# List of Minnesota wildflowers

This is a list of all the wildflowers native to Minnesota by common name, following Minnesota DNR conventions. Where several species of plants share part of a common name, they have been grouped together under that name; this is for indexing purposes and does not always indicate a taxonomic relationship.

## Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* L
* M
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* References
* External links

## A

* Alexanders
** Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)
** Heart-leaved alexanders (Zizia aptera)
* Anemone
** Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
** Cut-leaved anemone (Anemone multifida var. multifida)
** Wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
* Aplectrum
** Adam and Eve (Aplectrum hyemale)
* Asters
** Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
** Awl aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum)
** Bog aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)
** Crooked aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides)
** Drummond's aster (Symphyotrichum drummondii)
** Eastern panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum)
** Flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
** Heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
** Heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
** Large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
** Lindley's aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum)
** Long aster (Symphyotrichum x longulum)
** Modest aster (Canadanthus modestus)
** New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
** New England aster and Heath aster hybrid (Symphyotrichum x amethystinum)
** Ontario aster (Symphyotrichum ontarionis)
** Red-stemmed aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
** Short's aster (Symphyotrichum shortii; threatened)
** Sickle-shaped aster (Symphyotrichum falcatum)
** Side-flowering aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
** Silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)
** Skyblue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
** Smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
** Veiny lined aster (Symphyotrichum praealtum)
** Western panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium)
* Autumn sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

## B

* Baneberries
** Red baneberry (Actaea rubra)
** White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
* Beard-tongues
** Large-flowered beard tongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
** Pale beard tongue (Penstemon pallidus)
** Slender beard tongue (Penstemon gracilis)
** White beard tongue (Penstemon albidus)
* Bellworts
** Large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
** Pale bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)
* Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
* Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)
* Blazing stars
** Cylindric blazing star (Liatris cylindracea)
** Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata)
** Great blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya)
** Northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)
** Rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)
* Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
* Bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)
* Blueberries
** Lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
** Velvet-leaved blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
* Blue-eyed grasses
** Field blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)
** Mountain blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum montanum)
** Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
** Pointed-petal blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum)
* Blue flags
** Northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)
** Southern blue flag (Iris virginica var. shrevei)
* Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
* Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa var. interior)

## C

* Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
* Cinquefoils
** Bushy cinquefoil (Potentilla paradoxa)
** Marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris)
** Pennsylvania cinquefoil (Potentilla pensylvanica)
** Rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)
** Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
** Slender cinquefoil (Potentilla flabelliformis)
** Spreading cinquefoil (Potentilla effusa)
** Tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta)
* Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
* Coneflowers
** Gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
** Narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida var. angustifolia)
** Prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
** Sweet coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
** Tall coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)
** Three-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba; special concern)
* Coralroot
** Autumn coralroot (Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza)
** Early coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida)
** Spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)
** Striped coralroot (Corallorhiza striata var. striata)
* Cottongrasses
** Chamisso's cottongrass (Eriophorum chamissonis)
** Delicate cottongrass (Eriophorum tenellum)
** Green-keeled cottongrass (Eriophorum viridicarinatum)
** Slender cottongrass (Eriophorum gracile)
** Tall cottongrass (Eriophorum polystachion)
** Tawny cottongrass (Eriophorum virginicum)
** Tussock cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum)
* Cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)
* Culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

## D

* Dogbanes
** Clasping dogbane (Apocynum sibiricum)
** Hemp dogbane or American hemp, (Apocynum cannabinum)
** Intermediate dogbane (Apocynum x floribundum)
** Spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

## E

* Evening primroses
** Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
** Cleland's evening primrose (Oenothera clelandii)
** Cut-leaved evening primrose (Oenothera laciniata)
** Northern evening primrose (Oenothera parviflora)
** Nuttall's evening primrose (Oenothera nuttallii)
** Perennial evening primrose (Oenothera perennis)
** Rhombic evening primrose (Oenothera rhombipetala)
** Toothed evening primrose (Calylophus serrulatus)

## F

* False Solomon's Seals
** Common false Solomon's seal (Smilacina racemosa)
** Starry false Solomon's seal (Smilacina stellata)
** Three-leaved false Solomon's seal (Smilacina trifolia)
* Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)
* Flodman's thistle (Cirsium flodmanii)

## G

* Gaywings (Polygala paucifolia)
* Gentians
** Billington's gentian (Gentiana x billingtonii)
** Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
** Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)
** Great Lakes gentian (Gentiana rubricaulis)
** Greater fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita)
** Horse gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum)
** Lesser fringed gentian (Gentianopsis procera)
** Northern gentian (Gentiana affinis; special concern)
** Spurred gentian (Halenia deflexa)
** Stiff gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia var. occidentalis)
** Yellowish gentian (Gentiana flavida)
* Giant hyssops
** Blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
** Purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariaefolia)
** Yellow giant hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
* Goldenrod
** Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
** Early goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
** Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
** Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
** Hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida)
** Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)
** Riddell's goldenrod (Solidago riddellii)
** Stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
** Soft goldenrod (Solidago mollis; special concern)
** Upland white aster (Solidago ptarmicoides)
** Zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
* Ground plum (Astragalus crassicarpus)
* Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)

## H

* Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
* Hepaticas
** Sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)
** Round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)
* Honeysuckles
** Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
** Fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
** Grape honeysuckle (Lonicera reticulata)
** Hairy honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta)
** Mountain fly honeysuckle (Lonicera villosa)
** Swamp fly honeysuckle (Lonicera oblongifolia)
** Wild honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)

## I

* Indian paintbrushes
** Downy paintbrush (Castilleja sessiliflora)
** Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
** Northern paintbrush (Castilleja septentrionalis; endangered)
* Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

