Antelope Horns Milkweed
Asclepias asperula
Image: Andrey Zharkikh / CC BY 2.0
Cream Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteata
Image: Frank Mayfield / CC BY-SA 2.0
Prairie Penstemon
Penstemon cobaea
Image: Eric Hunt / CC BY-SA 4.0
Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis
Image: Earl McGehee / CC BY-SA 2.0
Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Image: Chad Woodward / CC BY-SA 4.0
Blanketflower
Gaillardia pulchella
Image: Rhododendrites / CC BY-SA 4.0
Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
Image: Krzysztof Golik / CC BY-SA 4.0
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Image: Kristen Ortwerth / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Narrowleaf Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
Image: Enrico Blasutto / CC BY-SA 4.0
Narrow Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Image: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / CC BY-SA 4.0
Purple Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Image: Clinton & Charles Robertson / CC BY-SA 2.0
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
Image: Peter Gorman / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Baldwin's Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii
Image: Nick Varvel / CC BY 2.0
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Image: Ryan Hodnett / CC BY-SA 4.0
Leavenworth's Eryngo
Eryngium leavenworthii
Image: Nick Varvel / CC BY 2.0
Wholeleaf Rosinweed
Silphium integrifolium
Image: Jerry Oldenettel / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Image: Peter Gorman / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
Image: Eleanor / CC BY-NC 2.0
Giant Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Image: Calimo / CC BY-SA 3.0
Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Image: USFWS Mountain-Prairie / CC BY 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.