swap_horiz Common Fleabane Alternatives

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Purple Fringed Orchid

The Purple Fringed Orchid is a wildflower species native to meadows across North America. It’s recognized by its distinc...

Meadow Orchid Summer Purple

9.0 Excellent

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Prairie Blazing Star

The Prairie Blazing Star, *Liatris pycnostachya*, is a striking wildflower native to central prairies. This composite pl...

Composite Summer Purple Spike

9.0 Excellent

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Ox-eye Sunflower

Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) is a long-blooming perennial native to central and eastern North America, wid...

Composite Yellow Summer Prairie

8.5 Great

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Small Purple Fringed Orchid

The Small Purple Fringed Orchid, scientifically named Platanthera psycodes, is a perennial wildflower native to the wet...

Meadow Orchid Summer Fragrant

8.5 Great

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Wild Sunflower

Wild Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is the ancestor of all cultivated sunflowers, native to western North America, and wa...

Annual Composite Yellow Summer

8.4 Great

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Sweet Black-eyed Susan

Sweet black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) is a robust perennial wildflower native to the tallgrass prairies and me...

Meadow Annual Composite Yellow

8.3 Great

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Purple Coneflower

The Purple Coneflower (*Echinacea purpurea*) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the aster family, Asteraceae, native...

Composite Medicinal Summer Prairie

8.2 Great

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Prairie Coneflower

Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) is a native wildflower of North American prairies recognizable by its tall cyl...

Composite Yellow Summer Columnar

8.2 Great

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Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan (*Rudbeckia triloba*) is an upright, herbaceous plant belonging to the aster family, Asteraceae, native...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

8.2 Great

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Common Yarrow

Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, is an aromatic perennial herb native across much of the temperate Northern Hemisphe...

Meadow Medicinal Summer White

8.1 Great

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Wild Chamomile

A Eurasian annual widely naturalized in North America, valued for centuries in herbal medicine for its anti-inflammatory...

Meadow Summer White Introduced

8.1 Great

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Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a familiar North American wildflower in the Asteraceae family, naturalized across...

Meadow Composite Yellow Summer

8.0 Great

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Tall Coneflower

Tall Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) is a large perennial composite native to eastern North American moist woodlands an...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland

8.0 Great

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Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) is a tall perennial native to North American moist meadows, woodland edges, and...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland Edge

7.9 Good

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New England Aster

The New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is a robust herbaceous perennial native to moist meadows, prairies,...

Meadow Fall Composite Purple

7.8 Good

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Rose Gentian

Rose gentian, Sabatia angularis, is a biennial wildflower native to eastern and central North America. It bears branchin...

Meadow Pink Summer Native

7.7 Good

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Goat's Beard

Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) is a European meadow plant introduced to North America whose large dandelion-like se...

Meadow European Composite Yellow

7.4 Good

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Orange Hawkweed

Orange hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum, is a perennial herb in the daisy family, native to Europe and introduced to Nort...

Meadow Composite Summer Orange

7.3 Good

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Oxeye Daisy

Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) is a perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, native to Europe and widely intro...

Meadow European Composite Summer

5.8 Mediocre

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Spotted Knapweed

Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) is a Eurasian herb in the daisy family, Asteraceae, that is invasive in many North A...

Meadow Pink Composite Summer

3.0 Poor