## J

* Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
* Joe pye weeds
** Spotted Joe pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
** Sweet Joe pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)

## L

* Lady's slippers
** Andrew's lady's slipper (Cypripedium × andrewsii)
** Showy lady's slipper (Cypripedium reginae; the Minnesota State flower)
** Small white lady's slipper (Cypripedium candidum; special concern)
** Stemless lady's slipper, also known as Moccasin flower, (Cypripedium acaule)
** Yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus)
* Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

## M

* Marsh marigolds
** Floating marsh marigold (Caltha natans; endangered)
** Common marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
* Milk vetches
** Alpine milk vetch (Astragalus alpinus; endangered)
** Canada milk vetch (Astragalus canadensis)
** Cooper's milk vetch (Astragalus neglectus)
** Field milk vetch (Astragalus agrestis)
** Loose-flowered milkvetch (Astragalus tenellus)
** Lotus milk vetch (Astragalus lotiflorus)
** Missouri milk vetch (Astragalus missouriensis; special concern)
** Prairie milk vetch (Astragalus adsurgens)
** Racemose milk vetch (Astragalus racemosus; possibly non-native)
** Slender milk vetch (Astragalus flexuosus; special concern)
* Milkweeds
** Clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis; special concern)
** Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
** Green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora)
** Narrow-leaved milkweed (Asclepias stenophylla; endangered)
** Oval-leaved milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia)
** Poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
** Prairie milkweed (Asclepias hirtella; threatened)
** Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
** Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
** Sullivant's milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii; threatened)
** Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata var. incarnata)
** Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
** Woolly milkweed (Asclepias lanuginosa)
* Miterworts
** Naked miterwort (Mitella nuda)
** Two-leaved miterwort (Mitella diphylla)

## O

* Orchids
** Hooker's orchid (Platanthera hookeri)
** Intermediate bog orchid (Platanthera × media)
** Large round-leaved orchid (Platanthera orbiculata)
** Long-bracted orchid (Ceologlossum viride var. varescens)
** Ragged fringed orchid (Platanthera lacera)
** Ram's head orchid (Cypripedium arietinum; threatened)
** Small green wood orchid (Platanthera clavellata; special concern)
** Small northern bog orchid (Platanthera obtusata)
** Small purple fringed orchid (Platanthera psycodes)
** Tall northern bog orchid (Platanthera hyperborea)
** Tall white bog orchid (Platanthera dilatata)
** Tubercled rein orchid (Platanthera flava var. herbiola; endangered)
** Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara; threatened)
* Ox-eye or early sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra)

## P

* Prairie clover
** Foxtail prairie clover (Dalea leporina)
** Purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea)
** Silky prairie clover (Dalea villosa)
** White prairie clover (Dalea candida)

## R

* Roses
** Prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)
** Prickly rose (Rosa acicularis)
** Smooth wild rose (Rosa blanda)
** Wood's rose (Rosa woodsii var. woodsii)

## S

* Silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)
* Spiderworts
** Bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata)
** Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
** Western spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis)
* Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
* Strawberries
** Common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
** Wood strawberry (Fragaria vesca var. americana)
* Sunflowers
** Bright sunflower (Helianthus × laetiflorus)
** Common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
** Giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
** Hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)
** Maximilian's sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)
** Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii ssp. rydbergii; special concern)
** Prairie sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris var. petiolaris)
** Sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus)
** Stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus)
** Tickseed sunflower (Bidens aristosa)
** Western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis var. occidentalis)
** Woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)
** For early sunflower, see ox-eye.

## T

* Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)
* Touch-me-nots
** Pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)
** Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
* Trilliums
** Drooping trillium (Trillium flexipes)
** Large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
** Nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum var. macranthum)
** Snow trillium (Trillium nivale)
* Twinflower (Linnaea borealis var. longiflora)
* Twistedstalks
** Clasping leaved twistedstalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)
** Rose twistedstalk (Streptopus roseus var. longipes)
* Twinflower (Linnaea borealis var. longiflora)
* Twistedstalks
** Clasping leaved twistedstalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)
** Rose twistedstalk (Streptopus roseus var. longipes)

## V

* Violets
** Arrow-leaved violet (Viola sagittata)
** Bearded birdfoot violet (Viola palmata var. pedatifida)
** Beardless birdfoot violet (Viola pedata)
** Big-leaved white violet (Viola blanda)
** Common blue violet (Viola sororia)
** Dog violet (Viola conspersa)
** Great-spurred violet (Viola selkirkii)
** Kidney-leaved violet (Viola renifolia)
** Marsh violet (Viola cucullata)
** Lance-leaved violet (Viola lanceolata; threatened)
** New England violet (Viola novae-angliae)
** Northern bog violet (Viola nephrophylla)
** Northern white violet (Viola macloskeyi var. pallens)
** Rugulose violet (Viola canadensis var. rugulosa)
** Sand violet (Viola adunca)
** Yellow prairie violet (Viola nuttallii; threatened)
** Yellow violet (Viola pubescens)
* Violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea)
* Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

## W

* White camas (Zigadenus elegans)
* Wild bergamot or bee-balm (Monarda fistulosa)
* Wild calla (Calla palustris)
* Wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)
* Wild onions
** Nodding wild onion (Allium cernuum)
** Prairie wild onion (Allium stellatum)
** White wild onion (Allium textile)
* Wild sweet William (Phlox maculata)
* Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
* Wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)
* Wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
* Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum)
* Wormwoods
** Sage wormwood (Artemisia frigida)
** Tall wormwood (Artemisia campestris)