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Yellow coneflower, Ratibida pinnata, is a perennial wildflower native to prairies, savannas, and open woodland edges in central and eastern North America. Its flower heads have long, drooping yellow ray florets surrounding an elongated gray-brown central disk, and its leaves are deeply divided. Bloo...

Prairie dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum, is a long-lived perennial in the aster family native to tallgrass prairies and open habitats of central North America. It forms a basal cluster of large, rough-textured leaves and sends up tall, mostly leafless stalks bearing yellow flower heads in summer. It...

Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) is a tall perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America, where it grows in prairies, floodplains, and other moist, sunny habitats. Its opposite leaves join around the square stem, forming cup-like basins that can retain rainwater and provide drinki...

Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) is a tall perennial sunflower native to the central and western regions of North America. It grows from rhizomes and bears numerous yellow flower heads along the upper portions of its stems, generally flowering later in the growing season than many prair...

Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum, is a tall herbaceous perennial native to eastern and central North America. Its upright stems carry whorls of narrow leaves and branching spikes densely covered with small white or pale pink flowers in summer. The plant grows in prairies, open woods, and mois...

Amorpha canescens, commonly called lead plant, is a deciduous shrub native to the central prairies of North America and a member of the legume family, Fabaceae. It features pinnately compound leaves covered in fine, white hairs that give the foliage a silvery-gray appearance. The plant develops deep...

Ground plum milkvetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, is a low-growing perennial legume native to prairies and open grasslands of central North America. It produces clusters of pea-shaped purple flowers followed by rounded, fleshy pods that rest near the ground and resemble small plums before drying. The...

Sky blue aster, Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, is a perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America. It produces branching clusters of flower heads with pale blue to violet ray florets surrounding yellow disk florets, usually in late summer and autumn. The species grows in prairies,...

Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata, is an annual legume native to much of eastern and central North America. It bears pinnate leaves, yellow summer flowers with reddish markings, and flattened seedpods that split open when mature. Extrafloral nectaries on its leaf stalks attract ants and other...

Rosinweed, Silphium integrifolium, is a tall perennial wildflower native to prairies and open grasslands of central North America. It bears yellow, composite flower heads resembling small sunflowers on sturdy stems during summer and early autumn. The common name refers to the sticky, resinous materi...

A tall native perennial of North American wetlands and prairies reaching up to 6 feet, producing feathery clusters of purplish-tinged flowers pollinated by wind.

Showy tick trefoil, Desmodium canadense, is a perennial legume native to much of eastern and central North America. It produces upright stems, compound leaves with three leaflets, and dense clusters of pink to purple pea-shaped flowers during summer. Its jointed seedpods break into individual segmen...

Goat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, is a perennial legume native to dry, open habitats in eastern and central North America. It has silky compound leaves and dense clusters of bicolored flowers, typically combining pale yellow with pink or purple. Its roots contain rotenone and related compounds that...

Amorpha canescens, or leadplant, is a deciduous shrub belonging to the legume family and native to the tallgrass prairies of central North America. It is easily recognized by its pinnately compound leaves covered in dense, fine white hairs, giving the foliage a distinct grayish or lead-like appearan...

Kickapoo Prairie Conservation Area is a protected native tallgrass prairie site in Vernon County, Missouri. Its primary conservation purpose is to retain remnant grassland habitat and the plant communities associated with Missouri prairie. The area also provides habitat used by migratory birds and o...

Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Conservation Area is a protected native-prairie site in Missouri managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation. The area preserves open prairie habitat and is maintained through practices that limit woody growth, including mechanical removal of trees in selected draws....

Mo-No-I Prairie Conservation Area is a 302-acre native prairie managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation in Barton County, Missouri. Its name comes from an Osage term for prairie chicken, and the area contains showy prairie wildflowers and habitat for migratory grassland birds. It is used f...

Mon-Shon Prairie Conservation Area is a protected grassland habitat in Missouri. It preserves native prairie vegetation and supports a range of wildlife, including species considered vulnerable within the region. The area represents a remaining piece of Missouri's historic prairie landscape, where c...

Pa Sole Prairie Conservation Area is a 240-acre public conservation area managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation near Lamar in southwestern Missouri. The property contains native prairie, old fields, cropland, and plantings of warm-season grasses. Conservation grazing is used in some year...

Salix humilis, or prairie willow, is a deciduous willow shrub native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States, with a range extending westward to the Great Plains and Manitoba. It occurs in habitats that include prairies, open woods, stream terraces, and other dry to moist sites. The species...

Prunus besseyi, known as Sand Cherry, is a low-growing shrub native to the North American Great Plains notable for its exceptional drought tolerance and production of sweet, dark purple edible fruits.

Compass plant is the common name for Silphium laciniatum, a long-lived perennial of the North American prairies. It has tall flowering stems, yellow flower heads, and deeply divided basal leaves that are commonly described as having a north-south orientation, an adaptation associated with reducing e...