Laceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Image: Fredlyfish4 / CC-BY-SA-4.0
Smooth Penstemon
Penstemon digitalis
Image: Julie Anne Workman / CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis
Image: Lisa Hupp / CC0 Public Domain
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Dotted Mint
Monarda punctata
Image: Bob Peterson / CC BY 2.0
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Image: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Image: C T Johansson / CC BY 3.0
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Image: Mabel Amber / CC0 Public Domain
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Image: Nick Varvel / CC BY 2.0
Virigina Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Image: Salicyna / CC BY-SA 4.0
Wild Bergamont
Monarda fistulosa
Image: USFWS Mountain-Prairie / CC BY 2.0
Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Image: Ryan Hodnett / CC BY-SA 2.0
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Image: Chris M Morris / CC BY 2.0
Purple Giant Hyssop
Agastache scrophulariifolia
Image: USDA NRCS / CC0 Public Domain
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Image: Peter Gorman / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
Image: Cbaile19 / CC0 Public Domain
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Image: Robert H. Mohlenbrock / CC0 Public Domain
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Image: John B. / CC BY 2.0
Field Thistle
Cirsium discolor
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Image: Leonardo DaSilva / CC BY 2.0
Our wildflower guides are adapted, with permission, from the Xerces Society’s pollinator-friendly native plants lists.
Two other great resources for wildlife-friendly native plants are National Wildlife Foundation’s Native Plant Finder and Audubon Societies’ Plants for Birds.