Allium cernuum
Nodding wild onion (cernuum in Latin means nodding) is a Missouri native plant which occurs primarily in rocky soils on glades, bluff edges, open woods and slopes in the Ozark region of the State. Plants typically grow 12-18" (less frequently to ... [... more]
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Allium stellatum
Prairie onion is a Missouri native plant that occurs primarily in rocky soils on limestone glades and bluff ledges in the Ozark region of the State (Steyermark). It is also found on rocky prairies in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains where it ... [... more]
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Anemone virginiana
This spring-blooming anemone is a Missouri native plant that grows up to 2' tall (sometimes taller in the wild) and typically occurs in rocky or dry open woods or wooded slopes. One inch diameter flowers are borne on erect stems above the foliage ... [... more]
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Asclepias incarnata
Swamp milkweed is an erect, clump-forming, Missouri native plant which is commonly found in swamps, river bottomlands and wet meadows throughout the State. It typically grows 3-4' tall (less frequently to 5') on branching stems. Small, fragrant, ... [... more]
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Aster laevis
This Smooth aster is a Missouri native that typically occurs in prairies, rocky glades, dry open woods, roadside banks and thickets. Stems are usually unbranched with variable, mostly toothed, smooth, bluish green foliage. Small flowers (.75 to ... [... more]
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Aster patens
Aster patens is a Missouri native aster which occurs in rocky or sandy open woods, thickets and glade margins in the Ozark region of the State (Steyermark). It is an upright plant that typically grows to 2.5' tall on slender, hairy, brittle ... [... more]
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Baptisia bracteata
This Missouri native features erect, branching stems of alternate, trifoliate leaves growing to 30" high with racemes of creamy white, pea-like flowers resembling lupines in shape. Flowers give way to blackish, showy seed pods which are ... [... more]
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Boltonia asteroides
Boltonia (also commonly called false aster) is a tall, rhizomatous perennial which is native to the eastern U.S. and typically occurs in wet prairies, wet meadows, marshes, stream banks and pond peripheries. Linear, lance-shaped, grayish-green ... [... more]
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Brunnera macrophylla Plant of Merit
Siberian bugloss is a rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial which features small, forget-me-not-like flowers (light blue with yellow centers) in airy, branched racemes rising well above the foliage on slender stems to 18" tall in spring. Basal, ... [... more]
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Callirhoe digitata
Fringed poppy mallow (or standing wine cup) is a Missouri native perennial which most frequently occurs in dryish, rocky soils in prairies, meadows and limestone glades in the southwestern part of the State. Plants typically grow 2-3' tall (less ... [... more]
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Callirhoe involucrata Plant of Merit
Purple poppy mallow is a mat-forming, Missouri native perennial which most frequently occurs in dryish, rocky soils in prairies, fields and along roadsides scattered in several counties mostly northeast of the Missouri River. Plants typically ... [... more]
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Cardamine concatenata
Best grown in humusy, organically-rich, well-drained soils in part shade. In optimum growing conditions, plants will slowly naturalize by rhizomes to form colonies, but are not invasive. Difficult to grow from seed. Toothwort (also commonly ... [... more]
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