sedge and skipper larval food. Showy green fruits Moist to dry, Part sun to Blooms mid-late spring Butterfly and skipper Carex jamesii NEW James' Sedge To 12", Small green inflorescence shade larval food Scientific Name Common Name Description Growing Conditions Comment 1', Flowers grouped in dense Blooms mid-late spring Butterfly and skipper Carex meadii Mead's Sedge Moist to dry, Sun stalked head larval food. Blue-green leafs Carex muehlenbergii Muhlenberg's (Sand) 12-30", Yellow-green Dry to moist, Sun to part Blooms late spring-early summer Butterfly NEW Sedge inflorescence sun. and skipper larval food Muskingum (Palm) Blooms late spring-early summer Butterfly Carex muskingumensis 1', Attractive inflorescence Moist, Sun Sedge and skipper larval food. Attractive foliage Chasmanthium Inland Oats (Indian Blooms mid summer-early fall Northern 3-4', Decorative seed heads Moist, Sun to light shade latifolium Woodoats) Pearly Eye larval food. Decorative dried Chelone glabra White Turtlehead 2-3', White flowers Wet to moist, Part shade Blooms late summer-fall Bee, hummingbird Moist to dry, Sun to part Blooms late summer-fall Painted Lady larval Cirsium discolor NEW Pasture (Field) Thistle 2-8', Pink or rarely white flowers shade food. Butterfly, Hummingbird, bee Conoclinium Moist, Light shade to part Blooms mid summer-early fall Butterfly, Blue Mistflower 18-24”, Showy pale purple flowers coelestinum sun bee. AKA Eupatorium coelestinum Lanceleaf (Sand) Blooms summer Butterfly, Bee. Good cut Coreopsis lanceolata 1-3', Yellow flowers Dry to moist, Sun Coreopsis flower. AKA Lanceleaf Tickseed Blooms early summer Butterfly, Bee. Good Coreopsis palmata Prairie Coreopsis 12-30", Yellow flowers Dry to moist, Sun cut flower. AKA Stiff Tickseed 3-7', Yellow flowers with redish- Blooms mid summer-early fall Butterfly, Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis Moist to dry, Sun to part sun brown center bee. Goldfinches eat seed Small fern Mat forming. AKA Cystopteris Cystopteris protrusa Southern Fragile Fern 4-12", Non-blooming Moist, Light shade fragilis var. protrusa Dry to moist Well-drained, Blooms early-mid summer Dogface Sulfur Dalea candida White Prairie Clover 12-30", White Flowers Sun larval food. Bee, small butterflies Blooms mid-late summer Dogface Sulfur Well-drained moist to dry, Dalea foliosa Leafy Prairie Clover 2', Purple flowers larval food. Bee, butterfly. Prairie Moon Sun seed Blooms early-mid summer Dogface Sulfur Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover 1-3', Purple flowers Moist to dry, Sun larval food. Bee, butterfly Blooms mid summer-early fall Butterfly, Delphinium exaltatum Tall Larkspur 4-6', Showy purplish-blue flowers Moist to dry, Sun to part sun hummingbird, bee. Toxic to mammals. Not IL native Blooms summer Bee. Lacy foliage. AKA Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois Bundleflower To 3', White powder puff flowers Moist, Sun to part shade Prairie Mimosa Scientific Name Common Name Description Growing Conditions Comment 12-18", White, pink, or purple Moist to dry, Sun to light Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star Blooms late spring Bee. Showy flowers flowers shade Blooms early-mid summer Silvery Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower To 3', Light pink flowers Moist to dry, Sun Checkerspot larval food. Butterfly, bee Eastern Purple Blooms mid-late summer Silvery Echinacea purpurea To 4', Pink flowers Moist to dry, Sun Coneflower Checkerspot larval food. Butterfly, bee Elymus canadensis Dry to Moist, Sun to part Blooms mid-late summer Decorative bluish Canada Wildrye 2-5', Arching rye-like seed heads glaucifolius shade grass. Clump forming Eastern Bottlebrush 3-5', Bottlebrush-shaped seed Dry to Moist, Sun to part Blooms summer Northern Pearly Eye larval Elymus hystrix Grass heads shade food. Showy seed heads Moist to dry, Sun to light Blooms mid-late summer Butterfly, bee. Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master 3-5', White flowers shade Excellent accent plant Moist to wet, Sun to part Blooms mid-late summer Butterfly, bee. Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed 2-4', Dusky rose flowers shade AKA Eupatorium maculatum Eutrochium purpureum Moist to wet, Sun to part Blooms mid-late summer Butterfly, bee. Sweetscented Joe Pye 4-7', Mauve pink flowers var. purpureum shade AKA Purple Joe Pye Wet to moist, Sun to part Filipendula rubra Queen-of-the-Prairie 4-6', Showy pink flowers Blooms early-mid summer Bee. Rare shade Gentiana andrewsii Closed Bottle Gentian 1-2', Showy blue flowers Moist, Sun to part shade Blooms late summer-early fall Bumblebee Blooms late spring-early summer Butterfly, Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium To 30"', Purplish-pink flowers Moist to dryish, Shade bee. Can form dense colonies. AKA Spotted Geranium 12-18", Red flowers, wispy seed Dry to moist, Sun to part Blooms spring Bumblebee. Attractive in Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke heads shade gardens Gillenia (Porteranthus)