Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Image: Frank Mayfield / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Image: Barnes Dr Thomas G, USFWS / CC0 Public Domain
Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
Image: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma / CC BY-SA 3.0
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Image: Ryan Hodnett / CC BY-SA 4.0
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Image: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / CC BY-SA 4.0
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Image: Matt Lavin / CC BY-SA 2.0
Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Image: R. A. Nonenmacher / CC BY-SA 4.0
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Image: H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0
Field Thistle
Cirsium discolor
Image: Frank Mayfield / CC BY-SA 2.0
White Golden Glow
Rudbeckia laciniata
Image: Babij / CC BY-SA 2.0
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana clausa
Image: USDA / CC0 Public Domain
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Image: Andrey Zharkikh / CC BY 2.0
Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Image: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma / CC BY-SA 4.0
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.