Ohio Prairie Plant of the Month
An Ohio Prairie Plant Featured Each Month Species Name, Details, Locations in Ohio,
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April's Plant, Whorled Rosinweed, Silphium asteriscus trifoliatum (note this new botanical name).
Agalinis purpurea Purple False Foxglove May 2008
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem Prairie Grass January 2005
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium Pale Indian-plantain August 2006
Asclepias hirtella Tall Green Milkweed October 2007
Asclepias sullivantii Sullivant's Milkweed December 2005
Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed November 2006
Aster ericoides HeathAster January 2008
Aster novae-angliae New England Aster October 2006
Chamaechrista fasciculata Partridge Pea August 2007
Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock April 2007
Comandra umbellata Bastard Toadflax May 2006
Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis October 2005
Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood January 2007
Cypripidium candidum Showy White Ladies' Slipper Orchid April 2006
Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil March 2008
Dodecatheon meadia Shootingstar December 2006
Doellingeria umbellata Flat-topped Aster November 2007
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower February 2006
Elymus canadensis Canada Wildrye June 2006
Eragrostis spectabilis lPurple Lovegrass February 2008
Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge July 2007
Euthamia remota Great Lakes Goldenrod May 2007
Gaura biennis Biennial Gaura September 2007
Krigia biflora Dwarf or False Dandelion March 2007
Liatris spicata Dense Blazingstar November 2005
Lilium michiganense Michigan Lilly January 2006
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot March 2005
Oligoneuron rigidum Stiff Goldenrod July 2007
Polygala sanguinea Field Milkwort February 2007
Prenanthes aspera Rough White Lettuce September 2006
Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower February 2005
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan July 2005
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem December 2007
Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock August 2005
Silphium asteriscus trifoliatum Whorled Rosinweed April 2008
Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass April 2005
Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass March 2006
Symphyotricum ericoides HeathAster January 2008
Symphyotricum novae-angliae New England Aster October 2006
Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio Spiderwort May 2005
Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's-root July 2006
Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders June 2005