Midwest US Native Wildflowers – Page 05

Wonderful for your wetlands, this wild ageratum closely resembles the domesticated variety so popular in gardens today...

Named for a Native American who used it to treat fevers, “Joe Pye Weed” is very showy in mass wildflower plantings in wet areas....

This wildflower was a favorite medicine of early Americans, and its name comes from its use in treating an outbreak of influenza known as ‘break-bone’ fever....

Reminding some of dusty rose phlox, this beautiful plant's showy colors are displayed during late summer when most plant's flowers are dying away...

Looking for a winsome perennial wildflower with lots of snow white flowers? Flowering Spurge is similar to baby's breath in appearance; dainty and sweet....

Queen-of-the-Prairie is a fitting name for this stunning wildflower...

The bi-colored flowers appearing in yellows, reds, burgundys, and browns remind many of the blankets woven by Native Americans...

An annual version of the famous native "Firewheel," this wildflower can add brilliant color to any meadow...

A giant of the prairie....

Beautiful white blooms with a tinge of pink....

Naturalizing over time, this perennial wildflower would be lovely in a shade garden or along a stream or pond....

Sometimes called the "Fringed Gentian", this name comes from the ruffled outer edges of the showy blooms...

Perhaps you will have the privilege of witnessing a bumblebee squeeze into this delicate wildflower....

Attractive, blue-violet blooms covers this wildflower during the Fall...

This popular specimen is known for its dreamy, blushing seed heads....

If you want to attract butterflies to your garden or meadow, this is the wildflower to plant...

This native wild plant bears clusters of yellowish-white flowers from May through August...

The pioneer of all sunflowers, this basic annual variety is the one so treasured in the past by the Native American Indians...

Want to attract wildlife? This yellow giant is ideal for butterflies and yellow Goldfinches....

Named for German Prince Maximilian who explored parts of the American West in the 1830’s, this wildflower puts on quite a show....