Physocarpus malvaceus, commonly known as Mallow Ninebark or Malva-leaved Ninebark, is a compact, deciduous native shrub of the northern Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest —
Spiny Phlox — one of the earliest wildflowers of the spring prairie, covering itself in a sheet of white to lavender blooms. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Scarlet Globemallow lights up dry prairies and roadsides with its brilliant orange-red blooms. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Sphaeralcea coccinea, commonly known as Scarlet
Plains Pricklypear in full bloom — brilliantly colored flowers light up the summer prairie. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Opuntia polyacantha, commonly known as
Woolly Cinquefoil with its characteristic bright yellow five-petaled flowers and densely hairy silvery leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Potentilla hippiana, commonly known as
Silverleaf Phacelia blooming on an open rocky slope — the coiled flower clusters unfurl as each blossom opens. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Phacelia hastata, commonly
Streambank Wheatgrass in native grassland habitat in the American West. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Elymus lanceolatus (syn. Agropyron dasystachyum), commonly known as Streambank
Green Needlegrass in its characteristic bunchgrass form, showing the graceful arching habit and long-awned seed heads. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Nassella viridula (syn.
Silverberry’s distinctive silver-scaled foliage, photographed in Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Elaeagnus commutata, commonly known as Silverberry or Wolf-Willow, is
Buffalograss forming its characteristic dense, fine-textured native turf on the Great Plains. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Bouteloua dactyloides (syn. Buchloe dactyloides), commonly known
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