Archives: Native Plants

Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)

Wild Quinine blooming among native grasses at Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Prairie County, Arkansas. Photo: Eric Hunt, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Parthenium integrifolium, known

Guayule (Parthenium argentatum)

A wild Guayule shrub growing in rocky Chihuahuan Desert ground near Fort Stockton, Texas. Photo: Clarence A. Rechenthin, USDA NRCS (public domain) Parthenium argentatum, commonly

American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

American ginseng growing in rich Appalachian hardwood forest, with its ring of ripe red berries. Photo: Dan J. Pittillo / USFWS (Public domain) Panax quinquefolius,

Oregon Wood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

Oregon wood sorrel carpeting a mossy spot on the shaded floor of a coast redwood forest. Photo: Missvain, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Oxalis oregana, commonly called

Tan Oak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus)

Tanoak forming a dense understory beneath coast redwoods. Photo: Awinch1001, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as Tan Oak or Tanoak, is a broadleaf

Scarlet Beeblossom (Oenothera suffrutescens)

A clump of scarlet beeblossom showing its wiry, narrow-leaved growth habit. Photo: JerryFriedman, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Oenothera suffrutescens, best known as Scarlet Beeblossom

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