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Heliopsis helianthoides |
Ox Eye Sunflower |
Plant height: 2-5 feet
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Blooming period: June to October |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Dry Mesic to Wet Mesic |
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Ox Eye is an early blooming sunflower of tallgrass prairies and open woodlands. This plant should not be confused with ox-eye daisy, a non-native flower that frequently escapes cultivation. Ox Eye Sunflower is a hardy, colony-forming perennial that makes an excellent garden border. |
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Lespedeza capitata |
Roundheaded Bush Clover |
Plant height: 2-4 feet
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Blooming period: August to September |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Dry to Mesic |
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Roundheaded Bush Clover is a native legume. It is a palatable grazing plant with flowers that attract butterflies and seeds that provide fall and winter food for birds. The sprouted seeds may be eaten like alfalfa sprouts. Several Native American tribes used the plant medicinally and modern herbalists recommend it for lowering blood cholesterol levels. |
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Liatris aspera |
Rough Blazing Star |
Plant height: 1-4 feet
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Blooming period: August to September |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Dry to Mesic |
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Rough Blazing Star, also called Button Blazing Star, is similar in color to other blazing stars. It's flowers each appear on individual stalks along the main stem. The blazing stars all attract butterflies and other insects. |
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Liatris pycnostachya |
Prairie Blazing Star |
Plant height: 2-4 feet
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Blooming period: July to September |
Light requirements: Full Sun |
Soil type: Mesic to Wet Mesic |
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The abundant blooms on Prairie Blazing Star make it a good choice for gardeners, hummingbirds, and butterflies as well. This is a good cut flower fresh or dried. The roots form corms which may be divided to create new plants. |
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Monarda fistulosa |
Wild Bergamot |
Plant height: 2-4 feet
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Blooming period: July to September |
Light requirements: Full Sun |
Soil type: Mesic to Wet Mesic |
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Wild Bergamot is a wonderful, aromatic plant that attracts hummingbirds, moths and butterflies. The leaves make a pleasant, minty tea. |
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Penstemon grandiflorus |
Large-Flowered Beardtongue |
Plant height: 2-4 feet
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Blooming period: June to August |
Light requirements: Full Sun |
Soil type: Dry to Dry Mesic |
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Large-flowered Beardtongue is similar to cultivated Penstemon varieties. It makes an excellent garden plant with lovely flowers for cutting and attractive dried seed pods. Hummingbirds visit the flowers. |
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Petalostemum purpureum |
Purple Prairie Clover |
Plant height: 1-3 feet
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Blooming period: June to September |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Dry to Mesic |
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Purple Prairie Clover is a native legume. It is an excellent forage plant and attracts butterflies and bumblebees. The roots were chewed by Comanche and Ponca peoples for their pleasant taste. The Oglala used the plants for tea. |
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Phlox pilosa |
Prairie Phlox |
Plant height: 1-2 feet
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Blooming period: May - July |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Dry to Wet Mesic |
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Prairie Phlox is one of the early bloomers in Iowa prairies. Its bright pink to white flowers attract hummingbirds. This plant behaves well in gardens. |
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Physostegia virginiana |
Obedient Plant |
Plant height: 2-3 feet
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Blooming period: August - September |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Mesic to Wet Mesic |
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Obedient Plant is fairly uncommon in Iowa prairies. It is also grown as a garden perennial and may escape cultivation due to its aggressive nature. The conspicuous purple flowers attract butterflies and other insects. |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum |
Mountain Mint |
Plant height: 1-3 feet
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Blooming period: July to September |
Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil type: Dry Mesic to Wet |
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Mountain Mint is a very aromatic plant with leaves that look like rosemary and smell of sage or mint. It is found in native sedge meadows and wetlands. The white flowers are somewhat inconspicuous, but the plant takes on a low rounded shape in a sunny garden spot. |
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