Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Image: David J. Stang / CC BY-SA 4.0
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Image: BlueCanoe / CC BY-SA 3.0
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Clasping Coneflower
Dracopis amplexicaulis
Image: Johanna Loock / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Eastern Smooth Penstemon
Penstemon laevigatus
Image: Jon Hayes /CC BY-NC 2.0
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Image: Jerry Oldenettel / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Image: Joe deSousa / CC0 Public Domain
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Image: Matt Lavin / CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastern Rosemallow
Hibiscus moscheutus
Image: Michael Wolf / CC BY-SA 3.0
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Image: Peter Gorman / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Marsh Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Image: Pixel2013 / CC0 Public Domain
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Image: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / CC BY-SA 4.0
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Image: SB_Johnny / CC BY-SA 3.0
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
Image: BlueRidgeKitties / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Narrowleaf Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Image: Eric Hunt / CC BY-SA 4.0
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.