Native Wildflowers

Actaea racemosa (black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle; syn. Cimicifuga racemosa) is in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae...

The soft, anise-scented leaves are used as a seasoning, as a tea, and in potpourri. The purple flower spike is favored by bees who make a light fragrant honey from the nectar. It's a butterfly...

Antennaria is a genus of about 45 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one...

Aralia racemosa, or American spikenard, is a rhizomatous, shrubby-looking, but soft-stemmed, herbaceous perennial of the Ginseng family that is native to moist rich woods...

Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) (goat's beard or bride's feathers) is in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is herbaceous, with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin, stiff...

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed and Rose Milkweed) is a fetching herbaceous perennial native to much of North America. It is found growing in damp to wet soil,...

Asclepias speciosa, commonly called showy milkweed, is a rough, robust  perennial which commonly occurs on dry slopes, open woodland areas, roadsides, waste areas and...

Asclepias tuberosa is a milkweed species native to eastern North America. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.3–1 metre (10 in–3 ft 3 in) tall, with clustered orange or...

Symphyotrichum ericoides, commonly known as the White Aster or Heath Aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the composite family. It is native to much of North America from Quebes and...