Illinois Native Prairie Flowers You will need to

Illinois Native Prairie Flowers • You will need to know all common names and 5 scientific names.

Asteracaea (Aster) Family Aster Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea Composite Flowers (disk flowers) – multiple little flowers in one

Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Aster family (Asteraceae)

Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia Hirta Aster family (Asteraceae)

Prairie Sunflower Helianthus petiolaris Aster family (Asteraceae)

Golden Rod Oligoneuron rigidum Aster family (Asteraceae)

Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum Aster family (Asteraceae)

Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum Aster family (Asteraceae)

American Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aster family (Asteraceae)

Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve Aster family (Asteraceae)

New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya Aster family (Asteraceae)

Rough Blazing Star: Liatris aspera Aster family (Asteraceae)

Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum pilosum Mint family (Lamiaceae)

Wild Bergamot or bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) Mint family (Lamiaceae)

Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana arenaria Mint family (Lamiaceae)

Nodding Onion Allium cernuum Family Amaryllidaceae

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriacus • Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae) • Predated by aphids, monarch caterpillars etc… Insects that are often orange because of chemicals in plant milk/sap • Strong Pollinators by beetles, sphinx months, some bees, but not honey bees • Native to Illinois threatened and important for keeping endangered monarch populations alive

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriacus Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae)

Swamp Milk Weed Asclepias incarnata Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae)

Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivanti Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae) Can see flowers comes out from sides not tip called axial in most plants some are terminal

Butterfly Weed or Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae)